The 2017 season's largest margin: Navy 49, Virginia 7. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The 2017 Season
Navy's 2017 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Zach AbeyWR805 passing yards
- Malcolm PerryQB1,182 rushing yards
- Chris HighFB621 rushing yards
- Anthony GargiuloFB423 rushing yards
- Tyler CarmonaWR381 receiving yards
- Micah ThomasLB81 tackles
- Sean WilliamsCB76 tackles
- DJ PalmoreOLB75 tackles
- Josh WebbDE4 sacks
- Jerry ThompsonOLB2 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Navy 21, UCF 31. A 10-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Navy beat Virginia 49-7 in the postseason.
"Go Navy"
2017 is a middle chapter for Navy — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.