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The 2024 Armed Forces Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2024, at Amon G. Carter Stadium located in Fort Worth, Texas . The 22nd annual Armed Forces Bowl featured Oklahoma and Navy . The game began at approximately 11:00 a.m. CST and aired on ESPN .[ 3] [ 4] 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season . The bowl game was sponsored by aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin and was known as the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl .
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured Navy from the American Athletic Conference (The American) and Oklahoma from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The teams had met once previously, with Navy winning a regular-season matchup in Oklahoma in 1965.[ 5]
Oklahoma compiled a 6–6 overall record (2–6 in SEC play) during the regular season. They began with four wins in their first five games and were ranked as high as 15th. They finished the season with five losses in seven games. The Sooners faced five ranked teams, defeating Alabama while losing to Tennessee , Texas , Ole Miss , and Missouri .
Navy registered a regular-season record of 9–3 (6–2 in The American). They won their first six games and were ranked as high as 24th. They then lost three of their next four games, before finishing the season with back-to-back wins, including an upset win in the Army–Navy Game . The Midshipmen faced three ranked teams, defeating Army while losing to Notre Dame and Tulane .
2024 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Quarter
Total
Oklahoma
14
0
0 6 20
Navy 0
7
7 7 21
at Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas
Date : Friday, December 27, 2024Game time : 11:05 a.m. CST Game weather : Sunny • Temperature : 58 °F (14 °C) • Wind : 13 mph (21 km/h) southGame attendance : 50,754Referee : Mike McCabeTV announcers (ESPN ) : Courtney Lyle (play-by-play), Rene Ingoglia (analyst), and Morgan Uber (sideline)Box score
Game information
First Quarter (11:33) OU – Gavin Sawchuk 21 yard run, Zach Schmit kick (Drive: 9 plays, 65 yards, 3:27; Oklahoma 7–0 )
(5:56) OU – Zion Kearney 56 yard pass from Michael Hawkins, Zach Schmit kick (Drive: 6 plays, 85 yards, 1:43; Oklahoma 14–0 ) Second Quarter (3:40) NAVY – Alex Tecza 11 yard run, Nathan Kirkwood kick (Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards, 3:36; Oklahoma 14–7 ) Third Quarter (3:49) NAVY – Blake Horvath 95 yard run, Nathan Kirkwood kick (Drive: 2 plays, 96 yards, 1:12; Tie 14–14 ) Fourth Quarter (4:34) NAVY – Blake Horvath 6 yard run, Nathan Kirkwood kick (Drive: 12 plays, 66 yards, 7:32; Navy 21–14 )
(0:06) OU – Jake Roberts 10 yard pass from Michael Hawkins, two-point conversion failed (Drive: 13 plays, 65 yards, 1:41; Navy 21–20 )
Statistics
OU
NAVY
First downs
26
11
Plays–yards
84–433
53–318
Rushes–yards
40–158
39–227
Passing yards
275
92
Passing: comp –att –int
29–44–0
7–13–0
Time of possession
29:50
30:04
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Oklahoma
Passing
Michael Hawkins Jr. 28/43, 247 yards, 2 TD
Rushing
Gavin Sawchuk 13 carries, 67 yards, TD
Receiving
Ivan Carreon
7 receptions, 72 yards
Navy
Passing
Blake Horvath 7/12, 92 yards
Rushing
Blake Horvath
18 carries, 155 yards, 2 TD
Receiving
Nathan Kent
1 reception, 32 yards
^ Garcia, Art (December 27, 2024). "Navy Rallies Past OU, Claims Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl" . armedforcesbowl.com (Press release). Retrieved December 27, 2024 . ^ Austro, Ben (December 9, 2024). "2024-25 bowl officiating assignments" . footballzebras.com . Retrieved December 10, 2024 . ^ Cobb, David. "2024-25 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, locations, kickoff times, TV channels" . CBS Sports . Retrieved 30 June 2024 . ^ Kelley, Kevin. "College football bowl schedule for 2024-25 season released" . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved 30 June 2024 . ^ "Oklahoma Sooners vs. Navy Midshipmen football series history games list" . winsipedia.com . Retrieved December 26, 2024 .
Formerly known as the Fort Worth Bowl
Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.
