Watch: Navy Midshipmen Superstar Makes Program History on Touchdown Run

Navy Midshipmen quarterback Blake Horvath tied up the Armed Forces Bowl with an incredible touchdown run in the third quarter.

Dec 14, 2024; Landover, Maryland, USA; Navy Midshipmen quarterback Blake Horvath (11) scambles during the first half against the Army Black Knights at Commanders Field. / Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images

Navy Midshipmen quarterback Blake Horvath pulled off one of the longest touchdown runs in FBS this season in the third quarter of Friday’s Armed Forces Bowl against the Oklahoma Sooners.

On the second play of Navy’s second drive of the third quarter, Horvath broke through the line of scrimmage, broke a couple of tackles and then ultimately the Oklahoma defense for a 95-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 14-14.

A Sooners defender did catch up to Hovarth around the 5-yard line but he dove to the goal line for the score. Originally, Horvath was ruled down by contact inside the 1-yard-line. The play was then reviewed.

He was helped by the fact that his body fell on the Sooners defender and his right arm was able to break the plane of the goal line with the football.

Hovarth had a 90-yard touchdown run earlier this season. But his 95-yard run was the longest in Navy history, per ESPN, and one of the longest in FBS this season. It was also the longest run of any kind in Armed Forces Bowl history.

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After the run, Horvath had 135 yards rushing and 55 yards passing.

Entering the game, the junior quarterback has already tied the school record for touchdown passes in a season with 13, tying Ricky Dobbs, who set the record in 2010.

He’s the first Navy player to rush for 1,000 yards in a season since Malcolm Perry in 2019, and the first Navy quarterback to throw for more than 1,000 yards since Perry that same season. Horvath's 1,261 passing yards were the most by a Navy player since Will Worth threw for 1,397 yards in 2016.

Oklahoma scored on its first possession of the game, going to the run game to set up Gavin Sawchuk’s 25-yard touchdown run, part of his 41 yards on the opening drive. It was OU’s first touchdown on its opening drive in eight games.

Oklahoma increased the lead to 14-0 on a 56-yard touchdown pass from Hawkins to Zion Kearney.

Navy answered on Alex Tecza’s 11-yard touchdown run late in the first half to cut the lead to 14-7.

The game was played in front of a sellout crowd at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, as Navy was seeking a 10-win season and Oklahoma was playing with just over 50 scholarship players after a raft of players transferred out of the program and several defensive stars, including linebacker Danny Stutsman, opted out of the game to prepare for the NFL draft.