For decades, the Navy football team had turned senior day into mostly a winning proposition. Throw in the additional incentive of being able to move a step closer to a berth in the American Athletic Conference championship game, and the stakes for Saturday afternoon’s showdown with No. 25 Tulane were even more elevated.
Most teams at Osan, Daegu and Humphreys will feature rosters filled with players making their debuts on DODEA basketball courts or wrestling mats.
The Midshipmen will wonder what might have been had Horvath not picked up an injury that began troubling him late in the first quarter and officially ruled him out in the third. He was his team’s best rusher before his exit, gaining 25 yards on five carries.
