Though they welcome in longstanding rival Army as a football-only member of the AAC in 2024, the Navy Midshipmen will still square off in the annual Army-Navy game to end the year in Week 15. How that affects the conference seeding and, ultimately, the Navy 2024 Football Schedule still remains to be seen.
And the Navy schedule for 2024 is a tough one.
Navy 2024 Football Schedule
- vs. Bucknell Bison
Saturday, August 31, time TBA - at Air Force Falcons
Saturday, October 5, time TBA - vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Saturday, October 26, time TBA - vs. Army Black Knights
Saturday, December 14, time TBA - vs. Charlotte 49ers
date and time TBA - vs. Memphis Tigers
date and time TBA - vs. Temple Owls
date and time TBA - vs. Tulane Green Wave
date and time TBA - at UAB Blazers
date and time TBA - at ECU Pirates
date and time TBA - at Rice Owls
date and time TBA - at USF Bulls
date and time TBA
Navy will take on both Air Force and Army once again as the trio competes for the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy. The triangular series will see Navy and Army square off as conference opponents, but it’s clear that their annual matchup won’t count toward seeding in the AAC Championship Game, while their other outings will.
Aside from Air Force and Army as ‘non-conference’ games, the Midshipmen will “host Notre Dame” in a part of their neutral site series, this time in the United States at least. After opening the season in Ireland against the Irish last year, ND and Navy will play at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, home of the NFL’s New York Jets and New York Giants.
Bucknell offers up what seems to be the only reprieve of a non-conference opponent for Navy in 2024.
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As far as their AAC opponents, Navy does miss out on SMU and UTSA next season, the latter a projected contender, the former now in the ACC. Making matters even more favorable for the Midshipmen is the fact that they get to play both Memphis and Tulane at home in 2024.
They’ll also host Charlotte and Temple at Memorial Stadium next fall.
On the road, Navy will face UAB, ECU, Rice, and USF, traveling south for each contest and the heat in some host states could play a huge factor as Navy has open weeks all throughout the month of September to make these games happen.
It’s a tough schedule for Navy in 2024, but Brian Newberry’s crew showed growth a year ago and are poised to compete yet again next fall.