Navy Football Team To Visit The White House On Tueday, April 21

Mids Making Their Sixth-Straight Visit To The Rose Garden

	Blake Carter was the MVP of the Navy-Air Force game

April 18, 2009

ANNAPOLIS, Md.--The 2008 Navy football team will visit the White House on Tuesday, April 21 for a 2 p.m. ceremony with President Barack Obama in the Rose Garden. The team will be honored for winning the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy for a school record sixth-consecutive year.

Navy was victorious over Air Force (33-27) and Army (34-0) to cap a perfect 8-0 mark by the Navy senior class against the other two Service Academies. The Mids have won a record 13-straight Service Academy games dating back to the 2002 Army-Navy game.

Navy finished the 2008 campaign with an 8-5 record and a school-record sixth-straight bowl appearance. The Mids led the nation in rushing for an NCAA record fourth-consecutive year, averaging 292.4 yards per contest, while the defense was the nation's most improved when it came to point allowed, giving up just 22.0 points per game.