Navy QB Malcolm Perry torches Army on 55-yard TD run

Update: Perry set an Army-Navy game record with 304 rushing yards in the Midshipmen’s 31-7 win. He also had two touchdowns.

The Navy Midshipmen entered the Army game Saturday with the nation’s best run game, averaging 360.8 yards on the ground with 48 rushing touchdowns on the season. Army is No. 2 with 311.7 yards per game and 44 touchdowns.

Navy’s rushing attack is led by quarterback Malcolm Perry, who had 1,500 rushing yards and 6.3 per attempt going into the rivalry game. He’s No. 6 in the nation in rushing yards and is the highest ranked quarterback in that category.

And the senior showed off exactly why that is early in the second quarter against the Black Knights at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

After Army ate nearly 11 minutes off the first-quarter clock before taking a 7-0 lead, Perry helped his team tie it up with a 55-yard touchdown run on 2nd-and-4 from Navy’s own 45-yard line.

From the first half of the game alone, Perry recorded his 20th career game with at least 100 rushing yards, per CBS’ broadcast. Navy had a 14-7 halftime lead, and Perry put up 154 yards on 13 carries and did not attempt a pass.

Perry had a season-high of 218 rushing yards in Navy’s 45-17 win over Tulsa in October, but he recently had one of his best games of the season against SMU. He ran for 195 yards and two touchdowns and went 9-for-15 for 162 yards and another touchdown in the Midshipmen’s 35-28 win in late November.

Although Perry wasn’t the one throwing, Navy ended the half with this awesome play with wide receiver Chance Warren connecting with fullback Jamale Carothers for a one-yard touchdown pass.