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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Tai Lavatai returned from a two-game injury absence Saturday to lead Navy from a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit for the Midshipmen’s first victory this season.
With Navy trailing 30-27, Diego Fagot knocked the ball out of Brandon Johnson’s hands after a 20-yard reception and Taylor Robinson recovered at the Navy 47. Eleven plays and more than five minutes later, Isaac Ruoss ran in from the 4-yard line to give the Midshipmen the lead with 3:09 left.
UCF quickly went downfield to the Navy 12, but Robinson, who dropped a would-be interception two plays earlier, came up with a pick in the end zone on fourth down with 24 seconds remaining.
The victory was the first for Navy (1-3, 1-1) in three meetings with the Knights (2-2, 0-1) since joining the American Athletic Conference in 2015.
