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Navy Beats Kansas State in 2019 Liberty Bowl on Game-Winning FG After Trick Play

The No. 23 Navy Midshipmen matched a program record Tuesday by securing their 11th win of the season with a 20-17 victory over the Kansas State Wildcats in the 2019 Liberty Bowl at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee.

Kicker Bijan Nichols delivered the game-winning 23-yard field goal with two seconds left.

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Navy, which also won 11 games in 2015, bounced back from its first losing season since 2011 last year to put together one of the best campaigns in the program's storied history capped by beating rival Army and the bowl triumph.