2005 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES

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1 NAVY MIDSHIPMEN 2005 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Navy Sports Information Ricketts Hall 566 Brownson Road Annapolis, MD Navy Schedule... Date Opponent Time / Result Sept. 3 vs. Maryland# (CSTV) L, Sept. 10 Stanford (CSTV) L, Oct. 1 at Duke W, Oct. 8 Air Force (CSTV) W, Oct. 15 Kent State (CSTV) W, Oct. 22 at Rice% (CSTV-All Access) W, 41-9 Oct. 29 at Rutgers (Fox Sports NY)L, Nov. 5 Tulane (HC-CSTV) W, Nov. 12 at Notre Dame (NBC) L, Nov. 19 Temple (CSTV) W, Dec. 3 vs. Army$ (CBS) W, Dec. 22 vs. Colorado St.& (ESPN2)10:30 pm Home games in bold. All Times Eastern # M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore, Md.) $ Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia, Pa.) % Postponed from Sept. 24 due to Hurricane Rita. & Poinsettia Bowl (San Diego, Calif.) Colorado State Schedule... Date Opponent Time / Result Sept. 3 at Colorado L, Sept. 10 at Minnesota L, Sept. 24 Nevada W, Sept. 29 Air Force* W, Oct. 8 Utah* W, Oct. 15 at BYU* L, Oct. 22 Wyoming* W, Oct. 28 at New Mexico* W, Nov. 5 at TCU* L, 33-6 Nov. 12 San Diego State* L, Nov. 19 at UNLV* W, Dec. 22 Navy& (ESPN2) 10:30 pm Home games in bold. All Times Eastern * Mountain West Conference Game & Poinsettia Bowl (San Diego, Calif.) Comparing the Teams... Category - Offense Navy CSU Scoring Points / Game Total Offense Average / Game Rushing Yards Yards / Rush Yards / Game Passing Yards Pass Att.-Comp.-Int Yards / Pass Yards / Game Category - Defense Navy CSU Scoring Points / Game Total Offense Allowed Yards / Game Rush Yards Allowed Yards / Game Pass Yards Allowed Yards / Game Turnover Diff Game Information... NAVY SPORTS INFORMATION Football Contact: Scott Strasemeier Assistant AD / Sports Information Office Phone: Fax: sstrasem@usna.edu Website: Date: December 22, 2005 Time: 10:30 p.m. (EDT) Stadium: Qualcomm Stadium Surface: Natural Grass Records: Navy (7-4), Colorado State (6-5) Television: ESPN2 TBA Radio: Navy Radio Network Bob Socci (PxP), Omar Nelson (Color); Monarch Sports Radio TBA Series: First Meeting Navy Football Itinerary... The Navy football team will be off from Dec. 5-7 and will resume practice on Dec. 8. The team will practice daily from Dec (practice times TBA), except for Sunday, Dec. 11. Head football coach Paul Johnson, assistant coaches and players will be available for interviews each day after practice. Please call Assistant Athletic Director Scott Strasemeier (410/ Work or 443/ Cell) at least 24 hours in advance to arrange an interview. A transcript of Johnson s daily press conference with the local media will be available at The team will depart Annapolis for San Diego on Dec. 18. The team headquarters is the Manchester Grand Hyatt (619/ ). The Midshipmen will practice at the University of San Diego (9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, Calif.) Dec Navy s practices at USD are closed to the public, but open to the media if they make previous arrangements with Scott Strasemeier (443/ ). Practice times are to be determined. TV may shoot the first 20 minutes of practice. Players and coaches will be available for interviews following practice each day while at USD. Navy s practice on Dec. 21 at Qualcomm Stadium will be closed. There will also be media opportunities on Tuesday, Dec. 20, when the team visits Sea World and the San Diego Children s Hospital (time TBA) and on Wednesday, Dec. 21, when the two coaches will hold a press conference on the USS Midway at 10:30 a.m. (players will not be available at the press conference). For more information on bowl activities contact Mark Neville at 619/ x309 (work) or 858/ (cell). Navy Accepts Bid To Poinsettia Bowl... Naval Academy Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk announced Nov. 21 that the Naval Academy had accepted an invitation to play in the inaugural San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl Thursday, December 22 at 7:30 p.m. (PST) at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The bid also came with a bonus as the Mids will have the opportunity to play in the Poinsettia Bowl in 2008, 2009 or 2010 if Navy is bowl eligible (Navy can pick the year). "Blue sky, 72 degrees, palm trees and sunshine in December works for us," said Gladchuk. "A beautiful setting in a Navy city in one of the finest football venues in the country has everyone excited. We have had discussions with the Poinsettia Bowl executives for quite a while and their attention to detail and enthusiasm for our team and fans leads one to believe that this will be our finest bowl experience yet. Three bowl games in a row is historic for the Academy and our congratulations to Coach Johnson, his staff and our players for reaffirming that Navy is one of the finest football programs in the nation." "What better way to kick off San Diego's newest bowl game than to have the United States Naval Academy as one of the teams," said Poinsettia Bowl President Doug Sawyer. "We couldn't be happier that the Naval Academy has accepted our invitation." "What better way to kick off a new bowl game in San Diego than to have Navy play in it," said Poinsettia Bowl Chairman Doug Sawyer. "The Naval Academy has one of the most tradition-rich college football programs in the country, and we're so pleased the Midshipmen will be bringing their traditions and exciting football team to our community." "I'm excited the team has achieved one of their goals, to have a chance to go to a bowl game, and I'm excited to be going to San Diego," said Navy head coach Paul Johnson. "I was lucky enough when I coached in Hawaii to play there in the Holiday Bowl. It's a great city and I'm sure the kids will have a great time. We are excited about it. " The bowl bid is a landmark achievement for the football program as it marks the first time in school history that Navy has gone to three-straight bowl games. Tickets are on sale now at by calling US4-NAVY or at the Ricketts

2 Covering Navy... Navy Sports Information 566 Brownson Road Annapolis, MD Football Contact: Scott Strasemeier Office Phone: Cell Phone: Fax: Working Press... «Admittance to the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium press box is limited to the WORKING PRESS ONLY.The press box is located on the west side of the stadium. Beverages and a buffet are available two hours before kickoff and at halftime. Telephones... «There are eight courtesy phone lines and highspeed internet connections available in the press box. Radio... «There are two radio booths in the NMCMS press box. One booth is reserved for the Navy Football Network; the visiting team is assigned the other broadcast space. Six credentials will be allotted to each broadcast crew, plus one for each spotter. Opponent stations should indicate when requesting credentials whether or not they will require the services of a Navy spotter.visiting radio stations may purchase the use of up to three phone lines already installed by contacting Eric Ruden, Sr. Associate Athletic Director for External Relations at Television... «All of Navy s home games will be televised live by CSTV. Photographers... «Still and newsreel photographers with hand-held equipment may work the sidelines between the 25- yard line and the goal line in both directions. Sideline credentials are normally issued to photographers representing daily newspapers, wire services, magazines and television stations or networks.as a general rule, each properly accredited sideline photographer will be entitled to one caption write and one messenger. Postgame Interviews... «Navy head coach Paul Johnson and selected players will be available 10 minutes after the game in the tent set up outside the home team locker room. The Navy locker room is closed to the media. The visiting coach and players will be available at the visitors press tent outside the visitors locker room. Press Conferences... «Head Coach Paul Johnson will conduct a postpractice interview session, Monday-Wednesday, at approximately 6:00 p.m. All players and assistant coaches will also be available at that time. Coach Johnson will be available via the phone Monday- Thursday from 2-3:00 p.m. Please contact SID Scott Strasemeier with your interview request at least one day in advance. Player Interviews... «All player phone interviews must be arranged through Strasemeier at least one day in advance. Players will do phone interviews during the day (Monday-Thursday) if their class schedule permits. Players will also be available after practice, Monday- Wednesday. Hall Box Office. Tickets are $45 for club seats and $35 for field seats. Fans not able to attend the game can purchase tickets to send a midshipman for $35. "We strongly encourage Navy fans to buy their bowl tickets from the Athletic Association. Our goal is 20,000 tickets sold so it is very important for this year and for future bowl games that your purchase counts towards our allotment. If you can't make it to the game, we ask that Navy fans buy two tickets for our midshipmen to attend the game. The donation is 100 percent tax deductible." Game Data... The Navy Midshipmen (7-4) travel to San Diego, Calif. to take on the Colorado State Rams (6-5) in the inaugural San Diego Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, Thursday, Dec. 22, at Qualcomm Stadium (70, 561). The Poinsettia Bowl will kick off at 7:30 p.m. (10:30 EST) and will be nationally televised by ESPN2. Navy is making a school-record third-cosecutive bowl appearance. The Poinsettia Bowl can be heard on the Navy Radio Network, which includes WBAL in Baltimore (1090 AM), Sportstalk 980 in Washington, D.C. (980 AM), and WNAV in Annapolis (1430 AM), as well as nationally on Sirius Satellite Radio (Channel TBA) or around the world at and Armed Forces Radio will carry the game live to our troops stationed around the world. Bob Socci and Omar Nelson will call the action beginning with the Navy Football Pregame Show at 6:30 p.m. (9:30 EST) Pete Medhurst and Joe Miller will get things started with the Navy Tailgate Show on 1430 WNAV and at 5:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. EST). Monarch Sports Radio will broadcast the game live nationally. Mids Blow Out Army For Fourth-Straight Year... Senior quarterback Lamar Owens (Savannah, Ga.) rushed for 99 yards and three touchdowns, while sophomore fullback Adam Ballard (Lewisville, Texas) rumbled for 192 yards and two touchdowns as Navy trounced Army for the fourth-consecutive year, 42-23, in front of a sold out crowd at Lincoln Financial Field (69,322). The win gives Navy the series lead, , for the first time since The Navy offense, which scored on six-straight possessions, set two Army-Navy game records as the Mids rushed for 490 yards and ran up 531 yards of total offense on a defense that came in ranked 23rd in the nation. The game turned late in the second quarter with Navy leading Rob Caldwell (Jr./St. John, Ind.) and Keenan Little (Jr./Boiling Springs, N.C,) dropped Army running back Carlton Jones for no gain on a third-and-one play from the Army 40 and forced a West Point punt. The Mids took the ball over at their own 34-yard line with 1:15 left and promptly moved down the field in eight plays with Owens capping the drive off with a one-yard dive to make the score Army got the ball to start the second half and Caldwell once again stopped Jones for no gain on third and one and forced an Army punt. The Mids moved right down the field, marching 75 yards on seven plays with Ballard putting the nail in Army s coffin with a 28-yard touchdown run. Ballard would later answer an Army touchdown with a 67-yard touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage to make the score Reggie Campbell (So./Sanford, Fla.) and Marco Nelson (Sr./Scottsdale, Ariz.) didn t let Owens and Ballard have all the fun, as Campbell rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown on three carries, while Nelson rushed for 77 yards on seven carries. Jake Biles (Sr./Lorena, Texas) led the Navy defense with 13 tackles, while Little and Caldwell recorded 10 tackles each. David Mahoney (Jr./Fort Myers, Fla.) had three tackles for a loss. Owens was named the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association Most Valuable Player for his efforts, marking the fourth-consecutive year that a Navy player has taken home the honor. Scouting Colorado State... The Rams are making their ninth bowl appearance in the past 12 seasons and the 11th in school history. The Rams earned their sixth bowl trip in the last seven years with a 6-5 record and a 5-3 mark in the Mountain West Conference. The Rams are averaging 26.5 points per game, rushing yards per contest, passing yards per game and yards of total offense per game. Quarterback Justin Holland has completed 209 of his 336 pass attempts (62 percent) for 2,804 yards and 20 touchdowns. Holland s favorite target is David Anderson, who caught 77 passes for 1,095 yards and eight touchdowns. Kyle Bell has had an outstanding year running the football, rushing for 1,166 yards and nine touchdowns on 254 carries. Defensively, the Rams are giving up 28.9 points per game, yards per game on the ground, yards per game through the air and yards of total offense per contest. Travis Garcia leads the defense with 82 tackles, five tackles for a loss and three sacks. Courtney Jones and Jesse Nading have recorded 10 tackles for a loss apiece, while Nading has four sacks.

3 Navy Quick Facts... Location Annapolis, Md. (pop. 35,838) Founded October 10, 1845 Enrollment 4,000 Nickname Mids, Midshipmen Colors Navy Blue & Gold Stadium Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Surface Fieldturf Capacity 34,000 Superintendent Vice Adm. Rodney Rempt, USN Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk Head Trainer Dr. Jeff Fair Equipment Manager Greg Morgenthaler Sports Information Director / Football Scott Strasemeier Office Cell sstrasem@usna.edu Associate Director Stacie Michaud Office Assistant Director Justin Kischefsky Office Assistant Director Chris Forman Office Intern Jonathan Maggart Office Sports Information Fax Web Team Information 2004 Record 10-2 Lettermen Returning / Lost 29 / 37 Starters Returning / Lost 6 / 20 Offensive Starters Returning / Lost 2 / 9 Defensive Starters Returning / Lost 3 / 8 Specialists Returning / Lost 1 / 1 Offensive System Spread Defensive System Multiple Program History First Year of Football 1879 All-Time Record (.547) Bowl Games (Last) 11 (Emerald Bowl ) Record Coaching Staff Head Coach Paul Johnson (West. Carolina 79) Record at Navy (yrs.) (4th) Career Record (yrs.) (9th) vs. Army 4-0 vs. Air Force 3-1 Offensive Line / Ast. Head Ken Niumatalolo (4th) Defensive Coordinator Buddy Green (4th) Wide Receivers Brian Bohannon (4th) Quarterbacks Ivin Jasper (4th) Outside Linebackers Keith Jones (4th) Special Teams / Inside L-backers Kevin Kelly (4th) Slot Backs Jeff Monken (4th) Rec. Coordinator / Def. Line Dale Pehrson (10th) Offensive Line Todd Spencer (9th) Fullbacks Chris Culton (3rd) Out. L-backers Lt. j.g.tony Grantham, USN (3rd) Secondary Lt. j.g. Danny O Rourke, USN (4th) Asst. Ath. Dir for Sports Perf. Mike Brass (5th) Series History... This will be the first meeting between Navy and Colorado State. Bowl History... This will be Navy's 12th bowl game appearance overall and a school-record third-straight postseason appearance. Last year, quarterback Aaron Polanco accounted for four touchdowns and 237 yards of total offense as Navy defeated New Mexico, 34-19, in the Emerald Bowl. Navy wrapped up the victory over the Lobos with an NCAA record 26-play, 94-yard, 14:24 drive that was capped off by a Geoff Blumenfeld 22-yard field goal. The victory gave Navy a school-record tying 10 wins for the season and marked just the fifth bowl victory in school history. Navy is all-time in bowl games and owns a 1-0 mark in bowl games played in San Diego, as the Mids upset BYU, 23-16, in the first Holiday Bowl on Dec. 22, Navy in Bowl Games... Yr. Opponent Bowl Result 1924 Washington Rose T, Mississippi Sugar W, Rice Cotton W, Missouri Orange L, Texas Cotton L, BYU Holiday W, Houston Garden St. L, Ohio State Liberty L, California Aloha W, Texas Tech Houston L, New Mexico Emerald W, Colorado St. Poinsettia????? Seniors Make History... Navy s four-straight wins over Army makes the Navy seniors just the fourth class in school history to go 4-0 (joining 1963, 1964 and 1977) and the seventh class to go undefeated (In 1943, 1944 and 1945 Midshipmen graduated in just three years because of World War II) against Army. The senior class also posted a 7-1 record against Service Academy teams, which is the best mark in school history since Navy started playing both Air Force and Army every year (1972). One Win Away From Even More History... A victory over Colorado State in the Poinsettia Bowl would give Navy 18 wins over a two-year period (Navy went 10-2 last year), tying the school record for wins over a two-year span. Navy won 18 games in , , Navy s 25 wins over the last three years are the most since when the Mids won 26. Johnson Dominant Against Service Academy Teams... Navy head football coach Paul Johnson is 7-1 (.875) as a head coach against service academy teams (3-1 against Air Force and 4-0 against Army), the best start for a head coach in school history against the other two service academies. Johnson is just the third coach in school history to win his first four games against Army, joining legendary head coaches Wayne Hardin (won his first five, ) and George Welsh (won his first four, ). No Navy coach has beaten Army in the dominant fashion that Johnson has, as the Mids have outscored the Black Knights, ( ), during his tenure. Killer B s... Navy s fullbacks, or B-Backs as they are called in the Navy offense, have run over Army the last three years, rushing for 523 yards (174.3 yards per contest) and five touchdowns on 73 carries (7.2 yards per carry). 300 The Number... The Mids have won 17-consecutive games when rushing for 300-plus yards with their last loss coming against Rutgers on Sept. 27, Johnson Tough With Time... Paul Johnson has posted a 12-5 record (.706) as Navy s head coach when having more than one week to prepare. In 2002, the Mids posted a 2-2 record, defeating SMU and Army and losing to Northwestern and Notre Dame. In 2003, Navy was 4-1, defeating VMI, Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan and Army and losing to Texas Tech in the Houston Bowl. In 2004, the Mids were 4-1 (defeating Duke, Rutgers,Army and New Mexico and losing to Notre Dame) when having more than one week to prepare. This year, Johnson is 2-1, losing to Maryland and beating Duke and Army.

4 Charting Navy s Opponents... Maryland Overall Record / ACC 5-6 / 3-5 National Rank Not Ranked Vs. Navy Maryland 23, Navy 20 (Sept. 3) This Week Season Complete Stanford Overall Record / Pac / 4-4 National Rank Not Ranked Vs. Navy Stanford 41, Navy 38 (Sept. 10) This Week Season Complete Duke Overall Record / ACC 1-10 / 0-8 National Rank Not Ranked Vs. Navy Navy 28, Duke 21 (Oct. 1) This Week Season Complete Air Force Overall Record / Mount.West 4-7 / 3-5 National Rank Not Ranked Vs. Navy Navy 27,Air Force 24 (Oct. 8) This Week Season Complete Kent State Overall Record / MAC 1-10 / 0-8 National Rank Not Ranked Vs. Navy Navy 34, Kent State 31 (Oct. 15) This Week Season Complete Rice Overall Record / C-USA 1-10 / 1-7 National Rank Not Ranked Vs. Navy Navy 41, Rice 9 (Oct. 22) This Week Season Complete Rutgers Overall Record / Big East 7-4 / 4-3 National Rank Not Ranked Vs. Navy Rutgers 31, Navy 21 (Oct. 29) This Week Arizona State (Insight Bowl; Dec. 27) Tulane Overall Record / C-USA 2-9 / 1-7 National Rank Not Ranked Vs. Navy Navy 49,Tulane 21 (Nov. 5) This Week Season Complete Notre Dame Overall Record 9-2 National Rank 6th (AP) / 6th (USA Today) Vs. Navy Notre Dame 42, Navy 21 (Nov. 12) This Week Ohio State (Fiesta Bowl; Jan. 2) Temple Overall Record 0-11 National Rank Not Ranked Vs. Navy Navy 38,Temple 17 (Nov. 19) This Week Season Complete Army Overall Record 4-7 National Rank Not Ranked Last Week Navy 42,Army 23 (Dec. 3) This Week Season Complete Service Selection... On Nov. 15, Navy s 18 seniors found out what they will be doing after graduation. In four years, the seniors have been part of a renaissance in Navy football as the Mids have posted a (.553) record, will go to threestraight bowl games, won a bowl game, and won two-consecutive Commander-In-Chief s Trophies (Navy can win a third by beating Army). It is the first class to graduate with a winning record since the Class of 1999 graduated with a (.521) mark. Navy s 18 seniors and their assignments: Jake Biles (Marine Corps Ground), Mike Brammer (Navy Pilot), Jeremy Chase (Surface Warfare), Cory Colistra (Marine Corps Ground), Dan Gibbon (Marine Corps Pilot), Marshall Green (Dental School), Ed Kotulski (Marine Corps Ground), Jason Monts (Navy Pilot), Kenny Ray Morrison (Surface Warfare), Marco Nelson (Surface Warfare), Lamar Owens (Surface Warfare), Luke Penrose (Surface Warfare), James Polanco (Marine Corps Ground), Lloyd Regas (Supply Corps.), Eric Shuey (Surface Warfare), Mick Yokitis (Marine Corps Ground), Dan Wendolowski (Marine Corps Ground) and Matt Williams (Marine Corps Ground). Owens Putting Up Big Numbers... Senior quarterback Lamar Owens (Savannah, Ga.), who entered the season with 129-career rushing yards, rushed for 122 yards on 19 carries in his first-career start against Maryland. With the effort, Owens became just the 14th Navy quarterback to rush for over 100 yards in a game (54th time overall). He also joined Chris McCoy (26 carries for 273 yards on Sept. 9, 1995 at SMU) and Brian Madden (34 carries for 168 yards on Oct. 30, 1999 at Notre Dame) as the only Navy quarterbacks to rush for over 100 yards in their firstcareer start. He also rushed for 106 yards and a touchdown against Duke and 110 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries against Kent State, making him just the seventh quarterback in school history to rush for 100 yards in a game on three or more occasions in a career. Owens, who has been getting into the end zone with regularity of late, scoring nine rushing touchdowns over the last four games, ranks third in the country in rushing yards by a quarterback, averaging 75.5 yards per contest. Owens can also hurt you through the air as he is averaging a school record 10.3 yards per pass attempt this season, throwing for 1,155 yards on just 112 attempts, and averaging a school record 19.9 yards per pass completion on his 58 completions. He also owns the career mark for average yards per attempt, averaging yards (1,193 yards on 117 attempts). Owens has amassed 1,985 yards of total offense (830 rushing and 1,155 passing) on just Most Yards Rushing by a Quarterback (NCAA)... Rk. Player School YPG 1. Brad Smith Missouri Pat White West Virginia Lamar Owens Navy Michael Robinson Penn State Vince Young Texas 70.8 Navy Quarterbacks Who Have Rushed For 100 Yards In a Game Under Johnson... Date Player Att-Yds. Opp. 8/31/02 Craig Candeto SMU 9/21/02 Craig Candeto Northwestern 12/7/02 Craig Candeto Army 10/18/03 Craig Candeto Rice 11/01/03 Craig Candeto Tulane 11/22/03 Craig Candeto Cent. Michigan 9/4/04 Aaron Polanco Duke 9/11/04 Aaron Polanco Northeastern 10/23/04 Aaron Polanco Rice 12/30/04 Aaron Polanco New Mexico 9/3/05 Lamar Owens Maryland 10/1/05 Lamar Owens Duke 10/15/05Lamar Owens Kent St. 100-yd. rushing games by a Quarterback (Navy)... Rk. Player Years No. 1. Chris McCoy Aaron Polanco Alton Grizzard Lamar Owens 2003-curr. 3 Total Offense Yards Per Play for a Season by a Quarterback (Navy)... Rk. Player Year Yds. / Play 1. Chris McCoy Roger Staubach George Welsh Lamar Owens Total Offense Yards Per Play for a Career by a Quarterback (Navy)... Rk. Player Year Yds. / Play 1. Lamar Owens Chris McCoy Tom Forrestal George Welsh Navy Season Passing Yards Per Attempt (Min. 90 attempts)... Rk. Player Year Yds. / Play 1. Lamar Owens Aaron Polanco Roger Staubach Roger Staubach Craig Candeto Navy Season Passing Yards Per Completion (Min. 50 Comp.)... Rk. Player Year Yds. / Play 1. Lamar Owens Aaron Polanco Craig Candeto Chris McCoy Bob Leszczynski

5 Record When... SITUATION 2005 overall 7-4 playing at home 4-1 playing on the road 2-2 playing at a neutral site 1-1 leading after the first quarter 3-1 trailing after the first quarter 2-2 tied after the first quarter 1-1 leading at halftime 4-1 trailing at halftime 2-2 tied at halftime 1-1 leading after the third quarter 5-1 trailing after the third quarter 1-3 tied after the third quarter 1-0 in overtime 0-0 come-from-behind wins 4 when Navy scores first 4-0 when opponent scores first 3-4 when Navy rushes for 300-plus yards 6-0 when opponent rushes for 300-plus yards 0-0 when winning turnover margin 2-1 when losing turnover margin 4-3 when turnover margin is even 1-0 when Navy passes for 150-plus yards 2-1 when opponent passes for 200-plus yards 2-4 on fieldturf / artificial turf 5-3 on natural grass 2-1 when Navy scores 20 or less 0-1 when Navy scores points 2-2 when Navy scores 31-plus points 5-1 when opponent scores 20 or less 2-0 when opponent scores points 4-1 when opponent scores 31-plus points 1-3 scoring drives under two minutes 21 of 53 scoring drives under one minute 8 of 53 scoring drives over five minutes 12 of 53 Under Johnson... Record Playing in Annapolis 14-7 Away 7-10 Neutral-site games 6-4 vs. Mountain West Conf. 4-1 Bowl games 1-1 Leading at end of first quarter 15-6 Tied at end of first quarter 7-5 Trailing at end of first quarter 4-11 Leading at halftime 20-2 Tied at halftime 3-3 Trailing at halftime 3-17 Leading at end of third quarter 24-3 Tied at end of third quarter 1-1 Trailing at end of third quarter 2-17 When scoring 35-plus points 14-2 When holding foes to 20 or fewer points 15-2 When rushing for over 300 yards 20-4 «Navy has won 17 games in a row when rushing for over 300 yards (last loss Rutgers, Sept. 27, 2003). «Navy has won 12 games in a row when holding foes to 20 or fewer points (last loss TCU; Sept. 6, 2003). 307 plays this year. His 6.5 yards per play ranks him fourth in school history for average yards per play for a season and his 5.94 average yards per play for a career (2,080 yards in 350 plays) ranks first in the school annals. Owens needs just 127 yards of total offense against Colorado State to pass Aaron Polanco for fifth on the Navy list for total offense in a season. Tale Of Two Halves... The Navy offense has been up and down on the first drive of the game, yet sensational on the first drive of the second half. The Mids have scored three touchdowns, thrown four interceptions and lost a fumble on the first drive of the game (five of Navy s 18 turnovers have come on the first drive). Navy has scored on the first drive of the second half in eight of the 11 games (six touchdowns and two field goals). Navy Ranked No. 1 In The Nation In Rushing... Navy enters the Poinsettia Bowl ranked No. 1 in the country in rushing offense, averaging yards per game. The Mids have never finished lower than third in the country in rushing during Paul Johnson s tenure at the Academy. Last year, the Mids finished third in the nation, averaging yards per contest, while in 2003 the Mids led the nation in rushing, averaging a school-record yards per game. In 2002, Johnson s first year at Navy, the Mids finished third in the nation in rushing, averaging yards per contest. Navy is averaging a school-record 5.6 yards per rush this year. Caldwell 10th In The Nation In Tackles Per Game Junior linebacker Rob Caldwell (St. John, Ind.) ranks 10th in the nation in tackles per game, averaging 11.5 per contest. Caldwell, who entered the season with 15-career tackles, has recorded 126 tackles this season. He has been in double figures in eight-of-11 games. If Caldwell finishes the season as the team s leading tackler (he leads by 22 tackles with one game remaining), it will mark the fourth-consecutive year and sixth time in the last 14 years that a player from Indiana has led Navy in tackles. Safety Josh Smith (Attica, Ind.) led Navy in tackles in each of the last three years, and Javier Zuluaga (Indianapolis, Ind.) led Navy in tackles in 1992 and Caldwell would also be the first linebacker to lead Navy in tackles since Clint Bruce in 1995 and Caldwell s 21 tackles against Air Force are tied for the sixth most in the country this year and the most by a Navy player since Smith had 21 against Connecticut in Score First!... Navy is 4-0 when scoring first this year and 3-4 when the opposition scores first. The Mids have won 11-consecutive games when scoring first, with the last loss coming in 2003 on Homecoming to Delaware. Navy Career Passing Yards Per Attempt (Min. 100 attempts)... Rk. Player Year Yds. / Play 1. Lamar Owens 2003-pres Aaron Polanco Craig Candeto Brian Broadwater Chris McCoy Roger Staubach Navy Total Offense in a Season... Rk. Player Year Yards 1. Chris McCoy , Jim Kubiak , Craig Candeto , Jim Kubiak , Aaron Polanco , Lamar Owens ,985 Top 10 Individual Tacklers (NCAA)... Rk. Player (Team) Top 10 Rushing Teams (NCAA)... Rk. Team Average 1. Navy Minnesota Texas Southern Cal West Virginia Memphis La.-Lafayette Air Force Texas A&M California Average 1. Jimmy Cottrell (New Mexico) D Qwell Jackson (Maryland) Chad Greenway (Iowa) Kevis Coley (Southern Miss.) Patrick Willis (Mississippi) Abdul Hodge (Iowa) Tim McGarigle (Northwestern) Cole Snyder (Idaho) Matt Griebel (New Mexico St.) Rob Caldwell (Navy) Players With 20 Tackles in a Game This Year (NCAA)... Player (Team) Opponent Tckls. Tim McGarigle (N Western) Wisconsin 25 Jimmy Cottrell (NM State) Utah State 25 Tyrell Johnson (Ark. State) North Texas 25 Matt Greibel (NM State) Boise State 23 Paul Posluszny (Penn St.) Northwestern 22 Rob Caldwell (Navy) Air Force 21 Tim McGarigle (N Western)Michigan 21 Caleb Campbell (Army) Air Force 21 Rocky Schwartz (Houston) UCF 21 Dennis Thornton (Marshall) UAB 20 Abdul Hodge (Iowa) Michigan 20 Chad Greenway (Iowa) Northern Iowa 20 H.B. Blades (Pittsburgh) Louisville 20 Mike Mohoric (New Mex.) Air Force 20

6 Career Records Watch... Rushing Carr. Yds. 10. Chuck Smith (84-87) 363 1,744. Lamar Owens (2002-pres.) Passing Comp. Yds. 10. Brian Broadwater ( ) 170 2,500. Lamar Owens (2002-pres.) 60 1,193 Receiving Rec. Yds. 10. Michael Jefferson ( ) Jason Tomlinson (2003-pres.) Interceptions Int. Yds. 5.Two Players 10. DuJuan Price (2003-pres.) 5 84 Punt Ret. (Based on avg.) No. Avg. 6. Phil McConkey ( ) Jason Tomlinson (2003-pres.) Kick Ret. (Based on avg.) No. Avg. 2. Pat McGrew ( ) Karlos Whittaker (2005-pres) Total Offense Plays Yds. 5. Bill Byrne ( ) 794 4,399. Lamar Owens (2002-pres.) 351 2,152 Scoring TD Pts. 5. Joe Bellino ( ) Lamar Owens (2002-pres.) Career Milestone Watch... Tackles Jeremy Chase (Career) 9 for 200 Rob Caldwell (Career) 9 for 150 Jeremy McGown (Career) 8 for 150 Keenan Little (Career) 9 for 100 Rushing Yards Lamar Owens (Career) 41 for 1,000 Lamar Owens (Season) 170 for 1,000 Marco Nelson (Season) 47 for 500 Reggie Campbell (Career) 54 for 500 Total Offense Lamar Owens (Season) 15 for 2,000 Receiving Yards Jason Tomlinson (Career) 135 for 1,000 Jason Tomlinson (Season) 73 for 500 Marco Nelson (Career) 70 for 500 All-Purpose Yards Jason Tomlinson (Career) 111 for 1,500 Reggie Campbell (Season) 175 for 1,000 The Red Zone... Navy has scored 38 of the 47 times (.809) it has reached the red zone, including 31 touchdowns (.660). Navy s opponents have scored on 34 of their 43 opportunities in the red zone (.791) with 27 going for touchdowns (.627%). On A Roll... Navy is (.694) over the last three years after posting a 3-30 (.091) record the previous three years. The Mids are 14-2 (.875) at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium over the last three years, after losing 14 straight at home the previous three years. Navy Tough On Punt Returners... The Mids, led by their dimuntive gunners sophomore Reggie Campbell (5-6, Sanford, Fla.) and senior Marco Nelson (5-7, Scottsdale, Ariz.), have been tough against opposing punt returners, allowing just 4.86 yards per return. The 4.86 yard average is the 8th-best average in the country. Disciplined Football... Navy is back near the top of the national rankings for fewest penalties per game and fewest yards penalized per game, ranking fourth in fewest penalties (4.45 per contest) and fifth in yards penalized (35.91 per game). Last year, Navy finished second in the country for the fewest amount of penalties per game (4.17) and fifth in fewest yards penalized per game (35.83). Plebes Getting Experience... Navy has played 17 true freshmen this year (the Naval Academy does not redshirt), which is second most in the country. Arkansas leads the country with 18 true freshmen having seen time. Top 10 Fewest Penalties Per Game (NCAA)... Rk. Team Average 1. Michigan Iowa Vanderbilt Penn State 4.45 Navy Clemson Kentucky Air Force 4.91 Rice Maryland 5.09 Stanford 5.09 Go For It!... Navy is 12th in the nation in fourth down efficiency, converting 17 of 26 opportunities (.654). Navy s 26 attempts are tied for the fourth most in the country. Ballard Comes Up Big In First-Two Starts... Sophomore fullback Adam Ballard (Lewisville, Texas) came up big in his first-two career starts, rushing for 168 yards and a touchdown on 29 carries against Temple and 192 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries against Army. His 360 yards rushing is a school record for most yards rushing by a player in his first-two career starts. The previous record was 339 yards by Chris McCoy in Ballard s 192 yards rushing against Army were the most by a Navy player since Nov. 10, 2001, when Brian Madden rushed for 201 yards in Navy s loss at Tulane. It s the most yards by a Navy player in an Army-Navy game since Dec. 6, 1997, when Chris McCoy rushed for 205 yards in Navy s 39-7 victory. Forgotten Man... While sophomore kicker Joey Bullen (St. Simons Island, Ga.) has been outstanding on extra-points this year, he has been a forgotten man when it comes to field goals. Navy has attempted just one field goal in the last five games, a 25-yard attempt against Temple which Bullen made. Top 10 Team Def. Punt Return Average (NCAA)... Rk. Team Average 1. Bowling Green Florida Michigan Iowa Stanford 4.16 Miami (Fla.) UTEP Navy TCU Washington State 5.27 Top 10 Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game (NCAA)... Rk. Team Average 1. Michigan Vanderbilt Penn State Iowa Navy Marshall Clemson Stanford Kentucky New Mexico St Most True Freshmen Played (NCAA)... Rk. Team No. 1. Arkansas Navy Kent State Duke 14 Kentucky Nebraska Florida State 12 Oklahoma 12 Utah State Teams 11 Fourth-Down Efficiency (NCAA)... Rk. Team Pct. 1. Penn State Texas Tech Air Force LSU Oklahoma State Iowa State.750 Middle Tenn. St UCF.667 Duke.667 Northern Illinois.667 Tulsa Navy.654

7 Reaching the Plateau yard rushing games 2005 Car. Lamar Owens 3 3 vs. Maryland (122 yds.; 9/3/05) at Duke (106 yds.; 10/1/05) vs. Kent State (110 yds.; 10/15/05) Adam Ballard 2 2 vs.temple (167 yds.; 11/19/05) vs. Army (192 yds.; 12/3/05) Karlos Whittaker 1 1 vs. Stanford (110 yds.; 9/10/05) Matt Hall 1 1 vs.tulane (109 yds.; 11/5/05) 100-yard receiving games 2005 Car. Jason Tomlinson 2 2 vs. Air Force (114 yds.; 10/8/05) vs. Kent State (115 yds.; 10/15/05) 3-touchdown games 2005 Car. Lamar Owens 2 2 vs.tulane (3 TDs; 11/5/05) vs. Army (3 TDs; 12/3/05) Marco Nelson 1 1 vs. Stanford (3 TDs; 9/10/05) 12-tackle games Sea. Car. Rob Caldwell 5 5 vs. Stanford (14 tckls.; 9/10/05) vs. Maryland (13 tckls.; 9/3/05) at Duke (14 tckls.; 10/1/05) vs. Air Force (21 tckls.; 10/8/05) vs. Notre Dame (14 tckls.; 11/12/05) Jake Biles 2 2 vs. Rutgers (14 tckls.; 10/29/05) vs. Army (13 tckls.; 12/3/05) David Mahoney 1 1 vs. Rutgers (13 tckls.; 10/29/05) Jeremy McGown 0 1 vs.tulane (13 tckls.; 11/06/04) Jeremy Chase 0 1 vs. Delaware (13 tckls.; 10/30/04) 2-sack games Sea. Car. Tyler Tidwell 2 2 vs. Rice (2 sacks; 10/22/05) vs.tulane (2 sacks; 11/19/05) Andrew Tattersall 1 1 vs. Rutgers (3 sacks; 10/29/05) David Mahoney 1 1 vs. Air Force (2 sacks; 10/8/05) Jeremy Chase 1 1 vs. Kent State (2 sacks; 10/15/05) 2-interception games Sea. Car. DuJuan Price 0 1 vs.tulsa (2 int.; 9/18/04) Bullen Automatic... Navy sophomore kicker Joey Bullen (St. Simon s Island, Ga.) is 46 for 46 on extra-points this year. His 46 made extra-points is a Navy single-season record, while his 46 consecutive extra-points is tied for second all-time. Bullen s 70 total points ranks as the fifth most in a season at Navy by a kicker. Whittaker Out For The Year Freshman slot back Karlos Whittaker (North Chicago, Ill.), who scored a Navy freshman record six touchdowns this year, is out for the season with a torn ACL and MCL in his left knee. Whittaker injured his knee in the second quarter of the Temple game. Before his injury, Whittaker was having a sensational freshman campaign. His six touchdowns are tied for the 21st most in the country by a freshman this year and he was averaging a touchdown once every 6.2 carries. Earlier this year, Whittaker scored in six-consecutive games, the longest scoring streak by a Navy player since Brian Madden scored a touchdown in eight-consecutive games from (Madden missed all of the 2000 season and the first three games of the 2001 season with a knee injury), before being shut out in the Tulane game. HE became just the second freshman in school history (Alton Grizzard was the other) to rush for over 100 yards in a game when he rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown on just seven carries against Stanford. Grizzard rushed for 225 yards on 23 carries in 1987 against Penn. Whittaker had also started to become quite a threat on kickoff returns, averaging 25.6 yards per return, which is the fourth-best mark in school history for a single season and third best for a career. His 52-yard kickoff return against Rice was the longest by a Navy player since Aaron Weedo returned a kickoff 53 yards against Army in In Paul We Trust... Navy football has struggled mightily over the last 21 years, compiling an overall record of (.346). The Mids, however, have not struggled when Paul Johnson has been calling the plays. Johnson has been at Navy for six of those 21 years (two years as a coordinator and four as a head coach), and in those six years, the Mids are (.571) and have appeared in three bowl games (this year will be the fourth), winning two. The Mids are (.694) over the last three years and have won 23 of the last 32 contests (.719). NCAA First... Senior slot back Marco Nelson (Scottsdale, Ariz.) is the first player in NCAA history to return a fumble for a touchdown, score a rushing touchdown and catch a touchdown pass in the same game as he accomplished this feat in Navy s loss to Stanford. Nelson Most Extra Points in a Season... Rk. Player Year PATs 1. Joey Bullen Eric Rolfs Tim Shubzda Fred Marlin Tom Vanderhorst Most Consecutive Extra Points... Rk. Player Years PATs 1. Tim Shubzda Steve Fehr Joey Bullen Frank Schenk Eric Rolfs Most Points by a Kicker in a Season (Navy)... Rk. Player Year Pts. 1. Tim Shubzda Steve Fehr Tom Vanderhorst Steve Fehr Joey Bullen Most Touchdowns by a Freshman in 2005 (NCAA)... Rk. Player Team TDs 1. Tyrell Sutton Northwestern Steve Slaton West Virginia Davone Bass Hawai i Ryan Grice-Mullen Hawai i Sidney Rice South Carolina 11 Kory Sheets Purdue 11 Darren McFadden Arkansas James Hardy Indiana Ontario Sneed Central Michigan 9 Greg Carr Florida State 9 Tyrell Fenroy La.-Lafayette 9 Jorvorskie Lane Texas A&M 9 Deon Butler Penn State 9 DeMyron Martin SMU 9 Earl Bennett Vanderbilt 9 Jonathan Stewart Oregon 9 Tarropm Adams Tulsa James Davis Clemson Brad Lester Auburn 7 Jamaal Charles Texas Karlos Whittaker Navy 6 Four Others 6 Navy Single-Season Leaders for Kickoff Return Average... Rk. Player Year Avg. 1. Pat McGrew Eric Wallace Jack Forde Karlos Whittaker Navy Career Leaders for Kickoff Return Average... Rk. Player Years Avg. 1. Eric Wallace Pat McGrew Karlos Whittaker Joe Bellino Tony Lane returned a fumbled punt 19 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter, scored on a one-yard run with 5:33 remaining in the second quarter and then caught a 54-yard touchddown pass from Lamar Owens in the fourth quarter (12:38).

8 What Others are Saying About Navy Football... «Navy's option offense is one of the best running offenses in the last decade. Bill Belichick, head coach New England Patriots «Paul Johnson is playing chess when everybody else is playing checkers Eric Collins ESPN Play-by-Play announcer «These guys think they can play the New York Giants with that offense. Gary Blackney Maryland Defensive Coordinator «That's a good football team that will not quit. I'll tell you that much. They didn't blink once. It was nuts playing that team." Jon Alston Stanford linebacker Tomlinson Records Back-To-Back 100-Yard Receiving Games... Junior wide receiver Jason Tomlinson (Arlington, Texas) turned in back-to-back big games for the Midshipmen, catching four passes for a then career-high 114 yards and a touchdown against Air Force and catching five passes for a career-high 115 yards against Kent State. He is the first Navy player to top 100 yards receiving in back-to-back games since Ryan Read in His touchdown against the Falcons came on a 61-yard toss from Lamar Owens (Sr./Savannah, Ga.). It was the longest reception in Tomlinson s career and the longest play by Navy since last year s Emerald Bowl when Aaron Polanco hit Corey Dryden with a 61-yard touchdown pass against New Mexico. Tomlinson is averaging 17.3 yards per catch for his career, with 50 receptions for 865 yards. It s the fifth-best receiving average in school history. Special Drought... The Mids have gone 111 games without returning a punt for a touchdown, the longest streak in the country. Navy last returned a punt for a touchdown on Oct. 5, 1996 when Ross Scott returned one 65 yards for a touchdown in a Homecoming victory over Duke. «They have a great offense. They run what they The Mids have gone 94 games without returning a kickoff for a run with perfection.we played hard and we played touchdown, the eighth-longest streak in the country. Navy last well and if you don't do that against them, you will returned a kickoff for a touchdown on Nov. 15, 1997, when Matt be the victim of them putting up a lot of points." Nelson took a lateral and ran 58 yards for a touchdown in Navy s 52- Derek Landri 24 victory over Colgate. Notre Dame defensive lineman Green Named ESPN The Magazine First-Team Academic All-District... Senior center Marshall Green (Baton Rouge, La.) has been named to the ESPN The Magazine First-Team Academic All-District II team by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Green, who carries a 3.33 GPA in chemistry, will now be eligible for Academic All-America honors. Green was also recently accepted into dental school at the University of Maryland. Average Yards Per Catch (Career)... Rk. Player Years Average 1. Eric Roberts Jim Stewart Matt Scornavacchi Phil McConkey Jason Tomlinson 2003-curr Most Games Without a Punt Return for a Touchdown (NCAA)... Rk. Team Games 1. Navy Brigham Young Cincinnati Louisiana Tech Vanderbilt 78 Most Games Without a Kickoff Return for a Touchdown (NCAA)... Rk. Team Games 1. Missouri Air Force Louisiana Tech Buffalo Iowa State Cincinnati Memphis Navy New Mexico Arizona 92 A s Make Plays... Navy s slot backs, or A-Backs as they are called in the offense, have been big-play contributors in both the rushing and passing game this year. As a unit, the A-backs have rushed for 1,190 yards and 14 touchdowns on just 144 carries (8.3 yards per carry) and have caught 26 passes for 565 yards and two touchdowns (21.7 yards per reception). All told, the slot backs have gained 1,755 yards and scored 16 touchdowns on 170 touches (10.3 yards per touch). Mr. October... Sophomore slot back Reggie Campbell (So,/Sanford, Fla.) was Navy s Mr. October. Against Duke, Campbell ran the ball three times for 50 yards, including a career-long 52-yarder that set up Navy s go-ahead touchdown in the third quarter. He had a huge game against Air Force, carrying the ball three times for 46 yards, including a gametying 40-yard burst with just over two minutes remaining, and had three catches for 47 yards. He accounted for 69 yards on Navy s game-tying drive. Campbell had another strong game against Kent State, running eight times for 31 yards and catching two passes for 59 yards, including a career-long 44-yard catch. After a quiet game against Rice (20 yards rushing on four carries), Campbell came back against Rutgers and carried the ball four times for 69 yards and a touchdown. His touchdown run was a spectacular 60-yard run off an option pitch and was the longest run of his career, the longest run by a Navy player this year and the second-longest play by a Navy player this year.

9 On the NCAA Leaderboard... {117 Teams in Division IA} Category - Team Rushing Offense 1st (305.2) 3rd (289.5) Passing Offense 116th (114.0) 116th (99.3) Total Offense 33rd (419.2) 45th (388.8) Scoring Offense 27th (32.6) 46th (27.8) Rushing Defense 68th (155.8) 63rd (151.1) Pass Defense 39th (203.8) 35th (200.4) Total Defense 50th (359.6) 44th (351.5) Scoring Defense 62nd (25.7) 26th (19.8) Net Punting 50th (34.5) 110th (31.1) Punt Return 78th (7.50) 91st (7.0) Kickoff Return 57th (20.53) 72nd (19.4) Turnover Margin 80th (-.36) 46th (+.25) Category - Individual Individual Rushing Lamar Owens (62rd; 75.45) Total Offense Lamar Owens (76th; ) Punting Eric Shuey (88th; 38.38) Kickoff Returns Karlos Whittaker (27th; 25.57) Field Goals Joey Bullen (87th; 0.73) Scoring Joey Bullen (100th; 6.36) Tackles Rob Caldwell (10th; 11.45) Jake Biles (30th; 9.45) Sacks David Mahoney (T56th; 0.59) Tyler Tidwell (T74th; 0.55) Forced Fumbles Rob Caldwell (T37th; 0.27) Passes Defended Keenan Little (T99th; 0.82) Tackles For Loss Tyler Tidwell (T22nd; 1.45) David Mahoney (T24th; 1.41) Lots Of Yards... Navy amassed 532 yards of total offense against Kent State, the 23rd-most yards in school history and the most since Nov. 20, 2004 when Navy produced 613 yards against Rutgers. The Mids ran up 531 yards, the 25th-most yards in school history and the most ever in an Army- Navy game, in the Mids rout of Army. Ground Attack... Navy s 490 yards rushing against Army are the most in the history of the Army-Navy game and ranks fifth all-time in the school record books. The 490 yards rushing are the most by Navy since 2003 when the Mids rushed for 530 yards against Central Michigan. Hall Out For The Year... Junior fullback Matt Hall (Cape Coral, Fla.), who was Navy s second leading rusher with 493 yards and six touchdowns, is out for the year after tearing his ACL and MCL in the Notre Dame game. Hall injurrd his left knee on his first carry of the game, a 10-yard gain. Rossi Added To Rimington Trophy List... Navy center James Rossi (Jr./Buda, Texas) has been added to the watch list for the Rimington Trophy, which is given to the nation s top center. Rossi, who has started all 11 games for the Midshipmen, has helped pave the way for the nation s top-ranked ground game. Cardiac Kids... Each of Navy s first-five games this year were decided by seven points or less. It s the first time since 1928, when the Mids lost to Davis & Elkins (2-0), Boston College (6-0) and Notre Dame (7-0) and beat Duke (6-0) and Penn (6-0), in which the first-five games were decided by seven points or less. The 1916 team also opened the season by playing fivestraight games that were decided by seven points or less (they went 3-1-1). Slow Start; Fast Finish... Navy got off to an 0-2 start for the first time since 2001, which was the last year of the Charlie Weatherbie era. The Mids finished that season The 0-2 start marked the 19th time in school history that Navy started 0-2. Navy bounced back from the 0-2 start to finish with a winning record marking just the third time in school history and first time since 1928 that a Navy football team has started 0-2 and finished with a winning record. Navy 500-Plus Yard Games of Total Offense... Rk. Yds. R / P Opponent Date (362/362) Tulane 11/11/ (515/165) Colgate 10/17/ (378/300) Northwestern 9/21/ (358/295) Colgate 9/12/ (251/395) California 12/25/ (530/114) Central Michigan 11/22/ (563/72) Kent State 11/22/ (513/117) Columbia 11/13/ (422/201) Dartmouth 10/4/ (476/137) Rutgers 11/20/ (370/228) VMI 10/30/ (396/200) Columbia 11/12/ (463/107) Wake Forest 10/26/ (438/125) Delaware 11/9/ (424/138) SMU 9/9/ (394/166) William & Mary 9/28/ (292/267) William & Mary 10/16/ (330/225) William & Mary 9/27/ (399/151) Kent State 9/11/ (391/155) William & Mary 10/22/ (320/225) Pennsylvania 10/25/ (313/224) Colgate 11/15/ (336/196) Kent State 10/15/ (383/149) William & Mary 9/29/ (490/41) Army 12/3/ (361/167) Princeton 10/17/ (410/117) Yale 10/1/ (451/710 Hawai'i 11/20/ (289/232) Princeton 10/20/ (294/220) Lafayette 10/19/ (279/235) Vanderbilt 11/18/ (388/124) Connecticut 9/20/ (421/87) Army 12/7/ (424/84) Air Force 10/7/ (293/212) Duke 10/8/ (354/148) George Washington 11/16/ (342/160) Vanderbilt 10/11/ (374/127) Boston College 9/30/72 Navy Top-20 Rushing Games in School History... Rk. Yds. Opponent Date Kent State 11/22/ Cent. Michigan 11/22/ Colgate 10/17/ Columbia 11/13/ Army 12/3/ Rutgers 11/20/ Kent State 9/19/ Wake Forest 10/26/ Hawai'i 11/20/ Delaware 11/9/ Pennsylvania 10/17/ SMU 9/9/ Air Force 10/7/ Dartmouth 10/4/ Army 12/07/ Tulane 11/5/ Tulane 11/13/ Yale 10/1/ Virginia 9/13/ Kent State 9/11/99 Fans Flock To Navy-Marine Corps... Navy finished the home season averaging a school record 33,013 fans. The previous record was 31,996 during the 1999 four-game home slate. This season also marks just the second time in school history in which all home game crowds eclipsed 30,000.