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2017 NAVY POSTGAME NOTES NAVYGM 13: NAVY VS. VIRGINIA - MILITARY FOOTBALL BOWL | DEC. 28 | ANNAPOLIS, MD. | NAVY-MARINE CORPS MEMORIAL STADIUM TEAM NOTES Bowl history ... it was previously 17 by Cincinnati against Virginia Tech in 2014. • The 28 points by Navy tied the Military Bowl record for the most in the first half • With its 49-7 win over Virginia in the 2017 Military Bowl, Navy’s all-time bowl (Toledo in 2011). record is now 11-11-1 ... the Mids have won four of their last five bowl games. • Navy’s 21-point halftime lead (28-7) tied the largest halftime lead in Military Bowl • Navy owns a 708-558-57 record in what is the program’s 137th year of football. history. • Navy is 33-14 over its last 47 games dating back to the end of the 2014 season. • Navy’s one pass attempt marked the fewest passing attempts in Navy bowl • In Ken Niumatalolo’s 10 seasons as Navy’s head coach, he has amassed an history and the fewest in Military Bowl history ... the zero completions and zero 84-48 record. passing yards also marked records for a Navy bowl and the Military Bowl. • Niumatalolo has been on the Navy sideline as either an assistant or head coach • Navy’s 24 first downs are tied as the second most in Military Bowl history. for 19 of the last 22 years ... over those 19 seasons, Navy has compiled a 151- • Navy had 23 first downs rushing which also broke the Military Bowl record previ- 98 record. ously set by the Mids with 22 against Pitt in 2015. • Navy is 29-11 all-time against Virginia ... Niumatalolo is 1-0 against the Cava- • Navy’s defense held Virginia to 175 yards of total offense which is the fewest liers, while Bronco Mendenhall is 0-1 against the Mids. total yards allowed in Military Bowl history ... the previous record was 253 by • Navy is 30-39 under Niumatalolo when the opponent scores first, including 2-5 Wake Forest against the Mids in 2016. this season. • Navy held Virginia to the third-fewest rushing yards in Military Bowl history. • Navy is 49-8 under Niumatalolo when leading after the first quarter, including • Navy is now 3-0 in bowl games where the opposition has returning the opening 5-2 this season. kickoff for a touchdown - 2017 Military Bowl, 2015 Military Bowl, 1996 Aloha Bowl. • Navy is 61-10 under Niumatalolo when leading at the half, including 6-2 this • Zach Abey is one of five players in FBS history to score five rushing touchdowns season. in bowl game - 2015 by Kareem Hunt of Toledo, 2011 by Terrance Ganaway of • Navy is 70-5 under Niumatalolo when leading after three quarters of play, includ- Baylor, 1988 by Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State and 1902 by Neil Snow of ing 7-1 this season. Michigan. • The 49 points by Navy were the most since defeated SMU, 75-31, on Nov. 26, • Abey broke the Navy record for most rushing touchdowns in a bowl game and 2016 ... it’s the second-most points scored by the Mids in a bowl game. tied the record for most total touchdowns in a bowl game (Reggie Campbell vs. • Navy has scored 30 or more points in all seven of its wins, while all six of its Colorado State in 2005 Poinsettia Bowl - 3 rushing 2 receiving) ... it also broke losses the Mids have failed to reach 30 points. the Military Bowl record for most rushing TDs. • For the second time this season, Navy had zero yards in the passing column ... • Abey also tied Campbell for the most points scored in a Navy bowl game with 30, Navy also had zero yards passing in a 43-40 win over SMU on Nov. 11. while the 30 points by Abey are the most in Military Bowl history. • It’s the first time in school history Navy has not completed a pass in a bowl game. • Bennett Moehring connected on all seven PATs for the Mids, setting a Navy bowl • Navy’s second-half shutout against Virginia was its first since defeating Army, record ... the previous high was 6 by Tom Vanderhorst vs. Cal in the 1996 Aloha 21-17, on Dec. 12, 2015. Bowl, Joey Bullen vs. Colorado State in the 2005 Poinsettia Bowl and Moehring • The 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Virginia’s Joe Reed on the open- vs. LA Tech in the 2016 Armed Forces Bowl. ing kickoff was the first kickoff returned for a touchdown by a Navy opponent • The 114 yards rushing by Malcolm Perry are the second-most yards rushing since Memphis’ Tony Pollard returned a kick 100 yards for a TD on Oct. 22, by a QB in Military Bowl history behind Navy’s Keenan Reynolds’ 144 vs. Pitt 2016. in 2015. • The 452 yards rushing stands as the 24th most in program history and the fourth most by the Mids this season. • Starting QB Malcolm Perry (114) and starting fullback Chris High (101) teamed INDIVIDUAL NOTES up to become the 54th 100-yard rushing tandem in program history ... it’s the Zach Abey, QB, Jr. fifth game this season (Cincinnati, Tulsa, Air Force, SMU and Virginia) Navy has • Carried the ball 13 times for 88 yards and five touchdowns (1, 1, 5, 20, 1 yds). had a pair of 100-yard rushers, tying as the most in single season ... the 2006 • Abey is one of five players in FBS history to score five rushing touchdowns in team also achieved the feat in five games (Stanford, UConn, Air Force, Duke bowl game - 2015 by Kareem Hunt of Toledo, 2011 by Terrance Ganaway of and Temple). Baylor, 1988 by Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State and 1902 by Neil Snow of • Navy’s defense held Virginia to just 30 yards rushing on 18 attempts ... it’s the Michigan. fewest rushing yards by an opponent since Rice ran for 21 yards on 16 attempts • The five touchdowns scored by Abey broke the Navy record for most rushing on Oct. 10, 2009. touchdowns in a bowl game and tied the record for most total touchdowns in a • The last time Navy held an opponent without an offensive touchdown was on bowl game (Reggie Campbell vs. Colorado State in 2005 Poinsettia Bowl - 3 Dec. 13, 2014, in a 17-10 win over Army (FG and blocked punt return for TD). rushing 2 receiving) ... it also broke the Military Bowl record for most rushing • The 42:00 of possession time stands as the fourth most during the Niumatalolo TDs. era and the second time this season Navy has held the ball 40 or more minutes. • The five touchdowns is tied for the fourth-most rushing touchdowns by a Navy • Over the last 10 years, the most wins with 1 or fewer pass attempts in a game - player in a single game alongside Ricky Dobbs vs. Delaware in 2009 and Keen- Navy 4 wins, Army 3 wins, Air Force 1 win. an Reynolds vs. East Carolina in 2015 ... it’s the most by a Navy players ince • Leading Navy out of the locker room carrying flags were Chad Lewellyn (Ameri- Reynolds’ five against ECU. can), Winn Howard (Marine Corps) and Justin Norton (Navy). • On his 39-yard run (4:57, 3Qtr), he moved into second on Navy’s all-time single- season rushing yards leader board ... he finished the year with 1,413 yards and BOWL RECORDS is one of only two players in program history to rush for 1,400 or more yards in a season (Napoleon McCallum - 1,587). • Navy’s 452 yards rushing set a Military Bowl record, while it came up just shy of a Navy bowl record which is 467 yards against Colorado State in the 2005 Nizaire Cromartie, DE, So. Poinsettia Bowl. • Registered a career-best two tackles for loss. • Navy’s 76 rushing attempts set a Navy bowl record, as well as a Military Bowl record ... the previous record was 71 against Pitt in the 2015 Military Bowl. Taylor Heflin, LB, Jr. • Navy’s seven touchdowns tied a Navy bowl record ... the Mids scored seven • Teamed up with senior cornerback Tyris Wooten to lead the Mids with five tack- against Colorado State in the 2005 Poinsettia Bowl en route to a 51-30 win ... it les. also tied a Military Bowl record (2010 by Maryland vs. ECU). • The seven rushing touchdowns broke the Military Bowl record that was previ- Chris High, FB, Sr. ously six by Maryland vs. ECU in 2010. • Carried the ball a team-best 19 times for a season-best 101 yards. • The 49 points by Navy are the second most by the Mids in a bowl game (51 vs. • It marked just his second career 100-yard rushing game (176 vs. Fordham in Colorado State in the 2005 Poinsettia Bowl). 2016). • The 49 points marked the second-most points by a winning team in Military Bowl history behind Maryland’s 51 against ECU in 2010. • The 42-point by the Mids marks the largest margin of victory in Military Bowl history ... it was previously 31 in a 51-20 victory by Maryland over ECU in 2010. • The 7 points by Virginia were the fewest scored by the losing team in Military Bennett Moehring, K, Jr. • Connected on all seven PATs for the Mids, setting a Navy bowl record ... the previous high was 6 by Tom Vanderhorst vs. Cal in the 1996 Aloha Bowl, Joey Bullen vs. Colorado State in the 2005 Poinsettia Bowl and Moehring vs.