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SOCIAL MEDIA: #GONAVY #BEATARMY Twitter .............................. @NavyAthletics and @NavyFB 2020 NAVY FOOTBALL Facebook .......................................................NavyAthletics Instagram ......................... @NavyAthletics and @NavyFB GAME 5 // NAVY AT EAST CAROLINA SATURDAY, OCT. 17 | 12:00 PM | ESPN+ | GREENVILLE, N.C. | DOWDY-FICKLEN STADIUM NAVY SCHEDULE NAVY MIDSHIPMEN 2-2 / 2-0 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE EAST CAROLINA PIRATES 2-2, 2-0 AAC 1-2, 1-1 AAC Date Opponent Time / Result TV 9-7 BYU L, 55-3 ESPN Head Coach Ken Niumatalolo (Hawai’i ‘89) Head Coach Mike Houston (Mars Hill ‘94) 9-19 at Tulane + W, 27-24 ABC Career Record 100-62, 13th year Career Record 85-35, 10th year 10-3 at Air Force L, 40-7 CBS SN Navy Record 100-62, 13th year School Record 5-10, 2nd year 10-10 Temple + W, 31-29 CBS SN Last Game 10-10 // defeated Temple, 31-29 Last Game 10-10 // defeated USF, 44-24 10-17 AT EAST CAROLINA + 12:00 PM ESPN+ Next Game 10-24 // Houston // 3:30 pm Next Game 10-30 // at Tulsa // Time TBA 10-24 Houston + 3:30 pm CBS SN Streak Won 1 Streak Won 1 10-31 at SMU + TBA TBA Ranking (AP / Coaches) NR / NR Ranking (AP / Coaches) NR / NR 11-7 Tulsa + 12:00 pm CBS SN 11-14 Memphis + TBA TBA Team Statistics Navy Opp. Team Statistics East Carolina Opp. 11-21 at USF + TBA TBA Points / Game 17.0 37.0 Points / Game 33.7 41.3 12-5/12/19 (To be determined no earlier than 11-1) First Downs 52 96 First Downs 65 72 AAC Championship Game TBA ABC / ESPN Rushing Yards / Game 166.0 275.2 Rushing Yards / Game 168.0 187.7 12-12 vs. Army ^ 3:00 PM CBS Passing Yards / Game 93.8 167.2 Passing Yards / Game 224.3 317.3 All times Eastern Total Offense / Game 259.8 442.5 Total Offense / Game 392.3 505.0 + American Athletic Conference Opponent Fumbles - Lost 4-2 2-0 Fumbles - Lost 5-3 6-3 ^ played at Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia, Pa.) Penalties / Pen. Yards / Game 17 / 44.8 13 / 27.0 Penalties - Pen. Yards / Game 92 / 61.6 69 / 45.8 Time of Possession / Game 29:07 30:53 Time of Possession / Game 29:16 30:44 THE SERIES Navy - East Carolina Series Navy leads, 6-1 Individual Leaders Individual Leaders Streak Navy, 4 games RUSHING ATT NET AVG TD YPG RUSHING ATT NET AVG TD YPG Last Meeting 9-14-2019, Navy 42-10 Jamale Carothers 57 229 4.0 1 57.2 Rahjai Harris 35 158 4.5 2 52.7 Niumatalolo vs. Navy 5-1 Nelson Smith 38 185 4.9 4 46.2 Keaton Mitchell 24 108 4.5 0 36.0 Mike Houston vs. Navy 0-1 PASSING C-A-I PCT YDS TD YPG PASSING C-A-I PCT YDS TD YPG GAME DAY MULTIMEDIA Dalen Morris 10-17-0 58.8 203 1 67.7 Holton Ahlers 60-105-4 57.1 673 6 224.3 TELEVISION // ESPN+ Play-by-Play Lincoln Rose RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD YPG RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD YPG Analyst Keith Moreland Mychal Cooper 5 92 18.4 1 23.0 Blake Proehl 17 138 8.1 0 46.0 Mark Walker 5 87 17.4 0 29.0 Tyler Snead 16 155 9.7 1 51.7 RADIO // NAVY RADIO NETWORK Play-by-Play Pete Medhurst DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL SCK INT FR/FF DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL SCK INT FR/FF Analyst Joe Miller Kevin Brennan 16-12-28 0 0 0 0/0 Xavier Smith 20-8-28 3 1 0 1/1 Sideline Keith Mills Diego Fagot 15-13-28 4.5 1 0 0/0 Jireh Wilson 15-7-22 4.5 2 0 0//1 Studio Scott Wykoff SETTING THE STAGE • WBAL 1090 AM / 101.5 FM (Baltimore) • Navy and East Carolina meet on the gridiron for the eighth time overall and the fourth time as American Athletic Conference • WNAV 1430 AM / 99.9 FM (Annapolis) foes when they square off on ESPN+ Saturday afternoon at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (50,000) in Greenville, N.C. Attendance • WJXL 1010 AM / 92.5 FM (Jacksonville, Fla.) for Saturday’s game will be limited to 7% of capacity (3,500) and the allotment has already been exhausted by player families • WGH 1310 AM / 100.9 FM / 97.3 HD2-3 (Norfolk, Va.) for both teams, ECU season ticket holders (based on a donor priority point system) and ECU students. • KWFN 97.3 FM (San Diego, Calif.) • Navy leads the all-time series, 6-1, including a 3-0 mark in American Athletic Conference games. The Mids are 3-0 in games • WFED 1500 AM (Washington, D.C.) played in Greenville, outscoring the Pirates 198-94 (66.0-31.3). Navy’s last trip to Greenville resulted in a 66-31 win in 2016. • WFED 104.5 FM (Western Fairfax / Loudon, Va.) • Since 2015, when Navy joined the American Athletic Conference, the Mids have compiled a conference record of 29-15, which • WFED 820 AM / 94.3 FM (Frederick, Md.) is the third-best mark in the league behind Temple and Memphis. • WBQH 1050 AM / 93.5 FM (Washington, D.C. / No. Virginia) • East Carolina will be just the second opponent Navy has played this year that has had just one week to prepare. The first was • Sirius Ch. 108 / XM Ch. 203 / Internet Ch. 967 Tulane, who Navy defeated 27-24. LIVE STATS // VIDEO • Navy enters the weekend 2-0 in the AAC and alone in first place. It’s the first time Navy has started 2-0 in the league since 2017, when the Mids started 3-0 before losing four of their final-five conference games. Navy also started 2-0 in 2015 and ‘16 Stats navystats.com and finished 7-1 in both seasons. The Mids shared the West Division crown with Houston in 2015 and won the West outright Video ESPN+ Subscription in 2016. • Navy started three different quarterbacks in its first three games of the season for the first time since 1992 - Jim Kubiak NAVY SPORTS INFORMATION (Virginia), Brian Ellis (Boston College), Jason Van Matre (Rutgers). That 1992 team finished 1-10. 566 Brownson Road | Annapolis, Md. 21402 • Last Saturday’s win over Temple was Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo’s 100th-career victory. He is the 24th active coach Fax: 410-293-8954 | www.NavySports.com with 100-career wins and just the sixth active coach to achieve it at one school. Please see page 13 of the notes for charts on where Niumatalolo stands nationally in wins among current coaches. Sr. Associate AD (Primary Contact) Scott Strasemeier Phone #s 410-293-8775 (o) / 443-336-9023 (c) E-Mail [email protected] BROADCAST COVERAGE • ESPN+ will carry Saturday’s game with Lincoln Rose and Keith Moreland on the call. Assistant AD (Secondary Contact) Stacie Michaud • The Navy Football Insider Show with Joe Miller will air on Thursday night from 7:00-8:00 pm on WBAL Radio (1090 AM, 101.5 Phone #s 410-293-8773 (o) / 410-212-3761 (c) FM). Pete Medhurst, Keith Mills and Scott Wykoff will contribute to the show. E-Mail [email protected] • The Navy Football Tailgate Show on WNAV Radio 1430 AM / 99.9 FM will air from 10:00-11:00 AM with Wylie Baker and Bill Lusby serving as the hosts. • The Navy Football Pregame Show with Medhurst, Miller, Mills and Wykoff will get underway at 11:00 AM on the Navy Radio Network, followed by game action beginning at 12 noon with Medhurst, Miller and Mills on the call. • Following the contest, Medhurst, Miller, Mills and Wykoff will recap the day’s events in a 30-minute postgame show. SERIES VS. EAST CAROLINA STATISTICAL COMPARISON Overall Navy leads, 6-1 2020 NCAA FBS TEAM RANKINGS (76 TEAMS) in Annapolis, Md. Navy leads, 3-1 in Greenville, N.C. Navy leads, 3-0 Navy ECU at Neutral Site --- Statistic Rk Avg Rk Avg Current Streak Navy, 4 Games Rushing Offense 41 166.0 39 168.0 Passing Efficiency 28 142.75 59 119.94 Inaugural Meeting 9-2-2006 // Navy, 28-23 Passing Yds. / Comp 1 17.86 53 11.22 Last Meeting 9-14-2019 // Navy, 42-10 Total Offense 75 259.8 50 392.3 Last Navy Win 9-14-2019 // Navy, 42-10 Scoring Offense 72 17.0 27 33.7 Last East Carolina Win 10-22-2011 // ECU, 38-35 Rushing Defense 75 275.3 55 187.7 Pass Defense 11 167.3 69 317.3 Breaking it Down Total Defense 54 442.5 74 505.0 9-2-2006 W 28-23 Annapolis, Md. Scoring Defense 68 37.0 73 41.3 11-6-2010 W 76-35 Greenville, N.C. Red Zone Offense 34 .857 3 1.000 10-22-2011 L 35-38 Annapolis, Md. Red Zone Defense 50 .870 67 .941 10-27-2012 W 56-28 Greenville, N.C. 3rd Down Conversion 58 .370 40 .431 9-19-2015 W 45-21 + Annapolis, Md. 3rd Down Conversion Def 43 .409 52 .455 11-19-2016 W 66-31 + Greenville, N.C. 4th Down Conversion 43 .545 38 .571 9-14-2019 W 42-10 + Annapolis, Md. 4th Down Conversion Def 50 .625 1 .000 + AAC game Net Punting 42 38.65 31 39.77 Time of Possession 48 29:07 9 33.56 Turnovers Gained 55 3 34 5 Turnovers Lost 13 3 60 7 Turnover Margin 39 0.00 59 -0.67 Fumbles Recovered -- 0 14 3 Fumbles Lost 28 2 50 3 Fewest Penalties / Gm 15 4.25 59 8.33 Fewest Penalty Yards / Gm 24 44.75 66 82.33 NAVY VS.