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NAVY SATURDAY, DEC. 12 | 3:00 PM | CBS | WEST POINT, N.Y. | MICHIE STADIUM NAVY SCHEDULE NAVY MIDSHIPMEN 3-6 / 3-4 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS 3-6, 3-4 AAC 7-2, INDEPENDENT Date Opponent Time / Result TV 9-7 BYU L, 55-3 ESPN Head Coach Ken Niumatalolo (Hawai’i ‘89) Head Coach Jeff Monken (Millikin ‘89) 9-19 at Tulane + W, 27-24 ABC Career Record 101-66, 13th year Career Record 83-54, 11th year 10-3 at Air Force L, 40-7 CBS SN Navy Record 101-66, 13th year School Record 47-38, 7th year 10-10 Temple + W, 31-29 CBS SN Last Game 12-5 // lost to Tulsa, 19-6 Last Game 11-21 // defeated Georgia Southern, 28-27 10-17 at East Carolina + W, 27-23 ESPN2 Streak Lost 4 Next Game 12-19 // Air Force // 3:00 pm 10-24 Houston + L, 37-21 CBS SN Ranking (AP / Coaches) NR / NR Streak Won 1 10-31 at SMU + L, 51-37 ESPN2 Ranking (AP / Coaches) RV / RV 11-21 at USF + Canceled ESPNU 11-28 Memphis + L, 10-7 CBS SN Team Statistics Navy Opp. Team Statistics Army Opp. 12-5 Tulsa + L, 19-6 ESPN2 Points / Game 18.4 32.0 Points / Game 30.6 16.3 12-12 AT ARMY 3:00 PM CBS First Downs 139 190 First Downs 188 132 All times Eastern Rushing Yards / Game 185.3 212.6 Rushing Yards / Game 296.7 119.0 + American Athletic Conference Opponent Passing Yards / Game 107.2 197.8 Passing Yards / Game 50.2 170.3 Total Offense / Game 292.6 410.3 Total Offense / Game 346.9 289.3 THE SERIES Fumbles - Lost 9-6 12-6 Fumbles - Lost 15-7 11-4 Army-Navy Series Navy leads, 61-52-7 Penalties / Pen. Yards / Game 38 / 38.8 42 / 38.4 Penalties - Pen. Yards / Game 46 / 44.8 42 / 44.4 Streak Navy, 1 game Time of Possession / Game 31:03 28:57 Time of Possession / Game 33:41 26:09 Last Meeting 12-14-2019, Navy 31-7 Niumatalolo vs. Army 9-3 Individual Leaders Individual Leaders Monken vs. Navy 3-3 RUSHING ATT NET AVG TD YPG RUSHING ATT NET AVG TD YPG Nelson Smith 117 622 5.3 8 69.1 Jakobi Buchanan 87 383 4.4 5 42.6 GAME DAY MULTIMEDIA Jamale Carothers 93 358 3.8 2 39.8 Tyrell Robinson 50 379 7.6 0 42.1 TELEVISION // CBS Play-by-Play Brad Nessler PASSING C-A-I PCT YDS TD YPG PASSING C-A-I PCT YDS TD YPG Analyst Gary Danielson Dalen Morris 32-62-2 51.6 570 3 71.2 Christian Anderson 15-40-3 37.5 158 1 31.6 Sideline Jamie Erdahl RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD YPG RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD YPG RADIO // NAVY RADIO NETWORK Mychal Cooper 12 199 16.6 2 28.4 Michael Roberts 7 106 15.1 1 13.2 Mark Walker 12 166 13.8 0 18.4 Walters 5 33 6.6 0 3.7 Play-by-Play Pete Medhurst Analyst Joe Miller DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL SCK INT FR/FF DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL SCK INT FR/FF Sideline Keith Mills Diego Fagot 37-30=67 9.0 3 0 1/1 Jon Rhattigan 26-41=67 8.0 1.5 2 1/0 Studio Scott Wykoff Kevin Brennan 34-27=61 0.5 0 0 0/0 Cedric Cunningham 31-26=57 7.0 2.0 1 0/1 • WBAL 1090 AM / 101.5 FM (Baltimore) • WNAV 1430 AM / 99.9 FM (Annapolis) SETTING THE STAGE • WJXL 1010 AM / 92.5 FM (Jacksonville, Fla.) • Army and Navy will meet in the greatest rivalry in all of sports on Saturday at Michie Stadium • WGH 1310 AM / 100.9 FM / 97.3 HD2-3 (Norfolk, Va.) (38,000) in West Point for the 121st playing of America’s Game, the Army-Navy Game pre- • KWFN 97.3 FM (San Diego, Calif.) sented by USAA. CBS Sports will televise the game nationally with kickoff set for 3:00 pm. • WFED 1500 AM (Washington, D.C.) • Navy leads the all-time series against Army 61-52-7 (.534), including a 3-0 mark in games • WFED 104.5 FM (Western Fairfax / Loudon, Va.) played at West Point. • WFED 820 AM / 94.3 FM (Frederick, Md.) • Saturday’s game will be the first Army-Navy game played at a home site since 1943, due to • WBQH 1050 AM / 93.5 FM (Washington, D.C. / No. Virginia) World War II, when Navy won at West Point 13-0. Navy also won the 1942 game in Annapolis • Sirius Ch. 137 / XM Ch. 201 / Internet Ch. 964 14-0. • If Navy defeats Army and Army beats Air Force the following week, the Mids will retain the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy. The NATIONAL RADIO // WESTWOOD ONE three schools have not gone 1-1 against each other since 1993 when Air Force retained the trophy (Navy beat Air Force, Air Force Play-by-Play John Sadak beat Army, Army beat Navy). A win by Navy would also make it two straight and 16 out of the last 19 for the Mids over Army. Analyst Ross Tucker • In the previous 48 years the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy has been on the line, only four times has there been a tie (1974 Sideline Tina Cervasio retained by Navy, 1976 retained by Navy, 1980 retained by Navy and 1993 retained by Air Force). • This year marks the first time in the history of Service Academy football that one team has played both Service Academy games LIVE STATS // VIDEO on the road - Oct 3, Navy at Air Force and Dec. 12, Navy at Army. Stats Link at NavySports.com • The Mids are 27-9 (.750) over the last 36 games against Service Academy rivals Army and Air Force. Video Link at NavySports.com • Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo is the winningest coach in the history of the Army-Navy game with 9 wins. • Navy is coming off a 19-6 loss to Tulsa on Senior Day. The last time Navy lost on Senior Day (2002 vs. UConn), the Mids bounced NAVY SPORTS INFORMATION back to beat Army 58-12. 566 Brownson Road | Annapolis, Md. 21402 • Senior tri-captain and offensive guard Billy Honaker will wear No. 68 on Saturday in honor of former Navy offensive lineman Fax: 410-293-8954 | www.NavySports.com David Forney, a three-year letter winner who died on Feb. 20, 2019 after being found unresponsive in Bancroft Hall. He was 22 years old. The number was not issued this year, however Honaker sought and received permission from head coach Ken Sr. Associate AD (Primary Contact) Scott Strasemeier Niumatalolo and Forney’s father, Rick, to wear No. 68 for the Army-Navy game to pay tribute to his former teammate and Phone #s 410-293-8775 (o) / 443-336-9023 (c) friend. As a team, Navy has honored Forney throughout the season by wearing a sticker on the back of its helmets that pictures E-Mail [email protected] him running out of the tunnel at the 2019 Army-Navy game carrying the American flag with the word Brotherhood underneath. • If freshman Xavier Arline gets the start on Saturday, he will be just the fifth freshman to start at quarterback for Navy in the Assistant AD (Secondary Contact) Stacie Michaud annual Army-Navy game. The Mids went 3-1 in the previous four games with Keenan Reynolds leading Navy to a win in 2012 Phone #s 410-293-8773 (o) / 410-212-3761 (c) (17-13), Jim Kubiak in 1991 (24-3) and Mike Roban in 1974 (19-0). The only time Navy has lost to Army when starting a E-Mail [email protected] freshman quarterback was in 1987 (17-3) when Alton Grizzard got the start. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF’S TROPHY • The Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy is presented annually to the winner of the football competition among the three major service academies — Army, Navy and Air Force — and is named in honor of the President of the United States. • Navy has won the trophy 11 of the last 17 years and has won 27 of the last 36 Service Academy games against Air Force and Army. • Navy has won the trophy a total of 15 times in school history: 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2019. • When there is no clear-cut winner, the trophy remains with the winner of the previous year’s competition. The last time that happened was 1993. • The three-sided trophy stands two-and-a-half-feet tall and is engraved with the academy seals. Reproductions of the three mascots — the Army Mule, the Navy Goat and the Air Force Falcon — are ensconced on the respective sides of this bauble. The trophy is sponsored by the West Point Association of Graduates, the Naval Academy Alumni Association and the Air Force Association of Graduates. • The year in which the trophy is won is engraved on a plate gracing the respective academy’s side of the trophy. 1972 - Winner: Army 1981 - Winner: Navy 1990 - Winner: Air Force 1999 - Winner: Air Force 2008 - Winner: Navy 2017 - Winner: Army Navy 21, Air Force 17 Navy 30, Air Force 13 Air Force 24, Navy 7 Air Force 19, Navy 14 Navy 33, Air Force 27 Navy 48, Air Force 45 Army 17, Air Force 14 Air Force 7, Army 3 Air Force 15, Army 3 Air Force 28, Army 0 Air Force 16, Army 7 Army 21, Air Force 0 Army 23, Navy 15 Navy 3, Army 3 Army 30, Navy 20 Navy 19, Army 9 Navy 34, Army 0 Army14, Navy 13 1973 - Winner: Navy 1982 - Winner: Air Force 1991 - Winner: Air Force 2000 - Winner: Air Force 2009 - Winner: Navy 2018 - Winner: Army Navy 42, Air Force 6 Air Force 24, Navy 21 Air Force 46, Navy 6 Air Force 27, Navy 13 Navy 16, Air Force 13 (OT) Air Force 35, Navy 7 Air Force 43, Army 10 Air Force 27, Army 9 Air Force 25, Army 0 Air Force 41, Army 27 Air Force 35, Army 7 Army 17, Air Force 14 Navy 51, Army 0 Navy 24, Army 7 Navy 24, Army 3 Navy 30, Army 28 Navy 17, Army 3 Army 17, Navy 10 1974 - Retained by Navy 1983 - Winner: Air Force 1992 - Winner: Air Force 2001 - Winner: Air Force 2010 - Winner: Air Force 2019 - Winner: Navy Air Force 19, Navy 16 Air Force 44, Navy 17 Air Force 18, Navy 16 Air Force 24, Navy 18 Air Force 14, Navy 6 10-5 Navy 34, Air Force 25 Army 17, Air Force 16 Air Force 41, Army 20 Air Force 7, Army 3 Air Force 34, Army 24 Air Force 42, Army 22 11-2 Air Force 17, Army 13 Navy 19, Army 0 Navy 42, Army 13 Army 25, Navy 24 Army 26, Navy 17 Navy 31, Army 17 12-14 Navy 31, Army 7 1975 - Winner: Navy 1984 - Winner: Army 1993 - Retained by Air Force 2002 - Winner: Air Force 2011 - Winner: Air Force 2020 - Winner: TBD Navy 17, Air Force 0 Air Force 29, Navy 22 Navy 28, Air Force 24 Air Force 48, Navy 7 Air Force 35, Navy 34 (OT) 10-3 Air Force 40, Navy 7 Air Force 33, Army 3 Army 24, Air Force 12 Air Force 25, Army 6 Air Force 49, Army 30 Air Force 24, Army 14 12-12 Army vs.