GAME 6 u PITTSBURGH MIDSHIPMEN GAME NOTES Football Contact: Scott Strasemeier NAVY MIDSHIPMEN 566 Brownson Road, Annapolis, MD 21402 2007 FOOTBALL Phone: 410-293-8775 Email: [email protected] Website: www.navysports.com 2007 Navy Schedule 2007 Navy Football: Game 6 Time Navy (3-2) vs. Pittsburgh (2-3 / 0-1 Big East) Date Opponent (TV) W / L Score uDate: October 10, 2007 uRadio: Navy Radio Network A31 at Temple (ESPNU) W 30-19 uTime: 8:00 pm (EDT) Bob Socci (pxp) S7 at [15] Rutgers (ESPN) L 24-41 uAt: Pittsburgh, Pa. Omar Nelson (color) S15 Ball State (CSTV) L 31-34 (ot) Heinz Field (65,050 / Nat. Grass) John Feinstein (analyst) S22 Duke (CSTV) W 46-43 uTickets: 1-800-US4-NAVY uTV: ESPN S29 Air Force (CSTV) W 31-20 uTickets: 1-800-643-PITT Rece Davis (pxp) uSeries: Pitt leads, 20-12-3 Lou Holtz (color) O10 u at Pittsburgh (ESPN) 8:00 pm uG-tracker: www.navysports.com Mike May (analyst) O20 Wake Forest (CSTV) 1:00 pm uSIRIUS: Channel 123 Quint Kessenich (sideline) O27 Delaware (CSTV) 1:00 pm catches for a career-high 79 yards. N3 at Notre Dame (NBC) 2:30 pm Mids Travel To Pittsburgh to Battle The Mids piled up 381 yards of total offense on the day, N10 at North Texas 4:00 pm Panthers in Rare Wednesday Game including 302 on the ground and 79 through the air. N17 Northern Illinois (CSTV) 3:30 pm Coming off a 31-20 victory over Air Force, Navy (3-2) Air Force had success moving the ball against the D1 # Army (CBS) 12:00 pm will travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Pitt Panthers (2-3) Navy defense, compiling 474 yards of total offense (237 • Home games in bold. Wednesday, Oct. 10 at Heinz Field (65,050). Kickoff is rushing, 237 passing), but the Mids held tough when the • All times EST. scheduled for 8 p.m. and the game will be televised Falcons reached the red zone. The Navy defense stopped # - Denotes game at M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore, Md.). nationally by ESPN with Rece Davis, Lou Holtz, Mark May Air Force on a fourth-and-one play on the Navy five-yard and Quint Kessenich calling the action. line in the second quarter, held the Falcons to field goals 2007 Pittsburgh Schedule Roger Staubach, Navy’s 1963 Heisman Trophy win- on two other occasions when they were inside the Navy Time ning quarterback, and Tony Dorsett, Pitt’s 1976 Heisman 15-yard line and blocked a field goal in the fourth quarter. Date Opponent (TV) W / L Score Trophy winning running back, will be the honorary cap- Senior outside linebacker Matt Wimsatt (Raleigh, N.C.) S1 Eastern Michigan W 27-3 tains for the game. recorded a career-high 14 tackles and a tackle for a loss, Bob Socci, John Feinstein and Omar Nelson will call the S8 Grambling W 34-10 while junior Michael Walsh (Newtown, Pa.) had a career- game on the Navy Radio Network, which includes WBAL in S15 at Michigan State (ESPN) L 13-17 high 10 tackles and a career-high three tackles for a loss. Baltimore (1090 AM), WNAV in Annapolis (1430 AM), 3WT S22 * Connecticut (ESPNU) L 14-34 Sophomore linebacker Tony Haberer (Liberty Hill, Texas), in Washington, DC (1500 AM), WFED in Northern Virginia S29 at Virginia (ESPNU) L 14-44 making his first-career start, was in on a career-high nine (1050 AM), WTRI in Frederick (1520 AM), The Game in O10 u Navy (ESPN) 8:00 pm tackles, had two tackles for a loss and recorded his first- Virginia Beach, Va. (102.1 FM) and Hampton Roads, Va. O20 * [15] Cincinnati TBA career sack late in the fourth quarter to short-circuit a (1490 AM) and Sirius Satellite Radio (Channel 123). The O27 * at Louisville TBA Falcon drive. game will also be streamed live on Navy All-Access, as well N3 * Syracuse TBA The 11-point margin of victory is the largest by Navy in as on the web sites of the various stations carrying the N17 * at [RV] Rutgers TBA the series since Oct 10, 1981, when the Mids defeated the game. The pregame show will air at 4 p.m. N24 * [5] South Florida TBA Falcons, 30-13, at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Pete Medhurst and Joe Miller will host the Navy D1 * at [8] West Virginia TBA while Navy’s 31 points are the most is has scored in the Tailgate Show on 1430 WNAV starting at 6 p.m. • Home games in bold. series since Oct. 7, 1978, when the Mids defeated Air • All times local. Force, 37-8, in Colorado Springs. Mids Win 10th Straight * - Denotes Big East Conference game. The win by Navy gives it a leg up in the race for the Service-Academy Game Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy. A victory over Army on The Coaches Junior quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada’s Dec. 1 in Baltimore would give the Mids an unprecedent- Navy Paul Johnson (Western Carolina; ‘79) (Kapolei, Hawai’i) 78-yard touchdown run with 9:18 left in ed fifth-straight CIC trophy. Record at Navy 40-27 (6th) the contest provided the final nail in the Air Force coffin as Overall Record 102-37 (11th) the Midshipmen beat the Falcons for a fifth-straight time, Service-Academy Dominance 31-20, in front of a record crowd of 37,616 at Navy-Marine vs. Pittsburgh 0-0 The Mids are 38-17 (.691) over the last five years and Corps Memorial Stadium. Pittsburgh Dave Wannstedt (Pittsburgh; ‘74) have proven to be the dominant service academy team Kaheaku-Enhada, who was awarded the Ben Martin Record at Pittsburgh 13-15 (3rd) over that time span. Navy has won 10-straight Service MVP Trophy after the game, had a near flawless perform- Overall Record 13-15 (3rd) Academy games dating back to the Army-Navy game in ance directing the Navy triple-option offense. He rushed vs. Navy 0-0 2002, outscoring the opposition 336-175 (33.6-17.5) dur- for 101 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries, complet- ing the 10-game winning streak, and is just two wins away ed four of his seven pass attempts for 79 yards, and got Navy Fast Facts from tying the all-time record for consecutive service the ball to his teammates when the defense dictated as Years of Football 127th season academy wins. Air Force won 12-straight service acade- much. The play of the day was his pitch to senior Reggie my games from 1997-2002. All-time Record 619-508-57 (.547) Campbell (Sr./Sanford, Fla.) in the second quarter just as u Service Academy Football Last Five Years Bowl Games 13 (4 in a row) he was about to get drilled. Campbell took the pitch and Stat Navy AFA Army Bowl Game Record 6-6-1 (.500) raced 37 yards for a touchdown to give Navy a 7-3 lead. Overall Record 38-17 24-28 12-41 Senior slot back Zerbin Singleton (Decatur, Ga.) had Record vs Service Academies 9-0 3-6 1-7 one of the better games of his career, rushing for 65 yards Bowl Games 400 and a touchdown on seven carries and was a fanatical Bowl Wins 200 blocker on the perimeter. Senior wide receiver OJ Washington (Tacoma, Wash.) had a career-high four GAME 6 u PITTSBURGH MIDSHIPMEN GAME NOTES Johnson’s Portfolio Johnson Moves Into Third Place on Wins Johnson Tough With Time u Has led Navy to an unprecedented four List in Victory Over Duke Paul Johnson has posted a 16-7 record (.696) as Navy’s head straight bowl games, posting a 2-2 record in Paul Johnson is third on Navy’s career wins list, claiming his coach when having more than one week to prepare and is 14-5 the four games. The four games represent 40th last Saturday in Navy’s 31-20 victory over Air Force. Johnson (.737) with more than one week to prepare over the last five sea- 30.8 percent of Navy’s 13 bowl appearances is just the fourth Navy coach in the last 76 years and the seventh sons. in its 128-year history. in the 126 years of Navy football to coach five or more years in In 2002, the Mids posted a 2-2 record, defeating SMU and u Navy had never reached three, let alone Annapolis and post a winning record. Army and losing to Northwestern and Notre Dame. four, bowl games in a row in its program u All-Time Winningest Coaches In Navy History In 2003, Navy was 4-1, defeating VMI, Eastern Michigan, history, prior to Johnson’s arrival. Rk. Coach Years Record Central Michigan and Army and losing to Texas Tech in the The 35 wins from 2003-06 is the second u 1. George Welsh 1973-81 55-46-1 Houston Bowl. most in school history in a four-year span, 2. Eddie Erdelatz 1950-58 50-26-8 In 2004, the Mids were 4-1, defeating Duke, Rutgers, Army and behind the span of 1905-08 (36). This year’s 3. u Paul Johnson 2002-current 40-27 New Mexico and losing to Notre Dame, when having more than squad needs five more wins to equal the 4. Wayne Hardin 1959-64 38-22-2 one week to prepare. greatest five-year stretch in school history with In 2005, Johnson was 3-1, losing to Maryland and beating 43 wins (1904-08).