NAVY
at
USF
Friday, Oct. 28 • 7 p.m. • ESPN2
Raymond James Stadium (65,857/Grass)
Tampa, Fla.

Television
ESPN2
Adam Amin, Mack Brown and Molly McGrath

Navy Radio - WBAL-AM 1090 (flagship)
USF Radio - WWBA-AM 820 (flagship)



    
THE GAME
Navy and USF have only one prior meeting on the gridiron … The Midshipmen were 29-17 winners against the Bulls last season in Annapolis as three Navy players rushed for at least 100 yards and the defense limited USF to 270 yards of offense … QB Keenan Reynolds rushed for 117 yards and two TDs in that game.

22/22 NAVY
5-1, 4-0 American

Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo (Hawaii ’89)
73-38, eighth season

NOTES
Navy goes for its third straight win as after the Midshipmen scored a 42-28 victory against Memphis last week in a battle for first place in The American’s West Division … Navy knocked off then-No. 6/5 Houston a week earlier …  Navy has won a school-record 14 straight home games, dating to the 2014 season, trailing only Clemson’s 20-game home streak as the longest in Division I FBS football … The Midshipmen’s last loss at home was a 36-27 setback to Western Kentucky Sept. 27, 2014 … The Midshipmen have averaged 293.2 rushing yards per game (fourth in NCAA) … QB Will Worth has thrown for 688 yards and five touchdowns and has a team-high nine rushing TDs  … The defense is led by LB Micah Thomas, who has 46 tackles, while LB D.J. Palmore has 5.0 tackles for loss.

-/rv USF
6-2, 3-1 American

Head Coach
Willie Taggart (Western Kentucky ’98)
22-22, fourth season at USF
36-45, seventh season as collegiate head coach

NOTES
USF saw a three-game overall winning streak, and an eight-game streak against American Athletic Conference East Division opponents, snapped with a 46-30 setback at Temple … USF ranks 12th nationally in rushing (255.5 ypg) and 11th in scoring offense (42.4 ppg) … QB Quinton Flowers, has completed 117 of 200 passes for 1,722 yards and 15 touchdowns with five interceptions to go with eight rushing TDs … RB Marlon Mack has rushed for 659 yards and 10 touchdowns … WR Rodney Adams has 34 catches for 502 yards and four touchdowns and has added four rushing TDs … LB Auggie Sanchez leads the team with 71 tackles, 6.0 sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery … LB Nigel Harris has 49 tackles with 2.0 sacks and two interceptions.