NOTRE DAME
vs.
NAVY
Saturday, Nov. 5 • 11:30 a.m. • CBS
EverBank Field (67,246/Grass)
Jacksonville, Fla.
Television
CBS
Carter Blackburn, Adam Archuleta and Jenny Dell
Navy Radio
WBAL-AM 1090 (flagship)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 90th between Navy and Notre Dame in a series that dates to 1927 and has been played each year since … Notre Dame holds a 76-12-1 series lead and has won the last five … Navy won three times in a four-year stretch between 2007 and 2010 … RB C.J. Prosise rushed for three TDs in last year’s 41-24 Irish win.
NOTRE DAME
3-5
Head Coach
Brian Kelly (Assumption ’83)
58-28, seventh season at Notre Dame
229-85-2, 26th season as collegiate head coach
NOTES
Notre Dame snapped a two-game slide with a 30-27 win against Miami (Fla.) in South Bend … The other two wins for the Fighting Irish have been against Nevada and Syracuse … The game against Navy will be the first of back-to-back contests against service academies as the Irish face Army in San Antonio Nov. 12 … QB DeShone Kizer has thrown for 2,038 yards and 16 touchdowns against seven interceptions and has added seven rushing touchdowns to lead the offense … RB Josh Adams has a team-high 510 rushing yards with two TDs … WR Equanimeous St. Brown has 37 receptions for 683 yards and seven touchdowns … The leading tackler is LB Nyles Morgan, who has 67 stops, including 4.0 sacks and 6.0 tackles for loss … CB Cole Luke has two interceptions.
-/rv NAVY
5-2, 4-1 American
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo (Hawaii ’89)
73-39, eighth season
NOTES
Navy fell for the first time in conference play as the Bulls dropped a 52-45 decision at USF last Friday … Navy trailed 35-7 before rallying to make it a seven-point game … 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 … Navy is 4-0 at home, but 1-2 away from Annapolis … The Midshipmen have averaged 296.6 rushing yards per game (fifth in NCAA) … QB Will Worth has thrown for 987 yards and six touchdowns and leads the American Athletic Conference with 13 rushing TDs to go with 618 yards on the ground … The defense is led by LB Micah Thomas, who has 49 tackles, while LB D.J. Palmore has 5.0 sacks and 8.0 tackles for loss … CB Elijah Merchant leads The American with three forced fumbles.
BRIGHAM YOUNG
at
CINCINNATI
Saturday, Nov. 5 • 3:30 p.m. • CBS Sports Network
Nippert Stadium (40,000/UBU Speed Series 55-M)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Television
CBS Sports Network
Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous and Melanie Collins
Cincinnati Radio
WLW-AM 700 (flagship)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the second meeting between Brigham Young and Cincinnati … The teams first met last season, when BYU scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns to rally for a 38-24 win in Provo, Utah … The Bearcats took a 24-17 lead into the fourth quarter before the Cougars closed with 21 unanswered points.
BRIGHAM YOUNG
4-4
Head Coach
Kilana Sitake (BYU ’00)
4-4, first season
NOTES
BYU returns from a bye week, which came on the heels of a 28-27 overtime loss at Boise State … The Cougars’ four losses have been by a combined eight points, while BYU has two two-point wins and an overtime victory on its ledger … The only game for the Cougars that was decided by more than a touchdown was a 31-14 win at Michigan State Oct. 8 … Veteran QB Taysom Hill has thrown for 1,607 yards and nine touchdowns with seven interceptions and has added 372 rushing yards and five TDs on the ground … RB Jamaal Williams has rushed for 942 yards and 10 touchdowns and ranks fifth nationally with 134.6 yards per game … LB Butch Pau’u has a team-leading 60 tackles with 7.0 tackles for loss, while LB Sae Tautu has team highs with 5.0 sacks and 8.0 tackles for loss … CB Kai Nacua leads the squad with five interceptions.
CINCINNATI
4-4, 1-4 American
Head Coach
Tommy Tuberville (Southern Arkansas ’76)
29-18, fifth season at Cincinnati
160-95, 21st season as collegiate head coach
NOTES
Cincinnati was unable to string together back-to-back wins as the Bearcats fell 34-13 at Temple last Saturday … Cincinnati is 3-0 in nonconference games this season with wins against UT Martin, Purdue and Miami (Ohio) … Cincinnati has won its last 30 nonconference games at Nippert Stadium … The last team to win a nonconference game against the Bearcats at Nippert Stadium was Temple, which took a 30-24 victory in triple overtime Sept. 20, 2003, when the Owls were members of the Big East and Cincinnati was in Conference USA … QB Gunner Kiel has started the last two games and has thrown for 514 yards and six touchdowns without an interception … LB Eric Wilson leads The American with 88 tackles to go with 3.0 sacks and 6.0 tackles for loss.
MEMPHIS
at
SMU
Saturday, Nov. 5 • 4 p.m. • ESPNews
Gerald J. Ford Stadium (32,000/FieldTurf)
Dallas, Texas
Television
ESPNews
Mike Corey and Rene Ingoglia
Memphis Radio SMU Radio
WREC-AM 600 (flagship) KTCK-FM 98.7 (flagship)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the ninth meeting between Memphis and SMU … Memphis has won back-to-back meetings to hold a 5-3 series lead … The Tigers were 63-0 winners last year as QB Paxton Lynch threw seven touchdowns among his nine completed passes … The Tigers also scored two defensive touchdowns in last year’s win.
MEMPHIS
5-3, 2-2 American
Head Coach
Mike Norvell (Central Arkansas ’05)
5-3, first season
NOTES
Memphis looks to snap a two-game losing streak after the Tigers fell 59-30 to Tulsa … Memphis is 1-2 on the road this season … The Tigers have been led by QB Riley Ferguson, who has completed 173 of 277 passes for 2,278 yards and 17 touchdowns with eight interceptions … RB Doroland Dorceus has team highs with 483 rushing yards and five touchdowns … WR Anthony Miller has a team-high 53 receptions for 8223 yards and five touchdowns … LB Genard Avery leads the defense with 50 tackles and two interceptions … WR Tony Pollard is averaging 31.2 yards on kickoff returns with two touchdowns … Memphis had not had a kickoff returned for a TD in 20 years prior to this season … All-America K Jake Elliott has made 11 of 14 field goal attempts, including two kicks of 50 yards this season.
SMU
4-4, 2-2 American
Head Coach
Chad Morris (Texas A&M ’92)
6-14, second season
NOTES
SMU has won back-to-back conference games for the first time since 2013 after the Mustangs rallied to beat Tulane last Saturday … SMU faced a 31-21 fourth-quarter deficit, but got a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs from RB Braeden West in the final 6:24 to win … SMU is fourth in the nation with 14 defensive interceptions in 2016, or four more than the Mustangs’ had in 2015 … S Jordan Wyatt, CB Horace Richardson and CB Darrion Millines have four interceptions each, while Wyatt has scored two touchdowns on pick sixes … West has 755 rushing yards and six touchdowns in eight games … QB Ben Hicks has thrown for 1,814 yards and 11 TDs with 11 interceptions … WR James Proche has a team-high 41 receptions for 548 yards and two TDs … DE Justin Lawler has 6.0 sacks and 8.0 tackles for loss to go with two blocked kicks.
TULANE
at
UCF
Saturday, Nov. 5 • 5 p.m. • ESPN3
Bright House Networks Stadium (44,206/Grass)
Orlando, Fla.
Television
ESPN3
Chris Hassell and Forrest Conoly
Tulane Radio UCF Radio
WMTI-FM 106.1 (flagship) WYGM-FM 96.9 (flagship)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the eighth meeting between Tulane and UCF … The Knights hold a 5-2 series lead … Tulane snapped UCF’s three-game series winning streak with a 45-31 victory last season in New Orleans as QB Tanner Lee threw four touchdown passes, while the Green Wave held UCF to -35 rushing yards.
TULANE
3-5, 0-4 American
Head Coach
Willie Fritz (Pittsburg State ’83)
3-4, first season at Tulane
158-70, 20th season as collegiate head coach
NOTES
Tulane looks to snap a three-game slide after the Green Wave fell 35-31 against SMU last week …Tulane had won three of four games prior to the current stretch … Tulane ranks fourth in the American Athletic Conference in total defense, allowing 368.6 yards per game … The Green Wave leads The American and is fourth nationally in turnover margin (1.25 per game) … QB Glen Cuiellette has thrown for 817 yards and eight touchdowns with four interceptions … WR Terren Encalade has a team-high 27 receptions for 377 yards and six TDs … RB Dontrell Hilliard has rushed for 640 yards and eight touchdowns … The defense is led by LB Nico Marley, who has 62 tackles, 3.0 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, an interception and two forced fumbles.
UCF
4-4, 2-2 American
Head Coach
Scott Frost (Nebraska ’97)
4-4, first season
NOTES
UCF dropped a tough 31-24 decision at Houston last weekend as the Knights let a 24-3 third-quarter lead slip away … It was the second heartbreaker in three weeks for UCF, which fell to Temple Oct. 15 when the Owls took their first lead of the game with one second left … UCF needs two wins in four games to secure bowl eligibility in Scott Frost’s first season in Orlando … QB McKenzie Milton has thrown for 1,115 yards and eight touchdowns with four interceptions this season … RB Dontravious Wilson has a team-high eight rushing touchdowns and 371 rushing yards … WR Tre’Quan Smith has 36 catches for 497 yards and three touchdowns … LB Shaquem Griffin has team highs with 8.5 sacks and 12.0 tackles for loss and is ranked sixth nationally with 1.06 sacks per game … Griffin also has an interception and two forced fumbles.
EAST CAROLINA
at
TULSA
Saturday, Nov. 5 • 8 p.m. • ESPNews
H.A. Chapman Stadium (30,000/FieldTurf)
Tulsa, Okla.
Television
ESPNU
Shawn Kenney and Watson Brown
East Carolina Radio Tulsa Radio
WNCT-FM 107.9 (flagship) KXBL-FM 99.5 (flagship)
THE GAME
East Carolina looks for its sixth straight series win against Tulsa when the teams meet Saturday … The Pirates hold a 7-5 series lead and have not lost to the Golden Hurricane since 2006 … Both teams had two offensive touchdowns in last year’s meeting, but the Pirates added three field goals and a defensive TD to take the win.
EAST CAROLINA
3-5, 1-3 American
Head Coach
Scottie Montgomery (Duke ’00)
3-5, first season
NOTES
East Carolina snapped a five-game losing streak in emphatic fashion with a 41-3 win against UConn … East Carolina is 3-1 at home this season and 0-4 away from Greenville … The Pirates are ranked sixth in the NCAA in passing offense (355.6 ypg) and 12th in total offense (503.3 ypg) … QB Philip Nelson has completed 217 of 317 passes (68.5 percent) for 2,377 yards and 15 touchdowns with six interceptions … WR Zay Jones leads the NCAA in receptions (14.3 per game) and has 114 catches for 1,094 yards and four touchdowns, averaging 136.8 yards per game … Jones needs 22 receptions to tie former teammate Justin Hardy for the NCAA career record … Jones has 355 career receptions, while Hardy had 377 … Jones is 41 catches shy of the NCAA single-season mark of 155, set by Bowling Green’s Freddie Barnes in 2009.
rv/rv TULSA
6-2, 3-1 American
Head Coach
Philip Montgomery (Tarleton State ’95)
12-9, second season
NOTES
Tulsa has won five of its last six and sits a half-game behind first-place Navy in the American Athletic Conference West Division standings after a 59-30 win against Memphis last Saturday … A win against East Carolina would set up a straight-up battle for first place with Navy Nov. 12 … Tulsa has the top two rushers in The American as RB D’Angelo Brewer averages 114.7 yards per game and RB James Flanders is at 112.4 ypg … Flanders had five rushing touchdowns in last week’s win at Memphis … QB Dane Evans has completed 156 of 269 passes for 1,970 yards and 15 touchdowns with eight interceptions … WR Keevan Lucas has 53 receptions for 754 yards and eight TDs … The defense is led by LB Trent Martin, who has 55 tackles with two interceptions and six passes defended.