NAVY at NOTRE DAME
Saturday, Nov. 17 • 3:30 p.m. • NBC
Notre Dame Stadium (77,622/FieldTurf)
Notre Dame, Indiana
Television
NBC
Mike Tirico, Doug Flutie and Kathryn Tappen
Radio
WBAL-AM 1090 (Navy)
SiriusXM 975 (Navy feed); 129 (Notre Dame feed)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 91st between Navy and Notre Dame in a series that dates to 1927 and has been played each year since … Notre Dame holds a 76-13-1 series lead and had won five straight before Navy’s 28-27 win last year in Jacksonville, Florida … Navy closed last year’s game with a final drive that spanned 7 minutes, 28 seconds.
NAVY
6-3, 4-3 American
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo (Hawaii ’89)
83-45, ninth season
Notes
Navy snapped a three-game slide with a thrilling 43-40 win against SMU last Saturday … The Midshipmen, who let a 34-11 halftime lead get away, got the game-winning points on an 18-yard field goal at the final gun to clinch bowl eligibility for the sixth straight year … Navy is a combined 18-5 in American Athletic Conference regular-season games since joining the league in 2015 … The Midshipmen lead the nation in rushing offense, averaging 369.8 yards per game … QB Zach Abey ranks fifth nationally, with 150.2 rushing yards per game … Abey has rushed for 1,202 yards and 13 touchdowns on 233 carries and has thrown for 717 yards and six TDs with six interceptions … RB/QB Malcolm Perry has rushed for 736 yards and seven TDs after he set The American’s single-game record with 282 yards against SMU.
9/9 NOTRE DAME
8-2
Head Coach
Brian Kelly (Assumption ’83)
67-33, eighth season at Notre Dame
238-90-2, 27th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Notre Dame looks to rebound from a 41-8 setback to then-No. 7 Miami (Fla.) in what was one of the more anticipated games on the college football schedule … Notre Dame had been ranked as high as No. 3 nationally after the Irish won eight of their first nine, with the only setback by one point to Georgia … Notre Dame is averaging 38.0 points per game … QB Brandon Wimbush has thrown for 1,405 yards and 12 touchdowns with four interceptions to go with 663 rushing yards and 13 rushing touchdowns … RB Josh Adams has enjoyed a breakout year with 1,231 rushing yards and nine TDs … OG Quinton Nelson was an AP Preseason All-America first team choice, while OT Mike McGlinchey was a second-team selection … The defense is led by LB Te’Von Coney, who has 83 tackles and 11.0 TFL.