TULANE at NAVY
Saturday, Sept. 9 • 3:30 p.m. • CBS Sports Network
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (34,000/FieldTurf)
Annapolis, Maryland
Television
CBS Sports Network
John Sadak, Randy Cross and Sheehan Burch
Radio
WMTI-FM 106.1 (Tulane)
WBAL-AM 1090 (Navy)
SiriusXM 134/201/961 (Navy feed)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 22nd meeting between Tulane and Navy in a series that dates to a 21-21 tie in 1949 … The Green Wave holds a 11-9-1 series lead, but Navy has won the last three, including a 21-14 decision last season in New Orleans … Tulane held a 14-13 lead in the fourth quarter before Navy got the go-ahead scored with 2:57 left.
TULANE
1-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Willie Fritz (Pittsburg State ’83)
4-9, second season at Tulane
160-77, 21st season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Tulane is 1-0 for the first time since 2013 after the Green Wave took a 43-14 win against Grambling State, ending the Tigers’ 11-game winning streak … Tulane had a 26-10 advantage in first downs and a 481-225 margin in total offense … QB Jonathan Banks, a junior college transfer who origninally enrolled at Kansas State, made his first career start and threw for 185 and three touchdowns while rushing for 69 yards and a TD … WR Terren Encalade had three receptions for 50 yards and a touchdown and also found the end zone on a 58-yard run … The Green Wave had three players with at least 100 all-purpose yards against Grambling State as Encalade had 108 yards, RB Sherman Badie had 121 (21 rush, 100 kickoff return) and RB Dontrell Hilliard had 113 (36 rush, 77 receiving) … Tulane scored on seven of its 11 offensive possessions.
rv/rv NAVY
1-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo (Hawaii ’89)
78-42, ninth season
Notes
Navy is a combined 21-7 in its two seasons as an American Athletic Conference member … The Midshipmen are 14-2 all-time in American Athletic Conference regular-season games … Navy began the 2017 season with an impressive 42-19 win at Florida Atlantic in a game that took nearly six hours to complete due to multiple stoppages for lightning … QB Zach Abey led the way as he rushed for 235 yards and two touchdowns on 32 carries and completed 3-of-10 passes for 110 yards and a TD … Abey set The American’s single-game rushing record for a quarterback and enters Saturday’s game as the national leader in rushing … FB Joshua Walker rushed for 75 yards and two TDs as Navy finished with 416 rushing yards against Florida Atlantic … LB Micah Thomas, a Bednarik Award Watch List selection, had four tackles and an interception to lead the defense