TEMPLE at NAVY
Saturday, Oct. 13 • 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
WPEN-FM 97.5 (Temple) • WBAL-AM 1090 (Navy)
SiriusXM 111, 203, 965
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 14th meeting between Navy and Temple in a series that dates to 1988 … The Owls have won the last two matchups to take a 7-6 series lead … The last meeting in Annapolis was Temple’s 34-10 win in the 2016 American Athletic Conference Championship … The Owls were 34-26 winners last year in Philadelphia.
TEMPLE
3-3, 2-0 American
Head Coach
Geoff Collins (Western Carolina ’94)
10-9, second season
Notes
Temple turned in its best performance of the season in the Owls’ 49-6 win against ECU last Saturday… The Owls have averaged 37.5 points in their last four games after averaging 23.0 points in their first two … The Owls have had at least one non-offensive touchdown in all six games this season … RB Ryquell Armstead leads the team with 626 rushing yards and six touchdowns, but did not finish the game against ECU … QB Anthony Russo has started the last four games had has thrown for 873 yards and five touchdowns with six interceptions … WR Branden Mack has 22 receptions for 257 yards and three TDs … DE Michael Dogbe has registered 4.5 sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss with two forced fumbles … LB Shaun Bradley has 42 tackles with an interception … CB Rock Ya-Sin has eight pass breakups and two interceptions.
NAVY
2-3 overall, 1-1 American
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo (Navy ’89)
86-51, 11th season
Notes
Navy looks to rebound from a 35-7 loss at Air Force in the first game of the annual Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy series … The Midshipmen are 1-1 in the American Athletic Conference, with the two games decided by a combined two points … Navy is second the nation in rushing yards (310.4 yards per game) and leads the nation in fewest penalty yards (31.2 ypg) … The leader on offense is QB Malcolm Perry, who has averaged 116.8 rushing yards per game … Perry has rushed for 584 yards and six touchdowns on 105 carries … WR/QB Zach Abey has contributed seven rushing touchdowns as Navy’s short-yardage and goal-line quarterback, while QB Garret Lewis also has seen action in all five games … The defense is led by LB Hudson Sullivan, who has a team-high 30 tackles … LB Taylor Heflin has 3.0 sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss.