NAVY at TULSA
Saturday, Sept. 30 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPNU
H.A. Chapman Stadium (30,000/FieldTurf)
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Television
ESPNU
Mark Neely and Ray Bentley
Radio
WBAL-AM 1090 (Navy)
KXBL-FM 99.5 (Tulsa flagship)
SiriusXM 119/201/961 (Navy feed)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the fourth meeting between Navy and Tulsa … Navy is 3-1 against the Golden Hurricane and has won the last two matchups since joining The American … The Midshipmen were 42-40 winners last year in Annapolis behind three rushing touchdowns and a passing TD from QB Will Worth.
-/rv NAVY
3-0, 2-0 American
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo (Hawaii ’89)
80-42, ninth season
Notes
Navy is off to a 3-0 start after the Midshipmen took a 42-32 win against Cincinnati last week … Navy is a combined 16-2 in American Athletic Conference regular-season games since joining the league in 2015 … The Midshipmen have averaged 393.0 rushing yards per game, which ranks second nationally behind Georgia Tech … QB Zach Abey leads The American in rushing at 157.0 yards per game … Abey has rushed for 471 yards and four touchdowns on 81 carries and has thrown for 295 yards and three TDs with two interceptions … WR Tyler Carmona has four catches for 188 yards and two TDs … The defense is led by LB Micah Thomas, who has 18 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, an interception and two pass breakups … Navy has scored at least one rushing touchdown in 65 consecutive games … Navy had 569 rushing yards against Cincinnati.
TULSA
1-3, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Philip Montgomery (Tarleton State ’95)
17-13, third season
Notes
Tulsa has suffered back-to-back losses on field goals at the final gun, a 54-51 shootout at Toledo and a 16-13 defensive battle against New Mexico last week … Tulsa has averaged 483.2 yards and 38.5 points in its first four games … The loss to New Mexico snapped a seven-game winning streak at H.A. Chapman Stadium for the Hurricane … Navy is Tulsa’s fifth straight opponent that played in a 2016 bowl … The Golden Hurricane has 17 rushing touchdowns and one passing TD this season … RB D’Angelo Brewer leads the squad with 578 rushing yards and five TDs … Brewer ranks second in The Amreican and sixth nationally in rushing … Freshman RB Shamari Brooks has 276 yards and four TDs … QB Chad President has completed 57 of 102 passes for 677 yards and a touchdown … DE Jeremy Smith leads the defense with 3.0 tackles for loss.