#24 (AP and Coaches' Polls) NAVY AT HOUSTON
SATURDAY, NOV. 30
7:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM CT
HOUSTON, TEXAS
TDECU STADIUM

TELEVISION: ESPN2
Play-by-Play ....................................................Mike Morgan
Analyst............................................................... Andre Ware
Sideline............................................................. Taylor Davis

RADIO: NAVY RADIO NETWORK
WBAL 1090 AM / 101.5 FM (Baltimore)
WNAV 1430 AM, 99.9 FM (Annapolis)
WJXL 1010 AM, 92.5 FM (Jacksonville)
WXTG 102.1 FM / 1490 AM (Norfolk, Va.)
W270DA 101.9 FM (Norfolk, Va.)
WQBK 107.9 FM (Williamsburg / Yorktown, Va.)
KWFN 97.3 FM (San Diego, Calif.)
WFED 1500 AM (Washington, DC)
WFED 104.5 FM (Western Fairfax / Loudon, Va.)
WFED 820 AM, 94.3 FM (Frederick, Md.)
WBQH 1050 AM, 93.5 FM (Washington, DC / No. Virginia)
Sirius Ch. 105 / XM Ch. 201 / Internet Ch. 964
Play-by-Play .................................................Pete Medhurst
Analyst................................................................... Joe Miller
Sideline.................................................................Keith Mills
Studio ............................................................... Scott Wykoff

• No. 24 Navy and Houston will meet for the sixth time on the gridiron when they square off on Saturday night at TDECU
Stadium (40,000) in Houston.
• A win on Saturday by Navy or a loss by Memphis on Friday against Cincinnati will guarantee Navy at least a share of the
American Athletic Conference West Division crown. It would be the third time (shared in 2015, won it outright in 2016) since
joining the league in 2015 that Navy earned at least a share of the AAC West Division title.
• If Navy defeats Houston AND Memphis loses at home to Cincinnati on Friday, Navy will play at Cincinnati on Saturday, Dec.
7 in the AAC Championship Game. Navy has made one championship game appearance (2016, losing to Temple).
• Navy is 8-2 for the first time since 2016 when the Mids started 9-2 and won the AAC West before injuries hit and Navy lost
its final three games to finish 9-5.
• Navy is guaranteed at least three more games this season - at Houston (11/30), vs. Army (12/14) and a bowl game (TBA).
If the Mids can win all three, they would tie the school record for wins with 11 (2015). Navy could still get to 12 wins if it
wins the AAC West and wins the AAC Championship Game.
• Houston enters Saturday’s game coming off a gutty 24-14 win at Tulsa on Saturday night. Five of Houston’s seven losses
have come to teams ranked in the top 25 at the time it played them: #4 Oklahoma, #20 Washington State, #25 Cincinnati,
#16 SMU and #18 Memphis.
• This year marks the fourth time in the last five years that Navy has cracked the top 25 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019), which also
coincides with Navy joining the American Athletic Conference. Prior to joining the American, Navy hadn’t been ranked in
the Associated Press Top 25 since the final poll of the 2004 season when the Mids were ranked 24th after a 10-2 season

SCOUTING HOUSTON
• No team has given Navy more trouble than Houston since the Mids joined the American Athletic Conference in 2015.
Navy lost at Houston in 2015 (52-31) and 2017 (24-14) and at home to Houston last year (49-36). Navy’s only win over the
Cougars was a memorable one as the Mids stunned #6 Houston, 46-40, in Annapolis in 2016.
• Houston has 13 FBS transfers on its roster from schools such as Alabama, Colorado, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
State, Ole Miss, Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, Texas Tech and UCLA.
• Quarterback Clayton Tune has played very well in place of D’Eriq King, who elected to take a redshirt year after playing
the first four games. Tune has completed 83 of his 144 pass attempts for 1,140 yards with seven touchdowns and five
interceptions.
• Tune’s favorite target is Marquez Stevenson, who has 44 catches for 774 yards and seven touchdowns. Jeremy Singleton
has 23 catches for 361 yards and three touchdowns.
• Stevenson is also one of the most dangerous kickoff return men in the country, averaging 27.8 yards per kickoff return (14th
in the country) with two touchdowns (most in the country). His 94-yard kickoff return in the fourth quarter against Tulsa put
the Cougars up 10 after Tulsa had just cut the lead to three with 13:58 left. Cole McGowan and Bryson Smith each have a
punt return for a touchdown.
• Kyle Porter leads the Houston rushing attack with 605 yards and three touchdowns on 124 carries. Mulbah Car and Patrick
Carr have three rushing touchdowns each.
• Houston is 23rd in the country in fourth down conversions (.643).
• The Houston defense is led by Grant Stuard, who has 87 tackles, nine tackles for a loss, a sack and three passes broken
up. David Anenih has recorded 26 tackles, seven tackles for a loss and five sacks.
• Houston has blocked a nation’s-best six kicks this year. Five of those blocks came off punts, also the best in the country.
The Cougars are also 23rd in the country in kickoff return defense (18.17) and second in net punting (43.59). Keith Corbin
and Gervarrius Owens have two blocked kicks each, tied for the most in the country. Punter Dane Roy is seventh in the
nation in punting average (46.9).
• Kicker Dalton Witherspoon is 16th in the country in field goal percentage (.857) and 12th in field goals per game (1.64).
• The Cougars are 21st in the country in fewest penalties per game (5.09)

Here is to hoping the game isn’t a blow out!


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(11-30-2019 07:07 PM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  Here is to hoping the game isn’t a blow out!


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Shouldn’t be. The military academies can’t score very much, can they?

(11-30-2019 07:15 PM)vick mike Wrote:  

(11-30-2019 07:07 PM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  Here is to hoping the game isn’t a blow out!


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Shouldn’t be. The military academies can’t score very much, can they?

Navy's 37.6 points per game are fourth in the conference...and twelfth in the country (just ahead of Boise State)

FB to the house!

i hate playing navy they always worry me and run the triple option to perfection.

Scoring too fast for our defense to get a breather after Houston's 10-play drive...

Go Navy!

D is juuuust missing getting to Tune (and, yes, credit to him)

Ugh. I hate shootouts.

ESPN2 sideline reporter whiffed on her first chance at "Niumatalolo" and just referenced our game against "Eastern Carolina"...

(11-30-2019 08:06 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  ESPN2 sideline reporter whiffed on her first chance at "Niumatalolo" and just referenced our game against "Eastern Carolina"...

Reason number 98 that I like the CBS sports crew.

man Houston's offense is looking smooth and their defense looks like its settling in. i would be surprised if we pull this one out.

What did the ESPN commentator just say about "Eastern Carolina?"

I’m at the game. Was our receiver actually down short of the goal line?

(11-30-2019 08:31 PM)coogrfan Wrote:  I’m at the game. Was our receiver actually down short of the goal line?

Im at the game in section 103, and you could tell his knee was pretty clearly down.


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If someone had told me we would only be down by 1 at the half i would have thought you were crazy.


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(11-30-2019 08:33 PM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(11-30-2019 08:31 PM)coogrfan Wrote:  I’m at the game. Was our receiver actually down short of the goal line?

Im at the game in section 103, and you could tell his knee was pretty clearly down.


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I saw that his knee was down short of the goal line, but they only had one replay angle here. I could not tell if the ball had crossed the plane.