*** Official BYU at Navy Game Thread ***
BYU Cougars (0-0) at US Naval Academy Midshipmen (0-0, 0-0) #RV/#RV
Monday 7 September 2020
2000 ET
Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD
ESPN (Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Allison Williams)
Navy Radio Network (Pete Medhurst, Joe Miller, Keith Mills)
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, D.C. / No. Virginia)
Sirius Ch. 84 / XM Ch. 84 / Internet Ch. 84
SETTING THE STAGE
• Navy and BYU will meet for the third time on the gridiron and for the first time since 1989 when they square off on Labor Day night (8:00 pm) at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (34,000). The game is presented by Navy Mutual.
• Per current rules in the state of Maryland, there will be no fans at the game. There is currently a Secretary’s Order from the
Maryland Department of Health outlining what is and is not permissible in terms of social gatherings and sporting events.
• Navy is 11-1 (.917) in home openers under head coach Ken Niumatalolo with its only loss a 31-24 decision against Rutgers in 2014. The Mids own wins over Towson, LA Tech, Georgia Southern, Delaware (twice), VMI, Colgate, Fordham, Tulane, Memphis and Holy Cross.
• Navy is 7-5 (.583) in season openers under Niumatalolo (home or away) with wins over Towson, Delaware, at Indiana, Colgate, Fordham, at Florida Atlantic and Holy Cross. Navy’s losses in season openers have all come either on the road or at neutral sites - Ohio State (twice), Maryland, Notre Dame and Hawai’i.
• This will be just the sixth time in Niumatalolo’s 13 years that Navy has opened at home. The Mids are 5-0 in those games with wins over Towson, Delaware, Colgate, Fordham and Holy Cross. Navy outscored their foes by a combined score of 226-53.
• Monday’s game will mark the first night game played at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium since 2005, when Navy lost to Stanford, 40-38. It will be Navy’s first appearance on ESPN at home since the 2017 Military Bowl, a game the Mids won 49-7 over Virginia.
THE SERIES
Navy - BYU Series Series Tied, 1-1
Streak BYU, 1 game
Last Meeting 9-16-1989, BYU 31-10
Niumatalolo vs. BYU 0-0
Sitake vs. Navy 0-0
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