Saturday, September 15, 2018

Navy 51 - Lehigh 21 (Final)

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First Quarter - 

Navy - The Mids won the coin toss and elected to receive.  Navy ran the ball seven times and drove 67 yards for the first score of the game.  QB Malcolm Perry had 3 carries for 48 yards including a 35 yarder that went to the Lehigh 5 yard line.  On the next play, Perry called his own number and ran off the left side for the Navy TD.  Bennett Moehring made the extra point and Navy leads Lehigh, 7-0 with 11:23 remaining in the first quarter.

Navy 7 - Lehigh 0

Lehigh - Lehigh fair caught the kickoff and started at their own 25 yard line.  On the first play, Rashawn Allen took the handoff to the left side of the line and bounced outside, running for 75 yards and a Lehigh touchdown.  This was the seventh touchdown Navy has given up this year that was 30 yards or more.  The Mids and Lehigh are tied at 7 with 11:10 remaining in the first quarter.

Navy 7 - Lehigh 7

Navy - Navy started their second drive on their own 37.  Perry missed a wide open Tazh Maloy that would likely have gone for a Navy TD.  Perry finished the drive with two incompletions.  The Mids were able to move the ball on the ground.  CJ Williams took a Perry pitch 26 yards, but the Mids were called for holding on the play.  Two more runs and Perry's second incomplete pass of the drive forced the Mids to punt.

Navy 7 - Lehigh 7

Lehigh -   The Mountain Hawks started their drive on their own 13.  On the first play, Brad Mayes' pass was intercepted by Navy's Jacob Springer, his first career INT.

Navy 7 - Lehigh 7

Navy - Navy started the drive at the Lehigh 28 yard line.  Perry called his own number on the first play and rushed for four yards.  On the next play, Perry rushed for 24 yards and a Navy TD.  The Mids take the lead 14-7, with 6:55 left in the first quarter.  Perry has 7 carries for 85 yards and 2 TDs already in the game.

Navy 14 - Lehigh 7

Lehigh - Lehigh started their next drive at their own 25 yard line.  Allen carried the ball for 15 yards on the first play of the drive.  The Mountain Hawks then went to the air primarily on the drive.  Mayes was 4-7 for 34 yards.  Lehigh faced a 4th-and-5 at the Navy 27 when Jarvis Polu deflected a Mayes pass to give the Mids the ball back to Navy.

Navy 14 - Lehigh 7

Navy - Navy was able to hit pay dirt on just four plays.  CJ Williams carried the ball for 17 yards on the first play of the drive.  Two plays later Perry found Williams running open in the middle of the Lehigh defense.  Williams was tackled at the Lehigh one yard line after his 49 yard reception.  Zach Abey came in at QB and scored from one yard out.  Abey has 11 carries for 24 yards and 6 TDs this season.

Navy 21 - Lehigh 7

Lehigh - Lehigh had a 3-and-out on the drive, punting to the Navy 17.

Navy 21 - Lehigh 7

Second Quarter

Navy - The Mids kept the ball on the ground for seven consecutive plays.  Tre Walker carried the ball twice for 14 yards and CJ Williams carried the ball twice for 16.  That's when Myles Fells got his first career carry and rambled 52 yards for the Navy TD.  Moerhing's PAT was good and Navy leads Lehigh 28-7 with 10:39 left in the half.

Navy 28 - Lehigh 7

Lehigh - Lehigh completed a 15 yard pass on their first play.  On the next play, Lehigh's Allen fumbled and Navy's Polu recovered at the Lehigh 44.

Navy 28 - Lehigh 7

Navy - Navy started in Lehigh territory and chipped away at the Lehigh defense moving into field goal range.  Bennett Moehring hit a 29 yarder to increase Navy's lead to 31-7.

Navy 31 - Lehigh 7

Lehigh - Lehigh struggles moving the ball and is forced to punt on a 3-and-out.

Navy 31 - Lehigh 7

Navy - Navy started on their own 4 yard line following a great 62 yard punt by Ed Mish.  On the third play of the drive, Perry ran the ball 62 yards to the Lehigh 32.  A 10-yard carry by Tazh Maloy moved the ball to the Lehigh 22.  On the next play, Perry was intercepted at the 2 yard line giving the ball back to the Mountain Hawks.

Navy 31 - Lehigh 7

Lehigh - Lehigh threw 7 passes on the next drive and slowly moved down the field toward Navy territory.  On the 8th attempt, Jarid Ryan picked off a Brad Mayes pass and returned it to the Lehigh 44.  This is Ryan's second game in a row with an INT.

Navy 31 - Lehigh 7

Navy - Garret Lewis took over the QB role on this drive.  The Mids completed two passes and Bennett Moehring kicked a 37 yard FG to set the score at halftime, 34-7.

Navy 34 - Lehigh 7

Halftime

Third Quarter

Lehigh - On the first play of the second half, Lehigh's Brad Mayes was picked off by Navy's Elan Nash, his first career INT.

Navy 34 - Lehigh 7

Navy - Navy wasn't able to gain a first down on their next drive and turned the ball over to Lehigh on downs at the Mountain Hawk 24.

Navy 34 - Lehigh 7

Lehigh - Lehigh was unable to make any significant gains.  They gained one first down on the drive, but were forced to punt.

Navy 34 - Lehigh 7

Navy - The Mids started their next drive at their own 15.  Navy decided to work on their passing game on this drive.  Perry started the drive with a 9 yard carry.  Abey followed that up with a 3 yard carry for a first down.  On the next play, Perry threw a great pass that was dropped by Maloy.  Perry followd that up by calling his own number then getting the ball to Tre Walker for a 13 yard carry.  On the next play, Perry connected with CJ Williams for 16 yards and a first down in Lehigh territory.  Two plays later, Perry just missed an open Zach Abey near the endzone.  Perry called his own number on the next two plays and carried for 8 and 30 yards for a Navy TD.  The Mids lead 41-7 with 5:27 remaining in the third quarter.  Perry has 19 carries for 223 yards and 3 TDs in the game.

Navy 41 - Lehigh 7

Lehigh - Lehigh's first play of the drive was ruled a backwards pass that Navy recovered on the Lehigh 4 yard line.  The play was overturned and Lehigh kept possession.  Two plays later, Lehigh's Sasha Kelsey was working for extra yards and Walter Little forced a fumble and recovered it giving the ball back to Navy at their own 48.

Navy 41 - Lehigh 7

Navy - Garret Lewis took over the QB position on this drive.  His first play was a 39 yard pass to CJ Williams.  Nelson Smith pounded out 9 yards on two carries, then Lewis scored from four yards out.  Navy's scoring drive was 4-52-1:54.

Navy 48 - Lehigh 7

Lehigh - Lehigh has been mixing up passes from Brad Mayes and runs from Rashawn Allen on this drive.  The third quarter ended with the ball in Navy's territory at the 34.  Three plays later, Allen runs 26 yards for a Lehigh score, their first since the first quarter.  Lehigh's scoring drive was 10-75-3:18.

Navy 48 - Lehigh 14

Navy - Freshman Mike Martin started off Navy's drive with a 13 yard carry to the Navy 21 yard line.  The Mids didn't gain another first down and punted the ball to Lehigh.

Navy 48 - Lehigh 14

Lehigh - The Mountain Hawks started the drive at their own 42 down by 34 with 12:12 remaining in the game.  Tyler Monaco took over at QB for Lehigh.  They were held to a 3-and-out and punted the ball back to Navy with 10:49 remaining.

Navy 48 - Lehigh 14

Navy - Navy capped off a nine play, 50 yard drive with a 45 yard field goal by Bennett Moehring, giving Navy a 51-14 lead. 

Navy 51 - Lehigh 14

Lehigh - Lehigh had another 3-and-out.

Navy 51 - Lehigh 14

Navy - Dalen Morris fumbled and Lehigh recovered at the Navy 32.

Navy 51 - Lehigh 14

Lehigh - Lehigh hasn't quit and capped off a 9 play, 32 yard drive with a two yard TD pass from Tyler Monaco to Cam Richardson, his first career TD.  Navy leads Lehigh, 51-21 with 0:13 remaining in the game.

Navy 51 - Lehigh 21

Navy - The Mids took a knee and ran out the clock moving to 2-1 on the season.

Navy 51 - Lehigh 21














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