Navy 7 - Texas St. 0, 2nd Quarter

There was no scoring in the second quarter.

Each team had the ball three times.  Navy punted twice and was unable to convert on a 4th down conversion. Texas State punted once and turned the ball over on downs two times - one of which was from the Navy 3 yard line.

Navy takes a 7-0 lead into the locker room and looks to win on Senior Day for the 10th consecutive time.

Navy 7 - Texas St. 0, 1st Quarter

Navy won the toss and elected to receive the opening kickoff.  Navy drove to the Texas State 24 yard line before Bo Snelson fumbled a pitch from Keenan Reynolds and the Bobcats recovered.

Texas State was held to a three-and-out and punted from their own 34 yard line.  Matt Aiken fumbled the end-over-end punt, but he was able to recover his own fumble.

Noah Copeland

The Mids were able to drive 73 yards on 6 plays with Noah Copeland finding the end zone on a 15-yard carry.  Nick Sloan's PAT was successful and the Mids lead 7-0.

The Bobcats and the Midshipmen were forced to punt on their next possessions and the quarter ended with Texas State in possession on their own 49 yard line.

Navy vs. Texas State Pregame

Navyfest tailgate before the game

Texas State arrives at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

Navy fans tailgate before the final home game

The Midshipmen arrive

Pipes and Drums band lead the Mids into the stadium

Blue Angle plane at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

Coach Niumatalolo waiting to greet seniors before the game

Navy 24 - FAU 17, Recap

Navy was able to hold on for a 24-17 win over visiting Florida Atlantic in front of 29,336 fans at Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.  The win makes Navy bowl eligible for the ninth time in ten years and the Mids have already accepted a bid to the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco on December 29.  They will play against a Pac-12 team.

FAU jumped out to an early 10-0 lead over Navy in the first quarter.  Jonathan Wallace was the workhorse all afternoon for the Owls.  He ran the ball 28 times for 111 yards and two touchdowns.  Wallace accounted for all but nine rushing yards for FAU on the afternoon.  Complementing Wallace on the offensive side was QB Graham Wilbert.  Wilbert was 25-35 passing for 205 yards.  

Keenan Reynolds

Navy gained a spark from freshman quarterback Keenan Reynolds in the second quarter and the momentum shifted.  Reynolds led the Midshipmen in rushing with 26 carries for 169 yards and one touchdown.  He also was 8-15 passing with 147 yards and two touchdowns.  The freshman has been the offensive leader since taking over for an injured Trey Miller during the Air Force game.  Since then Navy has gone 4-0 with Reynolds as the starter.

In the fourth quarter, Reynolds was injured and had to be taken to the locker room for an elbow injury.  Reynolds returned the next series and he says he's alright.

"I'm fine.  I'm not really sure what it is, but I am fine."

He confirmed that the injury was his left elbow.

Brandon Turner

Brandon Turner caught both of Reynolds' TD passes on the afternoon - 14 yards and 31 yards.  He says he told Reynolds to get him the ball.

"In the huddle I told Keenan to not be afraid to throw it up.  I had a clean release and I looked back.  I can't see Keenan because he is so short, so I couldn't see the ball come out.  I caught it, turned around and saw the end zone was there."

FAU halfback, Wallace scored his second TD in the fourth quarter to cut Navy's lead to seven, but the Mids defense stood tall and the offense was able to control the ball to hold on for the win.

Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo was pleased with the win.  

"I'm really proud of our players, our seniors especially.  In January they set a goal for themselves to get back to a bowl game and win the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy.  They have given us a chance to do both."

Navy improves to 6-3 after losing three of their first four games to start the season.  FAU falls to 2-7.  Navy travels to Troy next Saturday.

Navy 24 - FAU 10, 4th Quarter

FAU was forced to punt and Navy takes over on their own 24 with 14:06 remaining in the game.

Reynolds went down with an injury to what appeared like his left arm or shoulder with 12:01 left in the game.  He was replaced by Trey Miller, the starter at the beginning of the season.  On Miller's first play from scrimmage, he fumbled while handing off to Noah Copeland and FAU recovered on the Navy 39.  Reynolds was taken to the Navy locker room.

FAU drove 39-yards on 7 plays and scored on a 3-yard run by Jonathan Wallace to cut the Navy lead to 24-17 with 9:07 remaining in the game.

Navy took over on their own 38 yard line.  Keenan Reynolds returns to the game with his left elbow taped.

Nick Sloan missed a 51-yard field goal wide left with 5:31 remaining.  FAU takes over on their own 34 yard line.

Wilbert completed several passes including a 19 yard strike to Nexon Dorvilus to move the ball to the Navy 41.  One play later Navy was called for a roughing the passer moving the ball to the Navy 21.  On 4th and 11 on the Navy 22, Wallace was under tons of pressure and forced a pass that fell incomplete.  Navy takes over on downs at their own 22.

Navy ran out the clock and held on for a 24-17 win.  Navy is going bowling in December to the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl on December 29.