Post by rgs318 on Aug 27, 2019 7:39:51 GMT -5
SETTING THE STAGE
• Navy and Holy Cross will meet for the first time on the gridiron when they square off on Saturday afternoon at Navy-Marine
Corps Memorial Stadium (34,000). Kickoff is set for 3:33 pm.
• Navy is 10-1 (.909) 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
and Memphis.
• Navy is 6-5 (.545) in season openers under Niumatalolo (home or away) with wins over Towson, Delaware, at Indiana,
Colgate, Fordham and at Florida Atlantic. 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 fifth time in Niumatalolo’s 12 years that Navy has opened at home. The Mids are 4-0 in those games
with wins over Towson, Delaware, Colgate and Fordham. The combined score of those four games was 181-46.
• CBS Sports Network will televise Saturday’s game nationally with John Sadak, Randy Cross and Sheehan Stanwick Burch
on the call.
• The Navy Football Tailgate Show on WNAV Radio 1430 AM / 99.9 FM will air at 1:30 pm with Wylie Baker and Bill Lusby.
• The Navy Football Insider Show will air on Saturday at 2:00 pm on WBAL Radio (1090 AM) with host Scott Wykoff. Pete
Medhurst, Joe Miller and Keith Mills will also contribute to the show.
• The Navy Football Pregame Show with Medhurst, Miller, Mills and Wykoff will get underway at 2:30 pm on the Navy Radio
Network, followed by game action beginning at 3:30 pm with Medhurst, Miller and Mills on the call on the Navy Radio
Network.
GAME DAY FESTIVITIES
• The Navy football team will arrive at the Blue Angel on the West (Blue) side of the stadium at approximately 1:00 pm. The
team will walk down the sidewalk and through NavyFest before walking to the tunnel. Fans are invited to stand on both sides
of the sidewalk to cheer on the players. Does HC do anything like this?
• The March-On of the Brigade of Midshipmen will begin at 3:12 pm. The National Anthem will take place at 3:21 pm, followed by a flyby at the end of the National Anthem.
• Saturday’s flyby will feature two Boeing F/A-18 Hornets from the “Salty Dogs” of VX-23 based out of Naval Air Station
Patuxent River, Md. Piloting the lead aircraft will be Lt. Matthew Dickens, USNA Class of 2009 with Weapons Systems Officer
Lt. Cmdr. Daniel Tantillo, USNA Class of 2008. The wing aircraft will be piloted by Lt. Jonathan Larsen, USNA Class of 2009
with Weapons Systems Officer Lt. Alan Helm, USNA Class of 2009. The Salty Dogs are responsible for test and evaluation of
the Navy and Marine Corps’ fixed wing tactical aircraft and their associated weapon systems. These aircraft include the F-35,
F/A-18, E/A-18, MQ-25, and T-45.
• There will be a parachute jumper from Team Fastrax that will be carrying an American flag at 3:25 pm.
• Kickoff on Saturday is slated for 3:33 pm. Please note there is a chance kickoff and all activities noted above could be pushed
back by five minutes if the first game on CBS Sports Network (Indiana vs. Ball State) is running long. That decision will be
made before the 60-minute clock starts at 2:33 pm.
• The Patriot League Presidents’ Cup will be presented between the first and second quarter by Patriot League Commissioner
Jennifer Heppel. Navy captured its sixth-consecutive Patriot League Presidents’ Cup this past year, winning eight league
championships during the 2018-19 academic year to lead the overall standings. The Midshipmen tied Boston University
atop the women’s standings, as well. The Mids have won seven of the last eight Patriot League Presidents’ Cups and have
finished no lower than second in each of the last 13 years. Over the last eight years, Navy has won 60 Patriot League titles
while Bucknell is the next closest with 27. Impressive!
• Navy and Holy Cross will meet for the first time on the gridiron when they square off on Saturday afternoon at Navy-Marine
Corps Memorial Stadium (34,000). Kickoff is set for 3:33 pm.
• Navy is 10-1 (.909) 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
and Memphis.
• Navy is 6-5 (.545) in season openers under Niumatalolo (home or away) with wins over Towson, Delaware, at Indiana,
Colgate, Fordham and at Florida Atlantic. 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 fifth time in Niumatalolo’s 12 years that Navy has opened at home. The Mids are 4-0 in those games
with wins over Towson, Delaware, Colgate and Fordham. The combined score of those four games was 181-46.
• CBS Sports Network will televise Saturday’s game nationally with John Sadak, Randy Cross and Sheehan Stanwick Burch
on the call.
• The Navy Football Tailgate Show on WNAV Radio 1430 AM / 99.9 FM will air at 1:30 pm with Wylie Baker and Bill Lusby.
• The Navy Football Insider Show will air on Saturday at 2:00 pm on WBAL Radio (1090 AM) with host Scott Wykoff. Pete
Medhurst, Joe Miller and Keith Mills will also contribute to the show.
• The Navy Football Pregame Show with Medhurst, Miller, Mills and Wykoff will get underway at 2:30 pm on the Navy Radio
Network, followed by game action beginning at 3:30 pm with Medhurst, Miller and Mills on the call on the Navy Radio
Network.
GAME DAY FESTIVITIES
• The Navy football team will arrive at the Blue Angel on the West (Blue) side of the stadium at approximately 1:00 pm. The
team will walk down the sidewalk and through NavyFest before walking to the tunnel. Fans are invited to stand on both sides
of the sidewalk to cheer on the players. Does HC do anything like this?
• The March-On of the Brigade of Midshipmen will begin at 3:12 pm. The National Anthem will take place at 3:21 pm, followed by a flyby at the end of the National Anthem.
• Saturday’s flyby will feature two Boeing F/A-18 Hornets from the “Salty Dogs” of VX-23 based out of Naval Air Station
Patuxent River, Md. Piloting the lead aircraft will be Lt. Matthew Dickens, USNA Class of 2009 with Weapons Systems Officer
Lt. Cmdr. Daniel Tantillo, USNA Class of 2008. The wing aircraft will be piloted by Lt. Jonathan Larsen, USNA Class of 2009
with Weapons Systems Officer Lt. Alan Helm, USNA Class of 2009. The Salty Dogs are responsible for test and evaluation of
the Navy and Marine Corps’ fixed wing tactical aircraft and their associated weapon systems. These aircraft include the F-35,
F/A-18, E/A-18, MQ-25, and T-45.
• There will be a parachute jumper from Team Fastrax that will be carrying an American flag at 3:25 pm.
• Kickoff on Saturday is slated for 3:33 pm. Please note there is a chance kickoff and all activities noted above could be pushed
back by five minutes if the first game on CBS Sports Network (Indiana vs. Ball State) is running long. That decision will be
made before the 60-minute clock starts at 2:33 pm.
• The Patriot League Presidents’ Cup will be presented between the first and second quarter by Patriot League Commissioner
Jennifer Heppel. Navy captured its sixth-consecutive Patriot League Presidents’ Cup this past year, winning eight league
championships during the 2018-19 academic year to lead the overall standings. The Midshipmen tied Boston University
atop the women’s standings, as well. The Mids have won seven of the last eight Patriot League Presidents’ Cups and have
finished no lower than second in each of the last 13 years. Over the last eight years, Navy has won 60 Patriot League titles
while Bucknell is the next closest with 27. Impressive!
And does this game count towards it, in case we end up tied for first at the end of the academic year?
