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• Eighth-year Navy head football coach Ken Niumatalolo will open the 2015 season when the Midshipmen report for fall camp on Wednesday, Aug. 5, and will hold the first day of practice on Thursday, Aug. 6.
• The Mids will hold two days of two-a-day practices (8-12 and 8-17).
• Media Day / Fan Fest is set for Saturday, Aug. 8 at 10 am at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
• The annual Blue & Gold BBQ will take place on Saturday, Aug. 15. Practice starts at 10 am and the BBQ at 12 noon.
• The Brigade of Midshipmen will return to the Academy on Tuesday, August 18. The first day of class is Monday, Aug. 24.
• Navy will resume its normal Monday-Friday practice schedule on Monday, Aug. 24, practicing daily from 4-6 pm. That is the first day that plebes will be available for interviews.
• The Midshipmen kick off their season on Saturday, Sept. 5 vs. Colgate in Annapolis.

Navy Football Begins New Chapter, Joins American Athletic Conference
• After having played as an Independent for the previous 134 seasons, the Navy football program will make its debut as a member of the American Athletic Conference this fall.
• Navy will be part of the West Division, along with Houston, Memphis, SMU, Tulane and Tulsa. The East Division will be comprised of Central Florida (UCF), Cincinnati, Connecticut, East Carolina, South Florida (USF) and Temple.
• The Mids will play five of their first seven games at home, including the season opener on Saturday, Sept. 5 against Colgate (12 noon, CBS Sports Network), followed by the first conference game in school history on Sept. 19 when Navy battles East Carolina at 3:30 pm. CBS Sports Network will televise this historic game.
• Navy will also face Academy rival Air Force on Oct. 3 (3:30 pm, CBS Sports Network), the Homecoming game against Tulane on Oct. 24 (1:00 pm, CBS Sports Network) and USF)on Halloween (12 noon, CBS Sports Network) at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium over that seven-game stretch.
• The Mids will play their first road game which also happens to be an AAC contest on Sept. 26 at UConn.
• Navy will play Air Force and Notre Dame in back-to-back weeks for the first time since 2004 when the Mids travel to South Bend on Oct. 10 to take on the Irish in a game that will be televised by NBC.
• Navy will play four of its final five regular-season games away from home. The Mids travel to Memphis on Nov. 7, Tulsa on Nov. 21 and Houston on Nov. 27 with their home finale against SMU wedged in between on Nov. 14 (3:30 pm, CBS Sports Network).
• The inaugural American Athletic Conference Championship Game is scheduled for Dec. 5 at the home of the division champion with the best record. Either ABC or ESPN will televise the championship game at a time to be announced.
• The annual Army-Navy Game presented by USAA will take place the following week (Dec. 12) at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field. Kickoff is set for 3:00 pm and the game will be televised by CBS.
• Navy returns 11 starters (four on offense, six on defense and one specialist) and 46 lettermen (23 on offense, 21 on defense and two specialists) off last year's team that went 8-5, beat Army for a record 13th consecutive year and won a bowl game in consecutive years for just the second time in school history.
• One of the 11 starters returning for Navy is record-setting quarterback and co-captain Keenan Reynolds, who enters his senior campaign with 64 rushing touchdowns which is tied with Anthony Thompson (Indiana, 1986-89) and Cedric Benson (Texas, 2001-04) for the fourth most in NCAA history. The NCAA record is 77 set by Montee Ball (Wisconsin, 2009-12).
• Season and single-game tickets are on sale now at navysports.com or by calling 1-800-US4-Navy.

2015 Preseason Watch Lists
• Senior quarterback Keenan Reynolds is on the preseason Watch List for the Walter Camp Award (Player of the Year), Davey O'Brien Award (Quarterback of the Year), Manning Award (Quarterback of the Year) and for the Maxwell Award (Player of the Year).
• Senior fullback Chris Swain is on the preseason Watch List for the Doak Walker Award (Running Back of the Year)
• Senior outside linebacker Myer Krah is on the preseason Watch List for the Allstate Good Works Team (community service) and for the Wuerffel Trophy (community service).

Reynolds, Sarra Named 2015 Team Captains
• Senior quarterback Keenan Reynolds and senior nose guard Bernard Sarra will serve as team captains for the 2015 football season Navy head football coach Ken Niumatalolo announced at the annual Navy football banquet last January.
• "Being elected team captain at the Naval Academy is one of the highest honors you can receive at an institution that prides itself on producing great leaders," said Niumatalolo. "Keenan and Bernie are not only great football players, but they are great leaders on the field, in Bancroft Hall and in the classroom. There is no question in my mind that they will do a great job in this very important role. They both work extremely hard and will set an example for the entire team on and off the field."
• Reynolds will go down as one of the greatest players in program history as he enters his senior year having rushed for 3,186 yards and 64 touchdowns, while throwing for 1,798 yards and 23 touchdowns. His 3,186 career rushing yards are the third most in school history and 994 yards shy of passing record holder Napoleon McCallum. He also ranks 17th in NCAA history for rushing yards by a quarterback and needs 1,310 yards to pass Michigan's Denard Robinson to become the all-time leader. His 64 rushing touchdowns are the most in school history, the most in NCAA history by a quarterback and tied for the fourth most in NCAA history by any player. He needs 14 more to pass record holder Montee Ball of Wisconsin. His 23 touchdown passes are tied for the fourth most in school history and seven shy of passing former Commandant of Midshipmen and school record holder Adm. Bill Byrne.
• Sarra has been a force in the middle for the Mids, starting 22 games over his career. He has recorded 68 career tackles, including a career-high 38 in 2014. Sarra blocked a nation's-best (tied) three field goals last year.