GAME 1: NAVY (0-0, 0-0 AAC) vs. Colgate (0-0, 0-0 PL) | 2015 Media Center
When	Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015 | 12:00 pm (ET)
Location	Annapolis, Md. | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | Directions
Tickets	Buy Online | 1-800-US4NAVY
Television	CBS Sports Network (John Sadak, Randy Cross, Sheehan Stanwick-Burch)
Live Video Stream	Navy All-Access (John Sadak, Randy Cross, Sheehan Stanwick-Burch)
Listen	Navy Football Radio Network (Pete Medhurst, Omar Nelson, Joe Miller) - WBAL (1090 AM; Baltimore) | WNAV (1430 AM, 99.9 FM; Annapolis) | WFED (1500 AM, 820 AM; Washington, D.C. / Northern Virginia) | WBQH (1050 AM; Washington, DC / Northern Virginia) | ESPN/XEPE 1700 AM (San Diego) | WXTG (102.1 FM; Virginia Beach, Va.) | WJXL 1010 AM (Jacksonville, Fla.) | KRKO 1380 AM (Seattle, Wash.) | Satellite Radio (Sirius Ch. 83 / XM Ch. 83)
Live Stats	Gametracker
Printable Game Notes	Navy | Colgate | AAC
Season Statistics	Navy | Colgate | AAC
More on the Mids	Game Day Hub | Media Guide | Promotions | Navy Blue & Gold Fridays
Social Media	@NavyAthletics | Facebook | Instragram

Senior fullback Chris Swain is on the watch list for the Doak Walker Award.

Setting the Stage
• Navy and Colgate will meet for the seventh time overall and the first time since 1998 when they square off on Saturday afternoon at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (34,000) in Annapolis. Kickoff is set for 12 noon with BB&T serving as the presenting game day sponsor.
• Season, mini-plan and single-game tickets are still available by calling the Navy ticket office at 1-800-US4-NAVY or logging on to navysports.com. Tickets for the Colgate game will also be available on the day of the game at the box office in the north end zone.
• This is the first time that Navy has opened at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium since 2011 when the Mids defeated Delaware, 40-7.
• Navy enters Saturday's contest having won four straight games and six of the last seven contests. Navy last won five straight games at the end of the 2013 season.
• This is the first time the Mids have played a team from the Patriot League, a league that Navy is a member of for most of its sports, since beating Colgate in 1998.
• Saturday's game will be televised nationally by CBS Sports Network with John Sadak, Randy Cross and Sheehan Stanwick-Burch on the call.
• The Navy Football Tailgate Show on WNAV 1430 AM / 99.9 FM will air at 10:00 am.
• The Navy Football Pregame Show with Pete Medhurst, Omar Nelson and Joe Miller will get underway at 11:00 am, followed by game action beginning at 12 noon on the Navy Radio Network.
• Following the contest, Medhurst, Miller and Baker will recap the day's events in a 30-minute postgame show.

Game Day Festivities
• Pregame festivities will get underway at approximately 9:45 am with the Navy Football Team Walk. Originating at the Blue Angel in the southwest corner of the stadium, the team will make its way down the sidewalk and through NavyFest before walking up the drive to the stadium. Fans are encouraged to line up on both sides of the sidewalk to cheer for the team.
• The March-On of the Brigade of Midshipmen will take place at 11:45 am.
• A fly-over will take place at 12 noon. Dan Haug and his team from the "National Capitol Squadron" based out of Culpepper Regional Airport near Brandy Station, Va. will perform Saturday's fly-over. They will be performing the fly-over with one Grumman TBM-3 AVENGER and two North American SNJ-5 TEXANs. The TBM-3 was a torpedo bomber and was flown by former President George H. W. Bush during WWII. The SNJ-5 was a Navy advanced training aircraft.
• Following the game, Navy's alma mater, Navy Blue & Gold, will be played as the team stands at attention in front of the Brigade of Midshipmen. It is one of the best traditions in college sports.

Scouting Colgate
• Quarterback Jake Melville is the straw that stirs the drink for the Raiders. Colgate was 5-2 when Melville played last fall and 0-5 when he didn't. Melville threw for 1,028 yards and six touchdowns and ran for 435 yards and four scores last season as a sophomore despite playing in only seven games. John Wilkins and Demetrius Russell combined to run for 1,124 yards and 11 touchdowns, while the four players who caught 20 or more passes a year ago all return to the lineup including tight end John Quazza who is a Preseason All-Patriot League pick. John Weber made the preseason all-league team on the offensive line, where Jordi Dalmau also returns..
• The Raiders were vastly improved on defense last year, but to keep it up they will have to replace three of the team's top four tacklers as defensive back Mike Armiento and linebackers Kris Kent and Vinny Russo have all graduated. Kyle Diener is a Preseason All-Patriot League pick at linebacker after leading Colgate with 89 stops last year with four sacks and three interceptions. Victor Steffen is a Preseason All-Patriot League honoree on the defensive line after making 56 tackles and 11.5 tackles for loss last year, while Chris Morgan (71 tackles, 2 INT) and Adam Bridgeforth (60 tackles, 2 INT) return in the defensive backfield with Pat Afriyie (33 tackles, 4.5 sacks) joining Diener at linebacker.
• Colgate might have the best special teams squad in the Patriot League with proven performers in all three areas. Jonah Bowman (14-16 FG) is back at kicker as a Preseason All-Patriot League pick, Nikko Armiento (39.6 avg) returns as the punter and John Maddaluna III (23.0 KR avg) was an all-league return specialist last season.

Navy In Season Openers
• Navy is 8-5 (.615) in season openers during the "triple option era" (2002-present) and 3-4 in season openers under head coach Ken Niumatalolo.
• The Midshipmen are 0-4 when opening at a neutral site over the same time frame with losses to Maryland twice (2005, 2010) in Baltimore, Notre Dame (2012) in Ireland and Ohio State (2014) in Baltimore.
• Saturday's contest marks the first time since 2011 that Navy will open its season on its home field and just the second time under Niumatalolo's watch (2008 vs. Towson).

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), Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (Quarterback of the Year) and the Maxwell Award (Player of the Year). Reynolds is one of just 15 players on all five lists.
• Senior fullback Chris Swain is on the preseason watch list for the Doak Walker Award (Running Back of the Year)
• Senior defensive end Will Anthony is on the preseason watch list for the Rotary Lombardi Award (Lineman or Linebacker 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).