Navy (3-5, 3-3 AAC) vs. Tulsa (5-1, 5-0 AAC)
When	Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020 | 3:30 pm (ET)
Location	Annapolis, Md. | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Television	ESPN2 (Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Alex Chappell)
Live Video Stream	WatchESPN
Listen	Navy Football Radio Network (Pete Medhurst, Joe Miller, Keith Mills, Scott Wykoff) WBAL 1090 AM / 101.5 FM (Baltimore) | WNAV 1430 AM, 99.9 FM (Annapolis) | CBS 1500 AM (Honolulu) | WJXL 1010 AM, 92.5 FM (Jacksonville, Fla.) | WGH 1310 AM / 100.9 FM / 97.3 HD2-3 (Norfolk, Va.) | KWFN 97.3 FM | WFED 1500 AM | WFED 104.5 FM (Western Fairfax / Loudon, Va.) | WFED 820 AM, 94.3 FM (Frederick, Md.) | WBQH 1050 AM, 93.5 FM (Washington, DC / No. Virginia) | Sirius Ch. 135 / XM Ch. 203 / Internet Ch. 966
Live Stats	Navy Athletics
Game Notes	Navy | Tulsa | AAC
Season Statistics	Navy | Tulsa | AAC
Social Media	@NavyAthletics | @NavyFB | Facebook | Instagram

Setting the Stage
•    Navy and No. 22 Tulsa meet on the gridiron for the eighth time overall and the sixth time as American Athletic Conference foes when they square off Saturday afternoon at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (3:30 pm, ESPN2). The game is presented by First Command and is also Senior Day.
•    Navy has won 17-straight games on Senior Day with the last loss coming in 2002.
•    Navy will look to beat a top 25-opponent in back-to-back years for the first time since 2015-16. Last year, Navy beat No. 21 SMU 35-28 on Senior Day.
•    Navy leads the all-time series 6-1, including a 5-0 mark in AAC games. Its only setback in the series was a 24-23 overtime loss to the Golden Hurricane in 2006. It was also the Mids' first overtime game in school history. Navy owns a 2-1 record against Tulsa in games played in Annapolis.
•    Since 2015, when Navy joined the American Athletic Conference, the Mids have compiled a 30-16 (.652) conference record which is the third-best mark in the league.   
•    Navy started three different quarterbacks in its first three games of the season for the first time since 1992. That 1992 team finished 1-10. Navy has played at least two quarterbacks in six of its eight contests this year. The only games Navy played just one QB were against Temple and Houston (Dalen Morris went the distance in both games).
•    13th-year Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo earned his 100th-career victory when the Mids defeated Temple in Annapolis on Oct. 10. He is the 24th active coach with 100-career wins and just the sixth active coach to achieve it at one school.
•    Navy is 42-28 (.600) in the Niumatalolo era (2008-present) in one-score games (8 points or less), including 3-1 (.750) in 2020.
•    Navy has had 25 different players make their first-career start this year which is tied with Army for the most in the country. Senior defensive end Jackson Perkins is the only player on Navy's defensive unit to start all eight games this fall. The Mids have started four different nose guards and three different quarterbacks.
•    Sophomore linebacker Tama Tuitele is tied for the nation's lead in forced fumbles with three.
•    Opposing kickers are an incredible 16-18 (.888) on field goals and 29-30 (.967) on extra points this year against the Mids. Two of the three misses were blocked by Navy -Tobe Okafor blocked a field goal vs. ECU and J'arius Warren blocked a PAT vs. SMU.
•    Senior cornerback Cameron Kinley is one of 12 finalists for the Campbell Trophy presented by Mazda. The Campbell Trophy, also known as the Academic Heisman, is college football's premier scholar-athlete award that annually recognizes an individual as the absolute best in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership. Kinley is also a tri-captain on the football team and is the President of the Naval Academy Class of 2021.

Navy vs. Tulsa // Last Meeting
Oct. 12, 2019 // Tulsa, Okla. // H.A. Chapman Stadium
•    (AP) Quarterback Malcolm Perry rushed for 218 yards and three touchdowns on 20 carries to lead Navy to a 45-17 victory over Tulsa. It was Perry's fourth career 200-yard rushing day.
•    Jamale Carothers, Nelson Smith and CJ Williams also scored rushing touchdowns for Navy.
•    Navy entered the day leading the nation in rushing with an average of 312 yards per game and added to that total in this one, gaining 388 yards on the ground. Out of 63 overall offensive plays, the Midshipmen ran the ball 58 times.
•    Perry now has 2,946 career rushing yards, which ranks fourth all-time at Navy, as he passed Kyle Eckel and Eddie Meyers. Next up is Chris McCoy, who stands third with 3,401 rushing yards.
•    Zach Smith threw for 254 yards and a touchdown for Tulsa, which lost its fifth straight game to Navy. JuanCarlos Santana had nine receptions for 98 yards.
•    The Navy defense entered the day ranked 13th in the nation in rushing defense, giving up 90.3 yards per contest, and allowed Tulsa just 25 yards on the ground through the first half and 69 overall, 50 of which came on one drive early in the third quarter. Navy also ranked 12th in total defense before the game, allowing an average of 277 yards, and Tulsa gained just 99 in the first half and 174 through the first three quarters before ending up with 323 overall, adding more in the fourth quarter with the game already out of reach.

Broadcast Coverage
•    ESPN2 will carry Saturday's game with Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill and Alex Chappell on the call.
•    The Navy Football Insider Show with Joe Miller will air on Thursday night from 7:00-8:00 pm on WBAL Radio (1090 AM, 101.5 FM). Pete Medhurst, Keith Mills and Scott Wykoff will contribute to the show.
•    The Navy Football Tailgate Show on WNAV Radio 1430 AM / 99.9 FM will air from 1:30-2:30 pm with Wylie Baker and Bill Lusby serving as the hosts.
•    Scott Wykoff will host the Navy Insider on WBAL Radio 1090 AM at 2:00 pm.
•    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.
•    Following the contest, Medhurst, Miller, Mills and Wykoff will recap the day's events in a 30-minute postgame show.

Scouting Tulsa
•    Tulsa enters Saturday with a 5-1 record, winners of five-consecutive games and ranked 22nd in both the Associated Press and USA Today / Amway Coaches polls.  Tulsa's only loss was at then-No. 11 Oklahoma State (16-7) in the opener.
•    The Golden Hurricane need a win over Navy or Cincinnati next week to clinch a spot opposite of Cincinnati in the AAC Championship Game.
•    In four of its five wins this season, Tulsa has had to come back from double-digit deficits, trailing by 18, 14 and 21 points all in the first half, and then 14 points at the end of 3 quarters.
•    Tulsa's 34-26 win over then-No. 11 UCF was the first for the Hurricane against a ranked opponent since handing No. 24 Hawaii a 62-35 loss in the 2010 Hawai'i Bowl and it was the first win over a top-15 opponent since Tulsa defeated No. 15 Texas A&M 35-34 in September of 1991. When Tulsa defeated then No. 19 SMU, it marked the first time in school history that it defeated two ranked teams in the same season.
•    Quarterback Zach Smith has completed 98 of his 162 pass attempts for 1,266 yards with 10 touchdowns and 6 interceptions.
•    Smith's favorite target is Josh Johnson, who has 32 catches for 408 yards and 5 touchdowns. Keylon Stokes is right behind Johnson with 31 catches for 446 yards and 2 touchdowns.
•    The Tulsa ground game is led by Deneric Price (71-356, 2 touchdowns) and T.K. Wilkerson (72-300, 4 touchdowns).
•    The Tulsa defense is anchored by All-America candidate linebacker Zaven Collins, who leads the Golden Hurricane with 48 tackles, 10.5 tackles for a loss (fourth in the country), 4 sacks, 4 interceptions (fourth in the country) and a forced fumble. Kendarin Ray has recorded 46 tackles (14th in the country in solo tackles per game) and broken up 5 passes. Bryson Powers is tied for fifth in the country in fumble recoveries with 2.
•    The Tulsa defense is ranked 14th nationally in third down defense (.319), 14th in defensive touchdowns (2), 15th in fumble recoveries (7), 15th in tackles for a loss per game (7.8), 17th in red zone defense (.739) and 24th in scoring defense (22.2).

This Date In Navy Football History
•    Navy is 1-3 all-time on Dec. 5, beating Penn, 6-0, in 1931 and losing to Army three times.

Navy Wins Against Ranked Opponents
•    Navy's 35-28 win over No. 21 SMU on senior day in 2019 marked the third time in the last 5 years that Navy has defeated a top-25 opponent.
•    A victory over Tulsa would give the Mids a Top 25 win in back-to-back years for the first time since 2015 and 2016.

Senior Day
•    Saturday is Senior Day for the Mids, marking the last regular-season home game for Navy's 26 seniors.
•    Navy has won 17-straight games on Senior Day with the last loss coming in 2002.
•    Navy's seniors have won 24 games in their career, including 2 bowl games (Virginia in the 2017 Military Bowl and Kansas State in the 2019 Liberty Bowl) and won the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy in 2019.
•    They were also a big part of a team that had the second-biggest turnaround in FBS history going from 3-10 in 2018 to a school-record tying 11 wins against two losses in 2019. Navy finished the 2019 season ranked 20th in the country.
•    The 26 seniors on the Navy football team received their Service Assignments on Nov. 19. 
•    15 seniors will be commissioned Ensigns in the Navy, while 11 will be commissioned 2nd Lieutenants in the United States Marine Corps upon graduation in May.

Service Assignments for the Class of 2021
Ian Blake: Marine Corps Pilot
Mike Cabrera: Surface Warfare
Emmett Davis: Pilot
Micah Farrar: Surface Warfare
Myles Fells:  Marine Corps Ground
Mike Flowers: Surface Warfare
Evan Fochtman: Pilot
Kyle Gibbs: Pilot
Jacob Gregory: Marine Corps Ground
Billy Honaker: Marine Corps Ground
Cameron Kinley: Information Warfare Community
Ryan Mitchell: Marine Corps Ground
Dalen Morris: Marine Corps Pilot
Peter Nestrowitz: Information Warfare Community
Tobe Okafor: Marine Corps Ground
Chase Parrish: Marine Corps Ground
Chris Pearson: Surface Warfare
Jackson Perkins: Marine Corps Ground
Sean Rattay: Information Warfare Community
Justin Self: Marine Corps Ground
Justin Smith: Surface Warfare
Nelson Smith: Surface Warfare
Kurt Stengel: Surface Warfare (Ocean)
Austin Talbert-Loving: Marine Corps Ground
Marcus Wiggins: Surface Warfare
CJ Williams: Information Warfare Community