Navy (7-0, 5-0 American) at North Texas (7-1, 3-1 American)
When	Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025 | 12:00 pm (ET), 11:00 am (CT)
Location	Denton, Texas | DATCU Stadium
Television	ESPN2 (Lowell Galindo, Aaron Murray, Lauren Sisler)
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Opening Kick
•    RV / #23 Navy (7-0, 5-0 in the American) and RV / RV North Texas (7-1, 3-1) will meet for just the 3rd time on the gridiron and the 2nd time as conference foes in one of the biggest college football games of the weekend on Saturday afternoon (12 noon ET, 11:00 am CT) at DATCU Stadium in Denton, Texas. 
•    This will be Navy's first trip to Denton since the epic 2007 game when the Mids defeated the Mean Green 74-62. At the time, it was the highest-scoring game in regulation in FBS history. That game also marked the last Navy game not to be televised by any entity (over the air or streaming). Navy also beat North Texas 27-24 in 2023 in Annapolis.
•    Navy is one of just 6 remaining unbeaten teams, joining BYU, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Ohio State and Texas A&M. 
•    Navy has won 10-consecutive games dating back to last year, which is tied with BYU for the 2nd-longest active winning streak in the country. Ohio State has the longest winning streak in the FBS with 11-straight wins.
•    The 10-game winning streak over a 2-year span is tied for the longest winning streak in school history. Navy also won 10-consecutive games in 1959-60, 1917-18 and 1910-11. 
•     A win over North Texas would give Navy an 8-0 record for just the 2nd time in school history. Navy started 9-0 in 1926 and ended up sharing the National Championship with Stanford and Alabama. 
•    Navy has won 7-consecutive games against American Conference opponents dating back to last year (does not count the win over Army, which is considered a non-conference game). That is tied for the 2nd-longest conference winning streak in the country with BYU and Georgia Tech. Boise State leads the nation with 16-straight wins.
•    Navy has won 4-consecutive road games dating back to last year, which is tied for the 3rd-longest streak in the country with BYU, Houston and North Texas. Oregon leads the way with 10-straight road wins, while Ohio State has won 5 in a row.
•    Navy has won 77-consecutive games at home when leading after 3 quarters, the nation's longest streak. The last time Navy lost at home when leading after 3 quarters was Oct. 23, 1999, when the Mids led Akron 29-13 and lost 35-29.
•    Navy started the year playing 4 of its first-5 at home. The Mids will finish the season with 4 of their final-5 games played away from Annapolis.    
•    Navy became bowl eligible with a thrilling 32-31 win over Temple on Oct. 11. Navy has played in 25 bowl games all-time, including last year's 21-20 win over Oklahoma in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas. Navy owns a 13-11-1 record in bowl games, winning 6 of the last 7.
•    Navy owns a 755-603-57 (.554) record over 145 seasons. The 755 wins are the 23rd most in FBS history, the most of any Service Academy and the most of any team not in the Autonomy 4. 
•    Brian Newberry started off his head coaching career at Navy with a 20-10 record, which is the best 30-game start by a Navy head coach since Wayne Hardin went 20-9-1 from 1959-61. Ken Niumatalolo, the winningest head coach in school history, started his first-30 games at Navy with a 19-11 record. Newberry is currently 22-10 as a head coach.
•    Navy has 20 players on its roster from the state of Texas, which makes it the 4th-most represented state on the Navy roster next to Florida, Georgia and Maryland. Some of the key players on Navy's roster who hail from the state of Texas include snipe Michael Barrow (Grand Prairie), punter Jacob Carlson (Plano), quarterback / fullback Jackson Gutierrez (San Antonio), safety Phillip Hamilton (Fort Worth), wide receiver Luke Hutchison (Round Rock), defensive lineman Matthew Reyes (Friendswood), safety Giuseppe Sessi (San Antonio), safety Maxwell Williams (League City) and defensive tackle Griffen Willis (Austin).
•    The Mids are averaging 318.1 rushing yards per game this season, which leads the FBS. 
•    The Mids are tied with Cincinnati for the fewest sacks allowed with 2.  Navy's offensive line is on the Midseason Watch List for the Joe Moore Award, which is given to the nation's best offensive line.
•    Navy has had 7 offensive plays go for 60 yards or more, which is tied with Air Force, Old Dominion and UTSA for the most in the country
•    Navy's 28 rushing touchdowns are the most in the country.
•    Navy's 19 first-time starters this year are the 3rd most in the country. 
•    The Navy offense is tied for 2nd in the country with Arkansas in red zone touchdown percentage with 26 touchdowns in 32 attempts (.813). Memphis is 1st with 27 touchdowns in 33 attempts (.818)
•    Navy is 2nd in the country in passing yards per completion, averaging 17.4 yards per catch. Air Force is 1st at 20.3.
•    Navy has given up just 2.7 tackles for loss per game, which is tied with Ohio State for the 2nd fewest in the country. Texas A&M (2.63) is 1st.
• The Mids have had 10 plays of 50 yards or more, which is tied for the 3rd most in the country with UTSA. Texas State is 1st with 12, while Utah State has had 11.
•    Navy is 5th nationally in 3rd down conversions, converting 43 of 80 (.538). Indiana is 1st at .582, converting 57 of 98.
•    Last week, Blake Horvath (Sr. / QB) was named a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, also known as the Academic Heisman. The 16 finalists will each receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship while the winner will have his scholarship bumped up to $25,000. Horvath carries a 3.69 grade-point average and earned a perfect 4.0 in both semesters of his junior year. He is the 11th Navy player to be named a finalist and the 1st since Cameron Kinley in 2020.  Other former Navy football players that were named finalists include E.K. Binns (2015), John Dowd (2011), Terrence Anderson (1999), Carl Voss (1991), Ted Dumbauld (1980), Tim Harden (1974), Daniel Pike (1969), Allen Roodhouse (1965) and Joe Ince (1963). Navy has never had a player win the Campbell Trophy.
•    Horvath has thrown just 7 interceptions in 244-career attempts for an interception percentage of .029 per attempt. That mark is the 3rd-best average in school history. The Navy record is .017 set by current Navy radio analyst Keenan Reynolds, who threw just 8 interceptions in 462-career attempts.
•    Horvath's 169.9 career pass efficiency rating is the highest of any quarterback in Service Academy history with 150 or more attempts. Dating back to 1956, he is 1 of just 20 quarterbacks in the FBS to have a career passing efficiency of 169.0 or better with 225 or more passing attempts. Horvath is 18th on that list. Florida's Tim Tebow (170.8) is 17th, USC's Caleb Williams (169.3) is 19th. Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa is the leader (199.4). Both Williams and Tebow won the Heisman Trophy. In total, 8 of the 20 players on this list won the Heisman Trophy (#4 Kyler Murray, #7 Cam Newton, #8 Sam Bradford, #9 Baker Mayfield, #13 Joe Burrow, #16 Marcus Mariota, Tebow and Wiliams).
•    Horvath and Malcolm Perry (2016-19) are the only Navy football players in school history to have multiple runs of 90 yards or more in a career. 
•    Horvath's average of 8.2 yards of total offense per play (4,743 yards on 575 plays) over his career is the 2nd-best mark in school history. Shun White holds the record at 8.9 (2005-08).
•    Horvath is averaging 17.1 yards per completion in his career (146 comp / 2,500 yds), which is the 2nd-best average in school history. The record is 18.8 set by Ricky Dobbs (2008-10).
•    Horvath's 469 yards of total offense (130 yds rush, 339 yds pass) in Navy's win against Air Force broke the school record. The previous record was 428 yards set by Will Worth in a loss at USF in 2016. Horvath is the 1st quarterback in the FBS to throw for 330 yards or more with 3 or more touchdowns and rush for 130 or more yards with 1 or more touchdowns in a game since LSU's Jayden Daniels against Florida in 2023.
•    Horvath has rushed for over 100 yards in 5-straight games, making him the 1st Navy player to do that since Malcolm Perry had 10-consecutive 100-yard rushing games in 2019.
•    Horvath's 12 rushing touchdowns are tied for the 2nd most in the FBS among all players and tied with Haynes King of Georgia Tech as the most by a quarterback.
•    Horvath is averaging 10.3 points per game, which is the 4th most in the FBS.
•    Horvath is averaging 116.3 rushing yards per game this year, which ranks 6th nationally and are the most by a quarterback.
•    Horvath is averaging 8.9 yards of total offense per play this year, which would be a school record. The record is 8.5 set by Malcolm Perry in 2017.
•    Horvath's 22-career passing touchdowns are the 6th most in school history. He is 1 behind Jim Kubiak for 5th.
•    Horvath is averaging 17.7 yards per completion in 2025, the 4th-best average in school history. It would lead the FBS if he had enough attempts to qualify.
•    Horvath is ranked as the 4th-best quarterback in the FBS by Pro Football Focus with a grade of 90.5. He is also ranked 17th as a passer (83.0) and 7th as a runner (81.4).  
•    Eli Heidenreich's (Sr. / Snipe) 14-career receiving touchdowns are the most in school history. Heidenreich's 1,560 career receiving yards are the 3rd most in school history. He is 66 yards away from 2nd-place Jamir Tillman and 176 yards from record holder Rob Taylor.
•    Heidenreich had a career-high 8 catches for a school-record 243 yards and a school-record tying 3 touchdown catches in Navy's win over Air Force. He is the 1st Navy player in school history to surpass 200 yards receiving in a game. The previous record was 194 yards by Cory Schemm in the 1996 Aloha Bowl against Cal.  
•    Heidenreich is 8th in the FBS in yards per reception, averaging 20.3 yards per catch.
•    Heidenreich is ranked as the best running back in the FBS with a grade of 91.8 (PFF has Heidenreich as a fullback, which he is most definitely not) and his receiving grade of 93.1 is the best of any running back or wide receiver.  Alex Tecza (Sr. / RB) is ranked as the 10th-best pass-catching running back with a grade of 80.6.
•    Either Heidenreich or Tecza have scored a touchdown for Navy in 24 of their 30-career games (they have scored in the same game 8 times, including the first-3 games in 2025). Heidenreich has 21-career touchdowns (7 rush, 14 rec), while Tecza also has 21 (19 rush, 2 rec). 
•    Pro Football Focus ranks Landon Robinson (Sr. / NG) as the  7th-best overall interior defensive lineman in the FBS with a grade of 84.5. Robinson is rated as the best pass rushing interior defensive lineman by PFF with a grade of 90.1.
•    Braxton Woodson's (Jr. / QB) 180 yards rushing on 7 carries against VMI are the most yards rushing on 7 carries or less in an FBS game since LSU's Clyde Edwards-Helaire ran for 188 yards on 6 carries against Arkansas on Nov. 23, 2019 in a 56-20 LSU win.
•    Jackson Gutierrez (So. / QB-RB) is listed on the depth chart at two different positions. He is the only player in the FBS to be listed on the three-deep depth chart at quarterback and another position.  
•    Ira Oniha (Jr. / CB) broke up 3 passes in Navy's win over Tulsa, which is tied for the 2nd most at Navy in the last 20 years.  He also had 3 PBUs against Temple. 
•    Malcolm Johnson (Fr. / OT) became the first freshman to start on the offensive line at Navy since Duncan Cave started at center against SMU in 1997. 

Broadcast Coverage
•    ESPN2 will broadcast Saturday's game with Lowell Galindo, former Georgia and NFL quarterback Aaron Murray and Lauren Sisler on the call.
•    The Navy Football Pregame Show with Joe Miller, Mike James, Keith Mills and Scott Wykoff will get underway at 11:00 am ET on the Navy Radio Network, followed by game action beginning at 12-noon.
•    Following the contest, Miller, James, Mills and Wykoff will recap the day's events in a 30-minute postgame show.
•    WNAV (1430 AM) launched unprecedented coverage of Navy football with the debut of Navy Game Day in 2025.
•     Expanding upon an aggressive Navy-related programming lineup; WNAV has added the Sing Second Sports Podcast followed by an encore airing of the Navy Sports Magazine 5 hours prior to kickoff.
•    The Anchors Aweigh and Navy Football Podcasts will air 4 and 3 hours prior to kickoff, respectively.
•    The WNAV Navy Tailgate Show will bring fans a live program from Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium 2 hours prior to kickoff for each home game and from the studio when the Mids are on the road.
•    WNAV will then join the national pregame show with Wykoff, Miller, James and Mills for all the exciting action on the Navy Football Radio Network.

Scouting North Texas
7-1 Overall  |  3-1 American
Head Coach: Eric Morris

•    The Mean Green are 7-1 overall and 3-1 in the American. They are receiving votes in both polls.
•    North Texas has 59 transfers on its roster, including 24 that were on Autonomy 4 rosters. 
•    North Texas is led by redshirt freshman quarterback Drew Mestemaker, who was a walk-on at North Texas after not playing quarterback since he was a freshman in high school (played safety and punter). For those folks who say bowl games don't matter, point them to Mestemaker. In his 1st-career start in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl, Mestemaker racked up 448 yards of total offense against Texas State, which tied for the most of any player in the 2024-25 bowl cycle. He finished the First Responder Bowl 26 of 41 for 393 yards and 2 touchdowns while rushing 9 times for 55 yards, including a 70-yard touchdown run.
•    Once given the chance to play QB, Mestemaker has become one of the best quarterbacks in the FBS, completing 195 (24.4 comp / gm, 8th in the FBS) of his 286 pass attempts for 2,468 yards (2nd in the FBS) with 21 touchdowns (4th in the FBS) and 4 interceptions. His .682 completion percentage is 20th in the country. Mestemaker is directing the highest-scoring offense in the country, averaging 46.1 yards per game, and the 5th-best offense for total offense at 495.8.
•    The North Texas passing attack is 19th in the country in completion percentage (.679), 15th in passing efficiency (161.8) and 6th in passing offense (317.6)
•    Mestemaker's favorite targets are sophomore wide receiver Wyatt Young (35 catches for 586 yds and 7 touchdowns, 10th in the FBS) and senior wide receiver and Shepherd College transfer Cameron Dorner (32 catches for 466 yds and 4 touchdowns).
•    The rushing attack is led by the outstanding freshman Caleb Hawkins, who has run for 547 yards and 7 touchdowns on just 88 carries (6.2 yds / carry, 23rd in the country). Sophomore Makenzi McGill II is equally as dangerous with 389 yards rushing on 75 carries with 5 touchdowns.  Hawkins is averaging 115.9 yards of total offense per game, 22nd best in the FBS and his 10 total touchdowns are 11th in the FBS.
•    North Texas leads the FBS in total first downs with 214.
•    The offensive line has been solid, giving up just 4.1 tackles for a loss per game.
•    The North Texas defense is led by senior linebacker and Oklahoma transfer Shane Whitter (57 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 1 fumble recovery and 1 forced fumble) and senior linebacker and Sam Houston transfer Trey Fields (55 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 1 sack, 1 interception and 2 fumble recoveries). Fields and Will Jones II are tied for 4th in the FBS in fumble recoveries with 2.
•    The defense has been extremely opportunistic, leading the country in fumble recoveries with 10 and ranking 13th in turnover margin (0.9). The Mean Green have come up with 17 turnovers on the year, the 3rd most in the FBS.
•    The Mean Green have been very good against the pass, ranking 19th (170.4 yds / gm).
•    The Mean Green special teams rank 6th in the country in blocked punts with 2.
•    Sophomore kicker Kali Nguma is 19th in the FBS in field goal percentage (.900). Nguma is averaging 8.9 points per game, 20th most in the FBS.
•    Senior wide receiver and kickoff returner Simeon Evans is 24th in the FBS, averaging 23.6 yards per return. Evans is a transfer from Sam Houston and Army.