Navy (7-1, 5-1 American) at #10/10 Notre Dame (6-2, Independent)
When	Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025 | 7:30 pm (ET)
Location	South Bend, Ind. | Notre Dame Stadium
Television	NBC Sports (Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge, Kathryn Tappen)
Live Video Stream	Peacock
Listen	Navy Football Radio Network (Joe Miller, Mike James, Keith Mills, Scott Wykoff) WBAL 1090 AM / 101.5 FM (Baltimore) | WFED 1500 AM (Washington, D.C.) | WFED 104.5 FM (Western Fairfax / Loudon, Va.) | WNAV 1430 AM (Annapolis) | KWFN 97.3 FM (San Diego) | WGH 1310 AM / 100.9 FM (Norfolk, Va.) | WJGM 105.7 FM (Jacksonville, Fla.) | KIKI 990 AM (Honolulu, Hawai'i) | Satellite: Sirius 145, SXM App 145 | Apps: Audacy (WNAV and KWFN) and TuneIn (WBAL)
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Game Notes	Navy | Notre Dame | AAC
Season Statistics	Navy | Notre Dame | AAC
Social Media	@NavyAthletics | @NavyFB | Facebook | Instagram

Opening Kick
•    Navy (7-1) and No. 10 / No. 10 Notre Dame (6-2) will meet on the gridiron for the 98th time overall and the first time at night in South Bend on Saturday at 7:30 PM (ET).
•    The Navy-Notre Dame game was the longest continuous intersectional rivalry in college football until COVID canceled the game in 2020.
•    This will be the first time Navy has played at Notre Dame Stadium since the 2021 (the 2023 game was played in Dublin).
•    Navy last beat Notre Dame in 2016 when the Mids won in Jacksonville by a score of 28-27. Navy last won in South Bend in 2009, knocking off the Irish 23-21. Navy won 3 of the 4 contests from 2007-10.
•    Three of the last 4 times Navy has beaten Notre Dame, the Mids were coming off a loss. In 2007, Navy was coming off a 59-52 loss to Delaware, in 2009 Navy was coming off a 27-24 loss to Temple and in 2016 Navy was coming off a 52-45 loss at USF. Last week, Navy lost at North Texas 31-17.
•    Navy's last win over a ranked opponent was in December of last year when it ran all over No. 19 / No. 22 Army 31-13. 
•    The last time Navy beat a ranked Notre Dame team was on Nov. 7, 2009 when the Mids defeated the No. 19 / No. 21-ranked Irish 23-21 in South Bend. 
•    The last time Navy beat a top-10 opponent was Oct. 8, 2016, when the Mids stunned No. 6 Houston 46-40 in Annapolis.  
•    The last time Navy beat a top 10-opponent on the road was Sept. 21, 1974, when Navy won at No. 8 Penn State 7-6.  
•    The last time Navy beat a Notre Dame team ranked in the top 10 was Nov. 2, 1957, when the Mids won in South Bend over No. 5 Notre Dame 20-6. 
•    The North Texas loss ended a 10-game winning streak over a 2-year span for Navy. The 10-game winning streak is tied for the longest winning streak in school history. Navy also won 10-consecutive games in 1959-60, 1917-18 and 1910-11. 
•     Navy is off to a 7-1 start for the first time since 2019. That team lost its 9th game of the year to Notre Dame 52-20. Navy last started 8-1 in 2015 when the Mids finished with a school-record tying 11 wins. 
•    Navy is currenty in a 6-way tie for first place in the loss column in the American Conference. That number will reduce at least to 5 this week as Tulane (3-1) plays at Memphis (4-1) on Friday night. The other key games to watch this weekend are UTSA (2-2) at USF (3-1) on Thursday night and Tulsa (0-5) at East Carolina (3-1) on Saturday afternoon.
•    Although Notre Dame is a nonconference game, a victory over the Irish would help Navy's cause greatly if the American Conference race comes down to a tiebreaker. After head-to-head, the second tiebreaker is being ranked in the CFP rankings the week before the final weekend of games and winning in the final weekend. The third tiebreaker is computer rankings. 
•    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 755-604-57 (.553) 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 22-11 as a head coach.
•    The Mids lead the FBS in rushing yards per game this season, averaging 317.3. 
•    Navy's 30 rushing touchdowns are tied with American Conference foes North Texas and Memphis for the most in the country.
•    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.
•    The Mids have had 10 plays of 50 yards or more, which is tied for the 4th most in the country with UTSA, Old Dominion and NC State. Texas State is 1st with 12.
•    The Mids are tied with Maryland and Ohio State for the 2nd-fewest sacks allowed with 3. 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. Cincinnati leads the FBS with just 2 sacks allowed.
•    Navy is 2nd in the country in passing yards per completion, averaging 16.6 yards per catch. Air Force is 1st at 19.0.
•    Navy has given up just 2.9 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.
•    Navy's 19 first-time starters this year are the 3rd most in the country. 
•    Navy is 4th nationally in 3rd down conversions, converting 49 of 91 (.538). Indiana is 1st at .582, converting 64 of 110.
•    Blake Horvath (Sr. / QB) is 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 9 interceptions in 258-career attempts for an interception percentage of .034 per attempt. That mark is the 4th-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 164.9 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 34 quarterbacks in the FBS to have a career passing efficiency of 164.0 or better with 250 or more passing attempts. Horvath is 30th on that list between Bryce Young of Alabama (29th) and Alex Smith of Utah (31st).  
•    Horvath and Malcolm Perry (2016-19) are the only players in school history to have multiple runs of 90 yards or more in a career. 
•    Horvath's average of 8.1 yards of total offense per play (4,945 yards on 608 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 16.8 yards per completion in his career (154 comp / 2,580 yds), which is the 4th-best average in school history. The record is 18.8 set by Ricky Dobbs (2008-10).
•    Horvath's 22-career passing touchdowns are the 6th most in school history. He is 1 behind Jim Kubiak for 5th.
•    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 6-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 13 rushing touchdowns are tied for the 2nd most in the FBS with running backs Kewan Lacy of Ole Miss and Jonah Coleman of Washington. Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King leads the FBS with 14 rushing touchdowns.
•    Horvath is averaging 115.8 rushing yards per game this year, which ranks 5th nationally and 1st among quarterbacks.
•    Horvath is averaging 8.4 yards of total offense per play this year, which is the 2nd best in school record. The record is 8.5 set by Malcolm Perry in 2017.
•    Horvath is averaging 16.8 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's 165.5 pass efficiency this year is the 4th best in school history.
•    Horvath is ranked as the 3rd-best quarterback in the FBS by Pro Football Focus with a grade of 90.3. He is also ranked 24th as a passer (80.4) and 6th as a runner (82.8).
•    Eli Heidenreich's (Sr. / Snipe) 14-career receiving touchdowns are the most in school history. Heidenreich's 1,628-career receiving yards are the 2nd most in school history. He is 108 yards from record holder Rob Taylor (1965-67).
•    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.  
•    Either Heidenreich or Alex Tecza (Sr. / RB), Navy's dynamic duo from Pittsburgh who grew up as childhood friends, have scored a touchdown for Navy in 24 of their 31-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). Neither scored against North Texas.
•    Heidenreich is ranked as the best running back in the FBS with a grade of 92.6 (PFF has Heidenreich as a fullback, which he is most definitely not) and his receiving grade of 92.6 is the best of any running back or wide receiver.  Tecza is the 6th-ranked pass catching running back per PFF with a grade of 82.1
•    Pro Football Focus ranks Landon Robinson (Sr. / NG) as the  best overall interior defensive lineman in the FBS with a grade of 82.0. Robinson is rated as the best pass-rushing interior defensive lineman by PFF with a grade of 87.2 and his run defense grade of 70.0 is ranked 12th. Robinson has played 465 snaps this year on the defensive line, the 4th most in the FBS at that position.
•    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. If you take out minimums, Woodson's QB grade of 92.5 would be the third-best in the FBS.
•    Jackson Gutierrez (So. / QB-RB) is listed on the depth chart at 2 different positions. He is the only player in the FBS to be listed on the 3-deep depth chart at quarterback and another position. Gutierrez is currently getting snaps as the 2nd-team running back, while serving as the 3rd-team quarterback.
•    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 against FAU since Duncan Cave started at center against SMU in 1997. 
•    Giuseppe Sessi (Jr. / S) and Luke Pirris (Sr. / OLB) both grew up as Notre Dame fans. Sessi's grandfather, Tom, is a 1964 graduate of Notre Dame and was a member of the football team as a freshman. Pirris' father, John, is a 1992 graduate of Notre Dame where he was a member of the wrestling team.

Broadcast Coverage
•    NBC and Peacock will broadcast Saturday's game with Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge and Kathryn Tappen on the call.
•    A 30-minute pregame show will air on NBC and Peacock beginning at 7:00 pm with Ahmed Fareed, Chris Simms, Joshua Perry, Nicole Auerbach, Jordan Cornette, Michael Robinson and Matt Cassel.
•    The Navy Insider Show will air on WBAL Radio (1090 AM) at 6:00 pm with host Scott Wykoff
•    The Navy Football Pregame Show with Joe Miller, Mike James, Keith Mills and Scott Wykoff will get underway at 6:30 pm on the Navy Radio Network, followed by game action beginning at 7:00 pm. Radio coverage for the Notre Dame game is presented by Navy Federal Credit Union and Navy Mutual.
•    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.

Why We Play
•    Without Navy, Notre Dame may not still exist. Notre Dame fell on hard times in World War II. The school's population dwindled to a depression era number of 2,623 students in 1943 and a 20 percent reduction in 5 years led to stark financial problems for the school. Then the Navy came to Notre Dame's rescue.
•    According to then Notre Dame president Hugh O'Donnell, the school "offered all of the facilities of this institution to the government. In April of 1943, the V-7 Indoctrination School was created and the first group of 900 men, all college graduates enlisted for one month as apprentice seamen."
•    The late Notre Dame Vice President Father Edmund Joyce also shared the same sentiments of Navy's importance to the school. "All I can say is without the Navy during the war, this institution would have gotten down to a few hundred students. Instead of that, we were almost twice our normal size during the war, and we were able to contribute something to the Navy."
•    The Navy signed a contract with the South Bend-based school at the time, guaranteeing $487,711 for its infrastructure needs and administrative expenses.
•    Notre Dame has never forgotten Navy's kindness and support in its time of dire need. In fact, in the 1950s and 60s when colleges across the country en masse were ending their ROTC programs, Notre Dame stood by Navy and allowed its University to serve as a base for college naval recruits.