Navy (0-0, 0-0 American) vs. VMI (0-0, 0-0 SoCon)
When	Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025 | 12:00 pm (ET)
Location	Annapolis, Md. | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | Parking & Fan Guide
Television	CBS Sports Network (Chris Lewis, Randy Cross, Brandon Baylor)
Live Video Stream	CBS Sports Network
Listen	Navy Football Radio Network (Joe Miller, Mike James, Keenan Reynolds, Keith Mills, Scott Wykoff) WBAL 1090 AM / 101.5 FM (Baltimore) | WFED 820 AM, 94.3 FM (Frederick, Md.) | 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 83, SXM App 83 | Apps: Audacy (WNAV and KWFN) and TuneIn (WBAL)
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Game Notes	Navy | VMI | AAC
Season Statistics	Navy | VMI | AAC
Social Media	@NavyAthletics | @NavyFB | Facebook | Instagram

Opening Kick
•    Navy and VMI will meet on the gridiron for the 11th time when the two square off on CBS Sports Network on Saturday afternoon (12 noon) at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. Saturday's contest is presented by Navy Mutual.
•    Saturday's game marks the first time these two schools have met since 2014 when Navy won 51-14. Eight of the 10 previous meetings have taken place in Annapolis with the Mids playing in Lexington in 1973 and the two played a neutral site game in Nofolk in 1963. The Navy-VMI series began in 1898 with Navy winning 21-5.
•    Navy will start the year with 4 of its first-5 and 5 of its first-7 games at home. The Mids will finish the year with 4 of its final-5 games away from Annapolis.    
•     The last five times that Navy has won the season opener it has gone on to play in a bowl game. The last time Navy lost the season opener and still qualified for a bowl game was in 2014 when the Mids lost to eventual national champion Ohio State in Baltimore 34-17, but went on to finish 8-5 and defeat San Diego State in the Poinsettia Bowl.
•    Navy has gone to a bowl game in 11 of the last 12 years it has won its season opener.
•    Navy has won 72-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 finished #1 in the country in red zone touchdown percentage in 2024, scoring a touchdown 81 percent of the time (34 TDs / 42 att.).
•    Navy finished #4 in the country in red zone defense in 2024, giving up just 30 scores (23 TDs, 7 FGs) in 43 attempts.
•    Blake Horvath (Sr. / QB) has thrown just 4 interceptions in 151-career attempts for an interception percentage of .026 per attempt, the 2nd-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 ranked 6th in the FBS in ESPN's QBR Rating (83.4) in 2024 and is the only player who finished in the top 6 returning in 2025.
•    Horvath's career 164.4 pass efficiency rating is the highest of any quarterback in Service Academy history with 150 or more attempts. Dating back to 1956, he is one of just 35 quarterbacks in FBS history to have a career passing efficiency of 164.0 or better with 150 or more passing attempts.
•    Horvath and Malcolm Perry (2016-19) are the only two Navy football players to have 2 runs of 90 yards or more in a career.
•    Horvath's average of 7.9 yards per play over his career is the 2nd-best mark in school history. Shun White holds the record at 8.9 (2005-08).
•    Eli Heidenreich's (Sr. / Snipe) 10 career touchdown catches are tied for the 3rd most in school history and he is just 3 away from tying the school record set by Rob Taylor (1965-67) and Phil McConkey (1975-78).
•    Either Heidenreich or Alex Tecza (Sr. / RB) have scored a touchdown for Navy in 18 of their 23 career games (they have scored in the same game 5 times). Heidenreich has 14-career touchdowns (4 rush, 10 rec.), while Tecza has 15 (13 rush, 2 rec.).

Game Day Timeline
•    9:35-9:45 am - The Navy football team will arrive at the Blue Angel on the West (Blue) side of the stadium. The team will walk down the sidewalk and through NavyFest before walking to the tunnel. Fans are invited to stand on both sides of the sidewalk to cheer on the players.
•    11:43 am - March-on of the Brigade of Midshipmen
•    11:53:30 am - National Anthem, followed by a flyover
•    Saturday's flyover will be 4 aircraft from VMFA-251. VMFA-251, the "Thunderbolts" or "T-Bolts," is a U.S. Marine Corps F-35C Lightning II squadron reactivated at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C., in December 2024 as the first East Coast-based Marine Corps F-35C squadron. The squadron has a rich history dating back to World War II and transitioned to its new F-35C aircraft after deactivating its F/A-18 Hornet operations in 2020.
•    12:00:20 pm - Navy will take the field with VMI to follow
•    12:04 pm - Kickoff
•    1st/2nd Quarter Break - The Navy women's golf team will be recognized for winning the Patriot League Championship for the 2nd-consecutive year. It is just the 2nd time in Patriot League history that a women's golf team has won back-to-back titles. Navy won by 38 strokes. The Mids also had the individual medalist for the 2nd-straight year as sophomore Emma Tang won the title with an even-par 216 (73-70-73). Navy finished 11th at the NCAA Gold Canyon Region.
•    Halftime - Naval Academy Drum and Bugle Corps will perform
•    3rd/4th Quarter Break - The pilots from the pregame flyover will be recognized
•    Postgame - 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 all of sports.

Broadcast Coverage
•    CBS Sports Network will carry Saturday's game with Chris Lewis (play-by-play), College Football Hall of Famer Randy Cross (color) and Brandon Baylor (sidelines) on the call.
•    The Navy Football Pregame Show with Joe Miller, Mike James, Keenan Reynolds, Keith Mills and Scott Wykoff will get underway at 11:00 am on the Navy Radio Network, followed by game action beginning at 12:00 pm.
•    Following the contest, Miller, James, Reynolds, Mills and Wykoff will recap the day's events in a 30-minute postgame show.
•    WNAV (1430 AM) launches 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, Reynolds, James and Mills for all the exciting action on the Navy Football Radio Network.

Navy Players from the Old Dominion State
•    Navy has 6 players from the state of Virginia, including starting senior safety Andrew Duhart who hails from Chesterfield, while starting sophomore linebacker MarcAnthony Parker is from Fredericksburg.  
•    Other players from Virginia include: Paul Lewis (Fr / Snipe / Chesterfield), Knowel Smith (Fr. / S / Newport News), Gavin Widener (Fr. / OLB / Glen Allen) and Aydin Woolfolk (So / RB / Fredericksburg).