Navy (1-0, 0-0 American) vs. UAB (1-0, 0-0 American)
When	Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025 | 3:30 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 113 or 202, SXM App 964 | Apps: Audacy (WNAV) and TuneIn (WBAL)
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Game Notes	Navy | UAB | AAC
Season Statistics	Navy | UAB | AAC
Social Media	@NavyAthletics | @NavyFB | Facebook | Instagram

Opening Kick
•    Navy (1-0) and UAB (1-0) will open American Conference action when the two square off on CBS Sports Network on Saturday afternoon (3:30 PM) at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. The contest is presented by HII.
•    Saturday's game marks just the third meeting between the two programs in series history. Navy won last year's game in Birmingham 41-18. Navy also won the last meeting in Annapolis, 31-6, in 2023.
•    Navy will start the year playing 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 Navy has won the season opener, the Mids have gone on to play in a bowl game. The 2025 team will try and make it 6-for-6 as the Mids defeated VMI in last weekend's season opener 52-7. Navy's 52 points against VMI are the most points scored in a season opener since 2016 when the Mids knocked off Fordham 52-16.
•    The Mids have won back-to-back season openers for the first time since 2016-17.
•    Navy's 45-point win against VMI was Navy's largest margin of victory in a season opener since 1945 when the Mids beat Villanova 49-0. That 1945 team went on to a 7-1-1 record.
•    Navy's 10 first time starters in the opener were tied with Fresno State for the most in the country. 
•    Navy allowed just 15 yards rushing against VMI on 22 carries. It marked the 7th fewest since 1995 and the fewest since 2022 when Navy gave up 13 yards rushing against Delaware.
•    Navy has won 73-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 started 2025 going 6-for-6 in the red zone against VMI (5 TDs, 1 FG).
•    Navy finished #4 in the country in red zone defense in 2024, giving up just 30 scores (23 TDs, 7 FGs) in 43 attempts. Navy did not allow VMI to reach the end zone in the 2025 season opener.
•    Blake Horvath (Sr. / QB) has thrown just 4 interceptions in 158-career attempts for an interception percentage of .025 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 did not have enough "action" plays to qualify for a QBR rating in week 1 against VMI as he played just the first half, going 6-7 passing for 66 yards and a touchdown, while rushing twice for 14 yards.
•    Horvath's career 166.5 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 27 quarterbacks in FBS history to have a career passing efficiency of 166.0 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) 11-career touchdown catches are the 3rd most in school history and he is just two away from tying the school record set by Rob Taylor (1965-67) and Phil McConkey (1975-78). Heidenreich's 1,118 receiving yards are just 119 yards away from Bert Calland (1,237 / 1971-73) for 5th on Navy's all-time list.
•    Either Heidenreich or Alex Tecza (Sr. / RB) have scored a touchdown for Navy in 19 of their 24-career games (they have scored in the same game 6 times). Heidenreich has 16-career touchdowns (5 rush, 11 rec.), while Tecza also has 16 (14rush, 2 rec.). The VMI game was the first time in Heidenreich's career that he caught and rushed for a touchdown in the same game.
•    Braxton Woodson's (Jr. / QB) 180 yards rushing on 7 carries against VMI are the most yards rushing in 7 carries or less 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.

Game Day Timeline
•    1:35-1:45 pm - 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.
•    3:11 pm - March-on of the Brigade of Midshipmen
•    3:21:30 pm - National Anthem, followed by a flyover
•    Saturday's flyover will be three P-8A Poseidon aircraft from Patrol Squadron 30, based out of Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. 
•    Piloting the aircraft will be: Cmdr. Nick Rueda (Class of '04), former Navy football player Cmdr. Jordan Young ('08), Lt. Trent Pache ('16), Lt. Stephen Sabatini ('17), Lt. Andy Snyder, Lt. Hannah Hughes, Lt. Ethan White and Lt. Nicole Pick. Additionally, former Navy football player Lt. Conrey Meagher ('18), Lt. Mac Lavis, Lt. Tyler Vasconez, Lt. Connor Dittmar, Lt. Jane Moon, Lt. Chalin Fairly ('19) and Lt. Alan Osborn. Providing ground control and support will be Lt. Shepard Chalkley ('16).
•    Patrol Squadron Thirty is the Navy's largest aviation squadron and the premier Fleet Replacement Squadron for maritime patrol and reconnaissance. Based at NAS Jacksonville, VP-30 has trained generations of pilots, Naval Flight Officers and aircrew on the P-3C Orion, the P-8A Poseidon and the MQ-4C Triton. Since 1960, the "Pro's Nest" has proudly prepared over 800 students annually, including international allies, to defend freedom across the globe. With a legacy of excellence and a future focused on innovation, VP-30 continues to shape the forefront of naval aviation. 
•    3:28:20 pm - Navy will take the field with UAB to follow
•    3:32 pm - Kickoff
•    1st/2nd Quarter Break - The Navy women's swimming & diving team will be recognized for winning the Patriot League Championship for the 13th-straight year and league-record 23rd overall title last year. No Patriot League team in any sport has won as many titles as the Navy women's swimming & diving team.  
•    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) 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, Reynolds, James and Mills for all the exciting action on the Navy Football Radio Network.

Scouting UAB
1-0 Overall  |  0-0 American
Head Coach: Trent Dilfer

•    UAB is coming off a thrilling 52-42 season-opening win over Alabama State last Thursday night.
•    The Blazers put up 35 points in the second half.  
•    Jevon Jackson (R-Sr / RB), who previously played at Austin Peay and UTEP, was electric for UAB, rushing for 166 yards and 2 touchdowns on 17 carries, while Solomon Beebe (So / RB) ran for 51 yards and 2 touchdowns on 8 carries.
•    Florida transfer Jalen Kitna (R-Sr / QB) completed 18 of his 23 pass attempts for 247 yards and 2 touchdowns.
•    Kitna's favorite targets were redshirt sophomore wide receivers Iverson Hooks (7 rec. / 73 yds / 1 TD) and Corri Milliner (5 rec. / 98 yds and 1 TD).
•    Defensively, the Blazers were led by redshirt senior safety and Georgia Tech transfer Sirad Bryant (8 tackles) and redshirt senior linebacker and Rhode Island, Cincinnati and Michigan State transfer Devin Hightower (6 tackles).
•    UAB head coach Trent Dilfer hired former Air Force defensive coordinator Steve Russ as his defensive coordinator.
•    Russ was the assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at Air Force from 2012-17. He was the co-defensive coordinator in 2012 and '13, and served as the lone DC in his final 4 years, which included two 10-win seasons and two top-35 defenses. 
•    The Mids were 4-2 against Russ when he was at Air Force. Navy color commentator Keenan Reynolds played all 4 years against a Russ defense and went 3-1.
•    UAB has 50 transfers on its roster, including 25 that were at an Autonomy 4 school previously.

Navy Players From Alabama
•    Navy has 8 players from the state of Alabama, including starting center Hoke Smith II (Jr.) and second-team outside linebacker Kenneth McShan (Sr.), who both hail from Birmingham.  
•    Other players from the state of Alabama include: Tyler Bradley (Jr. / Snipe / Daphne), Kenneth Hall (Sr. / CB / Madison), Daveon Jones (So. / OLB / Valley Grande), Will Miles (So / TE / Mobile), Bishop Rellah (Fr. / OLB / Pelham) and Brayden Robertson (Fr. / TE / Birmingham).

 America's Team
•    Navy's roster represents 29 different states. 
•    Florida (23), Georgia (22), Maryland (21) and Texas (20) have produced the most players on the Navy roster in 2025.