Navy (2-0, 1-0 American) at Tulsa (1-1, 0-0 American)
When	Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025 | 7:00 pm (CT) / 8:00 pm (ET)
Location	Tulsa, Okla. | Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium
Television	ESPN+ (Ted Emrich, Barrett Brooks, Maria Trivelpiece)
Live Video Stream	ESPN+ / WatchESPN
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.) | Satellite: Sirius 145, SXM App 145 | Apps: Audacy (WNAV) and TuneIn (WBAL)
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Game Notes	Navy | Tulsa | AAC
Season Statistics	Navy | Tulsa | AAC
Social Media	@NavyAthletics | @NavyFB | Facebook | Instagram

Opening Kick
•    Navy (2-0, 1-0 in the American) and Tulsa (1-1, 0-0) will square off Saturday night under the lights on ESPN+ (8:00 pm ET, 7:00 pm local) at Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium (30,000). 
•    Navy leads the all-time series 8-2, including a 53-21 win in the last meeting on Oct. 8, 2022, in Annapolis. The Mids defeated the Hurricane 20-17 in Navy's last trip to Tulsa in 2021.  
•    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.    
•    Navy has started the season 2-0 in back-to-back years for the first time since the 2016 and '17 seasons.
•    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 12 first-time starters this year are the most in the country. 
•    Navy has won 5-consecutive games dating back to last year, that is tied for the 4th-longest active winning streak in the country with TCU, Missouri, LSU, Louisville and Air Force. Memphis, Illinois and Ohio State have all won 6-straight games.
•    Navy has won 74-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 has started 2025 going 11-for-11 in the red zone. (9 TDs, 2 FGs).
•    Navy finished #4 in the country in red zone defense in 2024, giving up just 30 scores (23 TDs, 7 FGs) in 43 attempts. This season, the defense has allowed just 2 scores n 4 attempts (1 TD, 1 FG).
•    Dating back to the start of last year, the Navy offense is 27-for-27 in the red zone (24 TDs / 3 FG) in games played at home.
•    Blake Horvath (Sr. / QB) has thrown just 4 interceptions in 166-career attempts for an interception percentage of .024 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 was 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. Through 2 games this year, Horvath does not have enough action plays to qualify (he did not play the entire 2nd half against VMI).
•    Horvath's 172.6 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 one of just 14 quarterbacks in FBS history to have a career passing efficiency of 172.6 or better with 150 or more passing attempts. Horvath is one spot ahead of LSU's Joe Burrow, who finished his career with a 172.4 passing efficiency.
•    Horvath and Malcolm Perry (2016-19) are the only two Navy football players in school history to have 2 runs of 90 yards or more in a career.
•    Horvath's average of 8.0 yards of total offense (3,186 yards on 398 plays) per play 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 (98 completions for 1,671 yards), which is tied for the 2nd-best average in school history alongside Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada (2005-08). The school record is 18.8 set by Ricky Dobbs (2008-10).
•    Eli Heidenreich's (Sr. / Snipe) 11-career receiving touchdowns are the 3rd most in school history. He is just 2 away from tying the school record set by Rob Taylor (1965-67) and Phil McConkey (1975-78). Heidenreich's 1,139 receiving yards are just 98 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 20 of their 25-career games (they have scored in the same game 7 times, including both games this year). Heidenreich has 17-career touchdowns (6 rush, 11 rec.), while Tecza also has 17 (15 rush, 2 rec.). The VMI game was the 1st 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 on 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.

Broadcast Coverage
•    ESPN+ will carry Saturday's game with Ted Emrich (play-by-play), Barrett Brooks (color) and Maria Trivelpiece (sideline) on the call.
•    The Navy Football Pregame Show with Joe Miller, Mike James, Keith Mills and Scott Wykoff will get underway at 7:00 pm (ET) on the Navy Radio Network, followed by game action beginning at 8:00 pm.
•    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 Tulsa
1-1 Overall  |  0-0 American
Head Coach: Tre Lamb

• Tulsa is coming off a heartbreaking 21-14 loss at New Mexico State late Saturday night as the Aggies scored with 3:23 left to win the game.
• The Golden Hurricane has 47 transfers on their roster, including 21 that were at an autonomy 4 school previously.
• The Tulsa rushing attack is led by New Mexico State transfer Dominic Richardson (R-Sr.), who has rushed for 235 yards and a touchdown on 40 carries.
• Quarterback Kirk Francis (R-So.) has completed 33 of his 54 pass attempts for 318 yards and 2 touchdowns with just 1 interception. Francis, however, got hurt in the New Mexico State game and did not return. East Tennessee State transfer Baylor Hayes (R-Fr.) came off the bench and played terrific, completing 14 of his 17 pass attempts for 135 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
• Wide receiver and Western Carolina transfer Zion Booker (Jr.) is one of the top receivers in the American Conference as he has 15 catches for 124 yards and 1 touchdown.
• Defensively, Tulsa is led by linebacker and East Tennessee State transfer Ray Coney (Jr.) and STAR Devin Robinson (R-So.). Coney has 22 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss, while Robinson has 12 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss.

Oklahoma Natives
•    Navy has 4 players from the state of Oklahoma, including sophomore center Toran Smith (Edmond), who made his first-career start last Saturday against UAB. The other players from Oklahoma include sophomore raider Jake Moore (Mannford), sophomore outside linebacker Henry Rothwell (Arcadia) and freshman guard Jace Williams (Elgin).
•    Navy head coach Brian Newberry hails from Moore, Okla.

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.

All in the Family
•    Navy's Joshua Switzer (Jr. / S) and Tulsa wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator Ryan Switzer are cousins.
•    Ryan Switzer was a four-year (2013-16) football standout at North Carolina where he was a two-time (2013, '15) All-American and four-time (2013-16) All-ACC performer. He closed out his career as North Carolina's all-time leader in both receptions (243) and receiving yards (2,903). Switzer was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round (133rd overall) in the 2017 NFL Draft. He also played for the Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Cleveland Browns.

Navy Among the Top Rushing Teams in the Country on a Yearly Basis 
•    In 2003, Navy led the nation averaging a then school-record 323.2 yds/gm. 
•    In 2005, Navy led the country in rushing for the 2nd time in 3 years, averaging 318.7 yds/gm. 
•    Navy finished the 2006 campaign averaging a nation's-best and then school-record 327.0 yds/gm.  
•    The Mids rushed for a then school-record 348.8 yds/gm in 2007, becoming the 1st team in NCAA history to lead the nation in rushing 3-consecutive years.     
•    In 2008, Navy led the country in rushing for a 4th-straight year, averaging 292.4 yds/gm.
•    The Mids finished 2nd in the country in 2013, averaging 325.4 yds/gm.
•    Navy was 2nd in the country in 2014, rushing for 338.1 yds/gm. It was the Mids' best rushing effort since 2007 when they set the school record.
•    In 2015, Navy again finished 2nd in the country, averaging 326.7 yds/gm. 
•    Navy averaged a then school-record 351.4 yds/gm in 2017, which was the 2nd most in the country.
•    In 2019, Navy once again led the nation in rushing with its school-record 360.5 yds/gm. The Mids outrushed 2nd-place Air Force by 62 yds/gm. 
•    Navy averaged 247.5 rushing yards per game in 2024, the 6th-best average in the FBS and the program's best since 2019 when it averaged a school-record 360.5 rushing yards per game.  Navy's 38 rushing touchdownsin 2024 were the 6th most in the country. 
•    Navy's 464 yards rushing against VMI in the opener were the second most in the country last weekend. BYU ran for 468 against Portland State. Navy was 1 of 5 teams to rush for 6 touchdowns in the first game. 
•    The Mids are averaging 379.5 rushing yards per game this season, the 2nd most in the country and ahead of the school-record pace of 360.5 set in 2019. Navy's 10 rushing touchdowns are tied for the 2nd most in the country. Washington leads with 12, while Navy, Oregon and USC have 10.