Navy (2-4, 1-3 American) vs. North Texas (4-2, 2-0 American)
When	Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026 | 3:30 pm (ET)
Location	Annapolis, Md. | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | Parking & Fan Guide
Television	CBS Sports Network (John Sadak, Randy Cross, Brandon Baylor)
Live Video Stream	CBS Sports Network
Listen	Navy Football Radio Network (Joe Miller, Mike James, Keenan Reynolds, Tim Nolan, 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 167, SXM App 167 | Apps: Audacy (WNAV and KWFN) and TuneIn (WBAL)
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Game Notes	Navy | North Texas | American Conference
Season Statistics	Navy | North Texas | American Conference
Social Media	@NavyAthletics | @NavyFB | Facebook | Instagram

Opening Kick
•    Navy (2-4, 1-3 in the American) and North Texas (4-2, 2-0) will meet on the gridiron for the fourth time in series history when the two square off on CBS Sports Network on Saturday (3:30 pm) at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, America's finest and most patriotic stadium. Saturday's game is presented by USAA, along with participating sponsors ManTech, Hawkeye 360, Johns Hopkins US Family Health Plan and Navy Exchange.
•    North Texas enters the game second in the American Conference with a 2-0 record. The Mids lost to first-place UTSA last week 38-34 in the Alamodome. The top-two teams in the American Conference standings at the end of the regular season will play in the American Conference Championship game.
•    North Texas features one of the most explosive offenses in the country, ranking second nationally in passing offense (347.0 yds/gm), third in total offense (533.8 yds/gm) and fifth in scoring offense (42.2 pts/gm). The Mean Green also rank fifth nationally in completion percentage (.723), ninth in passing efficiency (173.63) and 10th in fewest sacks allowed per game (0.83). Quarterback Tayven Jackson ranks third nationally in passing yards per game (311.3) and fourth in total offense (321.8), while running back Jahiem White ranks fifth in all-purpose yards per game (146.5), sixth in yards per carry (7.16), eighth in rushing yards per game (114.5) and tied for eighth in rushing touchdowns (9). Defensively, Davion Rhodes ranks second nationally in forced fumbles per game (0.67).
•    Saturday is Homecoming in Annapolis. Navy is 48-28 (.632) all-time in Homecoming games, including wins in each of the last four (FAU in 2025, Charlotte in 2024, North Texas in 2023 and Temple in 2022). The last team to beat Navy on Homecoming was Cincinnati in 2021 (27-20). That Cincinnati team posted a 13-1 record, including a win in South Bend over Notre Dame. Cincinnati's only loss was to Alabama in the College Football Playoff Semifinals.
•    Navy will play just its third home game in eight weeks on Saturday. Navy and Eastern Michigan are the only teams in the FBS to play four road games in a five-game span. Three of those road games for Navy were night games with the Mids not returning to Annapolis before 5 am for any of them.
•    This will be the third-consecutive game Navy has played an opponent that had more rest than it did. Both Tulsa and UTSA played Thursday night games the week before Navy, while North Texas was off last week.
•    North Texas derailed Navy's championship game hopes last year with a 31-17 win in Denton.
•    Navy has played five-consecutive one-score games (1-4). Last year, Navy went 5-0 in one-score games. The five one-score games are the most Navy has played since 2022 when the Mids played eight (3-5).  
•    It is the first time Navy has played five-consecutive one-score games since 2005 when the Mids started the year playing five-consecutive one-score games (3-2).
•    The four teams that have beaten Navy this year are a combined 19-7 (.731) - FAU (4-2), Air Force (5-1), UAB (4-3) and UTSA (6-1). 
•    Navy will have to go at least 4-1 against North Texas, Notre Dame, Temple, Memphis and Charlotte to become bowl eligible (Army game is played after bowl bids come out). 
•     The last time Navy started 2-4 and made it to a bowl game was 2014 when the Mids started 2-4 (beat Temple and Texas State, lost to Ohio State, Rutgers, Western Kentucky and Air Force) and finished 6-1 (only loss was to Notre Dame), including a 17-10 win over Army and a 17-16 win over San Diego State in the Poinsettia Bowl. 
•    The Mids have won eight-consecutive home games dating back to the 2025 season and are 12-1 (.923) at home since 2024. It's the longest home winning streak by Navy since the Mids won 14 straight at home from 2014-16. 
•    Navy finished 6-0 at home in 2025. It was just the sixth time in school history Navy has gone undefeated at home in years it has played five or more home games. The Mids also went undefeated at home in 2019 (6-0), 2015 (7-0), 2013 (5-0), 2004 (6-0) and 1981 (5-0). Navy can get to 5-0 at home this year with wins over North Texas (Oct. 24), Temple (Nov. 7) and Memphis (Nov. 21). 
•    Navy has won 79-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.
•    This year is the first time Navy has played three of its first-four games of the season on the road (not including neutral site games) since 1997, when the Mids played at San Diego State (L, 45-31), home vs. Rutgers (W, 36-7), at SMU (W, 46-16) and at Duke (L, 26-17). That team finished 7-4, which included a 39-7 win over Army, but did not go to a bowl game because two of those seven wins were against FCS teams.
•    The Mids are in the midst of playing seven-consecutive games without a bye (gm 5) which started Sept. 25 at UAB. It is the most games Navy has played without a bye since 2022 when it played nine-consecutive games without a bye. That team finished 4-8.
•    Navy is one of five schools in the country that will play or have played three-consecutive road games in 2026, joining Western Kentucky, Syracuse, UNLV and Cal.
•    Under Newberry, Navy is an incredible 16-3 (.842) at home and 12-13 (.480) away from the friendly confines of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (8-10 on the road, 4-3 in neutral site games).
•    Navy's winning percentage of .719 (23-9) over the past three seasons (2024-26) is the 16th best in the FBS and the fourth best among non-autonomy 6 schools behind James Madison (.818), Boise State (.765) and Memphis (.750).
•    Navy's 19 first-time collegiate starters (at any level collegiately) are the most in the country.
•    Navy is an extremely young team, ranking 134th out of 138 FBS teams in career snaps played entering the 2026 season.
•    Navy is first in the country in passing yards per completion, averaging 21.0 yards per reception.
•    Navy is fourth in the nation in rushing, averaging 298.5 rushing yards per game. 
•    The Navy defense is giving up just 2.73 rushing yards per carry, which is the eighth-best average in the FBS. The Mids are the only non-autonomy 4 team in the top 10.
•    Since 2000, Navy has had 10 different quarterbacks rush for over 200 yards in a game a total of 19 times, which is more than triple any other FBS program. 
•     Jackson Gutierrez (Jr.) joined that list in Navy's last home game on Oct. 10 against Tulsa when he rushed for a career-high 232 yards and three touchdowns on 41 carries. 
•    The 232 yards rushing are the most by a Navy player since 2019 when Malcolm Perry ran for 304 yards against Army.
•     The 232 yards are the second most in the FBS this year in a single game and the most by a quarterback. 
•    The 41 rushing attempts were the most by a Navy player since Ricky Dobbs carried the ball 42 times against SMU in 2008. Dobbs finished with 224 yards and four touchdowns in that game, as the Mids did not attempt a pass. 
•    His 41 carries are the most by any player this year and the sixth most in school history. Gutierrez also had 34 carries against UAB, tied for the fourth most in the FBS. 
•    Gutierrez's eight rushing touchdowns this fall are the ninth most in the FBS, while his 107.3 rushing yards per game stands 13th and third among quarterbacks.
•    His 92-yard touchdown pass to sophomore tight end Jordan Collins (So. / TE) against UTSA is the longest pass play in school history. The previous long was an 87-yard pass from Chris McCoy to Matt Scornavacchi against Tulane in 1995.
•    Collins had two receptions for a career-high 117 yards and a career-high two touchdowns against UTSA. He is the first Navy player to catch two passes in a game, both going for touchdowns, since Brandon Turner did it on Nov. 3, 2012, against FAU in a 24-17 win.
•     Gutierrez (232 yds, 41 carries) and Michael Barrow (Jr. / Snipe / 107 yds, 14 carries) became Navy's first 100-yard rushing pair (vs. Tulsa) since Alex Tecza (126 yds) and Braxton Woodson (103 yds) did it against South Florida on Nov. 15, 2025. It was a career-high rushing yards for both Gutierrez and Barrow.
•     Navy, Tulane and Indiana are the only teams in the FBS to have two different players rush for 200 yards in a game this year (Braxton Woodson,  200 yds vs. Towson).
•    Gutierrez got his first-career start at quarterback against UAB, rushing for 134 yards and one touchdown on 34 carries, while completing four of his 13 pass attempts for 104 yards. He is the first Navy quarterback to rush for 100 yards in his first-collegiate start since Ricky Dobbs did it at Northern Illinois on Nov. 25, 2008. Dobbs carried the ball 25 times for 125 yards rushing and a touchdown in Navy's 16-0 win.
•     Truman Brasfield (Fr. / WR) became the first Navy player since Ryan Read in 1998 to catch touchdown passes of 50 yards or more in consecutive games (54 yds vs. Colgate and 78 yds at Boston College) when he caught a 68-yard touchdown against Air Force on Oct. 3 and followed up with a 58-yarder at home against Tulsa last Saturday. The 68-yard touchdown reception at Air Force was his first-collegiate touchdown and the longest reception of his career.
•     The last six times Navy has won its season opener, it has gone on to play in a bowl game. The Mids won their season opener this year 42-15 over Towson.
•    Navy owns a 761-609-57 (.553) record over 146 seasons. The 761 wins are the 23rd most in the FBS and the most of any team not in the autonomy four.     
•    Navy has gone to a bowl game in 12 of the last 13 years it has won its season opener. 
•    Since his arrival in 2019, Brian Newberry has challenged the defense to "Get 6" in every game. What does Get 6 mean? It's a combined total of six three-and-outs, fourth down stops and turnovers. A missed field goal counts as a fourth down stop.If that turnover is returned for a score, it counts as an extra point towards the goal of six. 
•    In Newberry's eight years at Navy, the Mids are 29-5 (.853) and have won 12 in a row when they "Get 6" and 21-36 (.368) when they don't.The Navy defense has not gotten "Six" this year.
•    Brian Newberry started 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 was 27-13 (.675) over his first 40 games, which tied him with Niumatalolo for the second best start in school history after 40 games. Bill Ingram owns the best start for a Navy coach after 40 games, starting 27-9-4 (.725) from 1926-30. 
•     Newberry is currently 28-16 (.636) as a head coach.
•    Navy's senior class has put together a 28-16 (.636) record over four seasons, including a 18-10 (.643) mark in the American Conference. 
•    Hoke Smith II (Sr. / OG) has the honor of wearing jersey No. 68 this season in memory of former Navy offensive lineman David Forney. Forney, who was a senior offensive lineman on the 2019 team, died on Feb. 20, 2020, after being found unresponsive in Bancroft Hall. He was 22 years old. Forney was a 3-year varsity letter winner for the Mids and played in 39-consecutive games over his final 3 seasons.
•    Navy's roster represents 31 different states. Georgia (28), Texas (27), Florida (23) and Maryland (22) have produced the most players on the Navy roster in 2026.
•    The Naval Academy Athletic Association (NAAA) and USAA have extended their historic partnership for an additional 10 years, continuing a longstanding relationship built on shared values of service, leadership and commitment to those who serve. As part of the expanded partnership, USAA has been named the Anchor Partner of Navy Athletics, the highest level of corporate partnership within the Naval Academy Athletic Association. Beginning with the 2026-27 academic year, the USAA logo will appear on jerseys for 30 Navy varsity sports, providing a visible representation of the continued collaboration between two organizations with deep connections to the military community.
•    Navy Athletics will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its only football national championship, honoring a remarkable 1926 team that finished 9-0-1 and captured a share of the national title. The Mids will wear a commemorative uniform with a special patch for the Notre Dame game in recognition of a team whose accomplishments remain one of the great chapters in Navy football history.
•    Navy currently has four players on the active NFL rosters. 2nd Lt. Eli Heidenreich (RB / WR, Pittsburgh Steelers) and 2nd Lt. Landon Robinson (DL, Cincinnati Bengals) are both rookies, while 2nd Lt. Rayuan Lane (S, Jacksonville Jaguars) is in his second year. Joe Cardona (LS, Los Angeles Rams) is in his 12th NFL season, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach for the longest NFL career by a former Navy football player. Staubach played 11 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys from 1969 through 1979. 
•    Navy's four players on active 53-man NFL rosters are believed to be the most from a service academy at one time in NFL history (does not count practice squad players).    

Game Day Timeline
1:15 pm - Team arrival
    The Navy football team will arrive at the Blue Angel / Marine Harrier on the West (Blue) side of the stadium. The team will walk down the sidewalk and through NavyFest before walking through 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, Flyover
    Saturday's fly-over features F/A-18 Super Hornets and EA-18 Growlers from the "Salty Dogs" of VX-23 based out of Patuxent River, Md. Piloting the lead aircraft will be Cmdr. Sean Delaney, VX-23 Commanding Officer, USNA '09 and Adam Kassulke, USNA '06. The wing aircraft will be piloted by Lt. Col. Alex Horne, VX-23 Chief Test Pilot USNA '09; Cmdr. Brian Thorpe, USNA '10, Lt. Cmdr. Alex Herring and Lt. Jack Wiechelt. VX-23 supports the research, development, test and evaluation of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps fixed wing tactical aircraft with a focus on flying qualities, performance, shipboard suitability, mission systems, stores compatibility and ballistics.
3:28:20 pm - Teams Take the Field
    Navy will run out first, followed by North Texas
3:32 pm - Kickoff
    There is a chance for a five-minute slide if the game before Navy's runs long. That decision will be made by no later than 2:32 pm.
1st/2nd Qtr Break - Men's and Women's Golf Team recognitioN
Halftime  - Naval Academy Drum and Bugle Corps will perform.
3rd/4th Qtr Break - Recognition of pilots from flyover
Postgame - Navy Blue & Gold
    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 John Sadak (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, Tim Nolan and Scott Wykoff will get underway at 2:30 pm on the Navy Radio Network, followed by game action beginning at 3:30 pm.
•    Following the contest, Miller, James, Reynolds, Nolan and Wykoff will recap the day's events on the Navy postgame show.
•    The Navy Football Insider Show with Scott Wykoff will air on WBAL Radio (1090 AM) on Saturday from 2-2:30 pm.
•     Expanding upon an aggressive Navy-related programming lineup; WNAV (1430 AM) will broadcast the Sing Second Sports Podcast followed by an encore airing of the Navy Sports Magazine five hours prior to kickoff (10:30 am)
•    The Anchors Aweigh and Navy Football Podcasts will air four (11:30 am) and three hours (12:30 pm) prior to kickoff, respectively each week.
•    The WNAV Navy Tailgate Show will bring fans a live program from Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium two hours (1:30 pm) 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 Nolan for all the exciting action on the Navy Football Radio Network.

Navy Radio Network
• WBAL 1090 AM and 101.5 FM (Baltimore) 
• WFED 1500 AM (Washington, D.C.)
• WFED 104.5 FM (W. Fairfax / Loudon, Va.)
• WNAV 1430 AM  (Annapolis)
• KWFN 97.3 FM (San Diego)
• WGH 1310 AM / 100.9 FM (Norfolk)
• WJGM 105.7 FM (Jacksonville, Fla.)
• KIKI 990 AM (Honolulu, Hawai'i)
• Satellite: 
    Navy Broadcast - 
    SiriusXM (Channel 167) and the SXM App (Channel 167)
    • Apps: Audacy (WNAV and KWFN) and TuneIn (WBAL)

Scouting North Texas
4-2 Overall  |  2-0 American
Head Coach: Neal Brown

•    North Texas is off to a 4-2 start, including a 2-0 record in the American.
•    The Mean Green own impressive victories over UNLV (44-6). Houston Christian (63-14), Tulsa (45-44 OT) and Charlotte (50-10). 
•     North Texas' only losses were against defending National Champion Indiana (52-16) and Texas State (49-35). 
•     Neal Brown is an early candidate for American Coach of the Year, as he took over a program that had no returning starters (North Texas and Iowa State were the only two programs that returned zero starters) as the majority of last year's players from a 12-2 team transferred to Oklahoma State to follow head coach Eric Morris.
•    North Texas has 67 transfers on its roster, including 36 from the Power 4.
•    The North Texas offense is 21st in the country in third down efficiency (.488), which correlates into it being 17th in the FBS in first downs (158).  The Mean Green are efficient in the red zone, ranking 16th in the FBS (.939).
•    Fifth-year senior quarterback Tayven Jackson, who previously played at Indiana, Tennessee and UCF, has been sensational for North Texas, completing 143 (23.8 comp / gm, fifth in the nation) of his 198 passes for 1,868 yards with 15 touchdowns (16th in the FBS) and four interceptions. He is completing 72.2 percent of his passes (sixth in the FBS) and is throwing for 311.3 yards per game, which ranks third nationally. He is fourth in the nation in total offense per game (321.8 yds/gm). His older brother, Trayce Jackson-Davis, was an All-American basketball player at Indiana and a second-round selection in the 2023 NBA Draft who went on to play for the Golden State Warriors. His father, Ray Jackson, played cornerback at Washington State, helping the Cougars win the 1997 Pac-10 championship and earn a berth in the 1998 Rose Bowl. Ray Jackson later spent time with three NFL organizations.
•    Senior wide receiver Justin Stevenson, a transfer from Utah and Wyoming, leads the receiving corps with 33 catches for 453 yards and five touchdowns (20th in the FBS). Senior wide receiver Corri Milliner, a transfer from UAB, has 20 catches for 325 yards and one touchdown.   
•    North Texas is second in the nation in passing offense (347.0 yds/gm) thanks to a stout offensive line that is 10th in the FBS in sacks allowed (0.83) and 23rd in tackles for loss allowed (3.7).
•    North Texas is not just a throwing team. Senior running back and West Virginia transfer Jahiem White is one of the best running backs in the country with 687 yards (eighth in the FBS, averaging 114.5 yds/gm) and nine touchdowns (tied with Navy's Jackson Gutierrez for eighth in the country) on just 96 carries. He is averaging 7.2 yards per carry (sixth in the FBS). Sophomore running back Brendon Haygood, a transfer from Missouri, has 36 carries for 149 yards and two touchdowns. White is fifth in the nation in all-purpose yards (146.5 per game).
•    Because the offense is so versatile, it is third in the country in total offense (533.8 yds/gm), fifth in the nation in scoring offense (42.2 pts/gm) and it can also control the ball with its exceptional running game (16th in the FBS at 33:00 per game.).
•    The North Texas defense is led by fifth-year linebacker and SMU / East Carolina transfer Zakye Barker (43 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and two sacks) and senior safety and Wofford / Tulsa transfer CJ Coombes (43 tackles, one tackle for loss, one sack, one interception). Fifth-year defensive lineman and Georgia Southern transfer Davion Rhodes is second in the nation in forced fumbles (0.67).
•    Sophomore kicker and Appalachian State transfer Dominic De Freitas is 23rd in the FBS in field goals per game (1.5). Punt returner Lathon Latiolais is 17th in the nation in punt returns, averaging 13.3 per return.