Navy (1-3, 0-2 American) vs. Tulsa (3-2, 0-1 American)
When	Saturday, Oct. 10, 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, 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 167, SXM App 968 | Apps: Audacy (WNAV and KWFN) and TuneIn (WBAL)
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Game Notes	Navy | Tulsa | American Conference
Season Statistics	Navy | Tulsa | American Conference
Social Media	@NavyAthletics | @NavyFB | Facebook | Instagram

Opening Kick
•    Navy (1-3, 0-2 in the American) and Tulsa (3-2, 0-1) will meet on the gridiron for the 12th time when the two square off on CBS Sports Network Saturday at 3:30 pm at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (34,000), America's finest and most patriotic stadium. Navy leads the series 9-2, but holds a slim 3-2 mark in games played against the Golden Hurricane in Annapolis. Saturday's contest is presented by Boeing.
•    Both teams are coming off heartbreaking losses. Tulsa lost to North Texas in overtime on Thursday 45-44, while Navy lost at Air Force 14-9.
•    Navy has lost three-consecutive games for the first time since 2021. 
•    Tulsa has forced at least one turnover in every game this year.
•    There have been just three non-autonomy 6 teams beat an autonomy four team in 2026, including Tulsa who defeated Oklahoma State 24-10 on Sept. 5. The following week, Oklahoma State stunned Oregon 39-31 in Stillwater, Okla.  Oklahoma State is currently ranked 18th in the Associated Press Poll. 
•    The Mids have lost three-consecutive one-score games for the first time since 2011 when they dropped four-straight one-score games (South Carolina 24-21, Air Force 35-34 OT, Rutgers 21-20 and East Carolina 38-35). The Mids entered the year having won six-consecutive one-score games (1-0 in 2024, 5-0 in 2025).
•    The last time Navy started 1-3 and went to a bowl game was in 2012 when the Mids began 1-3 with losses to Notre Dame, Penn State and San Jose State and a win over VMI. The Mids went on to win seven of their last nine games (7-2) and played Arizona State in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.   
•    The three teams that have beaten Navy this year are a combined 10-4 (.714) - FAU is 4-1, Air Force is 3-1 and UAB is 3-2. 
•    Incredibly, Saturday will be Navy's first home game in 35 days. The Mids played at FAU on Sept. 12, at UAB on Sept. 25 and at Air Force on Oct. 3. It is the first time Navy played three-consecutive true road games since 2010 when the Mids played at Louisiana Tech (W, 37-23), at Air Force (L, 14-6) and at Wake Forest (W, 28-27). Navy finished that year with a 9-4 record, which included a 31-17 win over Army.    
•    This 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.
•    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 15-3 (.833) at home and 12-12 (.500) away from the friendly confines of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (8-9 on the road, 4-3 in neutral site games).
•    The Mids have won seven-consecutive home games dating back to the 2025 season and are 11-1 (.917) at home since 2024. Navy last won seven-consecutive home games in 2018-19. Navy 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 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.
•    The Mids are in the midst of playing seven-consecutive games without a bye 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 an extremely young team, ranking 134th out of 138 FBS teams in career snaps played entering the 2026 season.
•    Navy's 17 first-time collegiate starters (first time starters on any level collegiately) are tied with East Carolina for the most in the country.
•    Navy's winning percentage of .733 (22-8) over the past three seasons (2024-26) is the 16th best in the FBS and the third best among non-autonomy 6 schools behind James Madison (.839, 25-6) and Memphis (.742, 23-8).
•    Navy is fifth in the nation in rushing, averaging 277.8 rushing yards per game. 
•    Navy is second in the country in passing yards per completion, averaging 17.3 yards per reception. West Virginia is first at 17.8 yards per catch. 
•    Navy is one of 11 teams that is perfect in the red zone this year. The Mids have scored seven touchdowns and kicked three field goals in 10 opportunities.  Of the teams tied for first, Navy's 10 opportunities are the least.
•    Navy ranks eighth in the country in fourth down conversions, converting at an .800 clip (8-10). Tulsa ranks seventh (.824).Tulsa has gone for it on fourth down 17 times, that is tied for the third most in the country.
•    Since 2000, Navy has had nine different quarterbacks rush for over 200 yards in a game a total of 18 times, which is more than triple any other FBS program.
•    Jackson Gutierrez (Jr.) got his first-career start at quarterback against FAU, 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.
•    There are six different players on the depth chart that came to Navy as quarterbacks and are now playing different positions or splitting time at quarterback and another position. Starting wide receiver Luke Hutchison (Sr.) and snipes Charles Robinson (Jr.), Tre Jones III (Jr.), Landon Walker (So.) and Evan Blouir (Fr.) are all playing different positions (Blouir is on the depth at quarterback but has not played that position in a game), while Gutierrez is splitting time between quarterback and running back.
•     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 has gone to a bowl game in 12 of the last 13 years it has won its season opener.
•    Navy is 9-1 over the last two seasons when scoring on the opening drive. It had won 17 in a row when scoring on the opening drive dating back to 2021 before losing on Sept. 12 at FAU. 
•    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 20-35 (.364) when they don't.
•    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. He started 27-9-4 (.725) from 1926-30. 
•     Newberry is currently 27-15 (.643) as a head coach.
•    Navy's senior class has put together a 27-15 (.643) record over four seasons, including a 17-9 (.654) 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.
•    Navy owns a 760-608-57 (.553) record over 146 seasons. The 760 wins are the 23rd most in the FBS and the most of any team not in the autonomy four. 
•    On Friday, Navy will officially dedicate the Defensive Staff Room in Ricketts Hall in honor of the late Tyler Tidwell. It will be called the Tyler Tidwell '07 Defensive Staff Room. Two of Tidwell's Navy teammates from the Class of 2007, Rob Caldwell and Joe Person, donated $250,000 to name the room after Tidwell. Starting this fall, every player who comes through the program will know his name and hear his story. It's a fitting and lasting tribute to a man who embodied what it means to be the ultimate teammate.  
•    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
1:00-1:15 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 will feature two E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes from the "Greyhawks" of VAW-120, based out of Naval Station Norfolk, Va. Piloting the lead aircraft will be Lt. Tom "Milkman" Frankenberger, Lt. Lorenzo "Scary Larry" Armstrong, USNA Class of 2017, and Lt. Max "Brittany" Rudner. The wing aircraft will be piloted by Lt. Dylan "Clinch" Heye, Lt. Thomas "Cat Paws" Wheeler, USNA Class of 2016, and Lt. David "Sunshine" Heym. Providing ground control and support will be Lt. Ross "Shy Ronnie" Davis.  
•    Celebrating 65 years of flying history, the "Greyhawks" are the Navy's only Hawkeye Fleet Replacement Squadron.  Since the dawn of Hawkeyes during the Cold War to today's modern age, VAW-120 has been producing Carrier Qualified Mission ready Hawkeye Pilots and Naval Flight Officers for the fleet. 
3:28:20 pm - Teams Take the Field
•    Navy will run out first, followed by Tulsa.
3:32 pm - Kickoff
•    There is a chance for a five-minute slide if the Army vs. Tulane game runs long. That decision will be made by no later than 2:32 pm.
1st/2nd Qtr Break - Men's indoor track & field / cross country recognition
Halftime  
    Naval Academy Drum and Bugle Corps will perform and there will be a demonstration by the USNA Jolly Rogers Silent Drill Demonstration.
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 Information
•    CBS Sports Network will carry Saturday's game with John Sadak (pxp), Randy Cross (analyst) and Brandon Baylor (sideline) on the call.
•    The Navy Football Pregame Show with Joe Miller, Mike James, Keenan Reynolds, Keith Mills 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 Mills 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 at 2 pm.
•     Expanding upon an aggressive Navy-related programming lineup, WNAV (1430 AM) will broadcast the Sing Second Podcast, followed by an encore airing of the Navy Sports Magazine starting five hours prior to kickoff (10:30 am this week).
•    The Anchors Aweigh and Navy Football Podcasts will air four (11:30 am) and three (12:30 pm) hours 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, James and Mills 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 968)
    • Apps: Audacy (WNAV and KWFN) and TuneIn (WBAL)

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Scouting Tulsa
3-2 Overall  |  0-1 American
Head Coach: Tre Lamb

•    Tulsa is off to a 3-2 start, including an upset of Oklahoma State 24-10 in the season opener.
•    The Oklahoma State win is just one of three the non-autonomy six conferences have over the autonomy four (UMass over Rutgers and UNLV over Cal are the others). 
•     Tulsa is coming off a heartbreaking 45-44 overtime loss to North Texas. The Golden Hurricane went for two and the win after scoring in overtime and were stopped just inches shy of the goal line. 
•     Tulsa has 43 transfers on its roster, including 19 from the Power 4. 
•    Redshirt senior Damari Alston, a transfer from Auburn, leads the Tulsa ground attack with 292 yards rushing and five touchdowns, while senior Trequan Jones, a transfer from Old Dominion, has rushed for 221 yards and two touchdowns on just 35 carries (6.3 yd / carry). Jones also has a kickoff return for a touchdown. He is 11th in the nation in kickoff returns, averaging 26.1 per return. 
•    East Tennessee State redshirt sophomore quarterback Baylor Hayes has thrown for 564 yards and four touchdowns against just one interception. He has thrown for 564 yards, while completing 60 percent of his passes.  
•    Hayes started against Oklahoma State and Sam Houston, but injured his knee in the Sam Houston game and missed the East Texas A&M and Arkansas games. 
•     Hayes returned for the North Texas game and accounted for five touchdowns.
•    Graduate student Dexter Williams II, a transfer from Kennesaw State, was solid in relief of Hayes, completing 34 of his 59 pass attempts for 340 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions.
•    Redshirt senior wide receiver Oran Singleton Jr., a West Virginia transfer, has been by far Tulsa's top receiver. He has 36 catches (23 more than the next closest receiver) for 306 yards with two touchdowns.  Junior wide receiver Javon Ross, a transfer from Bethune-Cookman, has 13 catches for 122 yards and one touchdown.
•    Graduate student linebacker and USC transfer Chris Thompson Jr. leads the Tulsa defense with 49 tackles, while junior linebacker Dax Collins has 39 stops, 3.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. Thompson is eighth in the country in tackles, averaging 9.8 per game.
•    Junior defensive lineman Kyron Duhon, a transfer from Oklahoma State, is 16th in the FBS in forced fumbles (0.4 per game), while redshirt senior defensive lineman Arias Nash, a transfer from Virginia Tech, is second in the nation in fumble recoveries with two.
•    Tulsa is 22nd in the country in sacks, averaging 2.2 per contest.
•    The Golden Hurricane are 13th in the country in turnover margin, averaging 1.2 per contest.
•    The Tulsa defense has forced 10 turnovers, which are the ninth most in the FBS.