2007 Navy Midshipmen football team

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2007 Navy Midshipmen football
United State Naval Academy Logo-sports.png
Poinsettia Bowl, L 32–35 vs. Utah
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–5
Head coach
Offensive scheme Triple option
Defensive coordinator Buddy Green (5th season)
Base defenseMultiple
MVP Reggie Campbell
Captains
Home stadium Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  2006
2008  
2007 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Navy    8 5  
Army    3 9  
Notre Dame    3 9  
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Paul Johnson until he accepted the head coaching position at Georgia Tech prior to the team's final game of the season. Offensive line coach Ken Niumatalolo was first promoted to interim head coach and then named as the team's permanent head coach.

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After beginning the season with a 4–4 record through the first eight games, including a loss to Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) foe Delaware, the Midshipmen broke a 43-year losing streak in the Navy–Notre Dame football rivalry in the 2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game by winning in triple overtime. The next week, the team became bowl eligible by winning its sixth game of the season in the 2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game, which set a record for the most points scored in a regulation-length FBS college football game. The Midshipmen finished the regular season with an 8–4 record and secured a berth in the 2007 Poinsettia Bowl, which had a single-year tie-in with the USNA. The other tie-in was with the Mountain West Conference (MWC). In a close game that came down to the final seconds, Navy lost the game to the Utah Utes with a score of 35–32.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.m.at Temple ESPNU W 30–1930,368
September 77:00 p.m.at No. 15 Rutgers ESPN L 24–4143,514
September 155:00 p.m. Ball State CSTV L 31–34 OT32,087
September 221:00 p.m. Duke
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
CSTVW 46–4331,278
September 291:00 p.m. Air Force
CSTVW 31–2037,615
October 108:00 p.m.at Pittsburgh ESPNW 48–45 2OT30,103
October 201:00 p.m. Wake Forest
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
CSTVL 24–4436,992
October 271:00 p.m.No. 9 (FCS) Delaware
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
CSTVL 52–5935,213
November 32:30 p.m.at Notre Dame NBC W 46–44 3OT80,795
November 103:00 p.m.at North Texas W 74–62 26,012
November 173:30 p.m. Northern Illinois
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
CSTVW 35–2434,517
December 112:00 p.m.vs. Army CBS W 38–371,610
December 207:00 p.m.vs. Utah ESPNL 32–3539,129

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Game summaries

Notre Dame

1234OT2OT3OTTotal
Navy0146873846
Notre Dame7140773644

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Roster

2007 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
G 79Osei AsanteSo
C 71Reyn KaupikoSr
WR 80O. J. WashingtonSr
QB 2Jarod BryantJr
QB 14Tony GossSr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 17Jeff DelizJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. "Navy Midshipmen Schedule 2007". ESPN . Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  2. ESPN. Retrieved 2014-Oct-27.