2014 Navy Midshipmen football team

2014 Navy Midshipmen football
Poinsettia Bowl champion
Poinsettia Bowl, W 17–16 vs. San Diego State
Conference	Independent
2014 record	8–5
Head coach	Ken Niumatalolo (7th year)
Offensive coordinator	Ivin Jasper (14th year)
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Buddy Green (13th year)
Base defense	Multiple
Captain	Noah Copeland
Captain	Parrish Gaines
Home stadium	Navy – Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 34,000)

2014 Division I FBS independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
BYU			–						8	–	5
Notre Dame			–						8	–	5
Navy			–						8	–	5
Army			–						4	–	8
As of 29 November 2014; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Midshipmen were led by seventh year head coach Ken Niumatalolo and played their home games at Navy – Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The Midshipmen competed as an Independent.^[1] This was the final year as an Independent before the school joins the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 8–5. They were invited to the Poinsettia Bowl where they defeated San Diego State.

Before the season

Previous season

The Navy Midshipmen began the 2013 season with a victory over Indiana and a blowout of Delaware, before they fell to Western Kentucky. The following week, Navy defeated rival Air Force in one of three games for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy. The win was followed by consecutive losses to Duke and Toledo, the latter of which Navy lost to in double-overtime on a missed extra point.^[2][3] Recovering, Navy defeated Pittsburgh, before falling to rival Notre Dame in a game where the lead switched between the teams eight times.^[2][4] The squad finished the regular season with four consecutive wins, including a 34-7 defeat of Army in the Army-Navy Game. Navy ended their season with a victory over Middle Tennessee in the Armed Forces Bowl. The 2013 season was ninth Commander-in-Chief's Trophy win in eleven years, the tenth bowl game in the same period of time, and the twelfth consecutive victory over Army.^[2][5]

Spring practices

Navy held spring practices during March and April 2014.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	12:00 p.m.	vs. No. 6 Ohio State	M&T Bank Stadium • Baltimore, MD	CBSSN	L 17–34	57,579
September 6	1:00 p.m.	at Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN3	W 31–24	28,408
September 13	8:00 p.m.	at Texas State	Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX	ESPNews	W 35–21	32,007
September 20	3:30 p.m.	Rutgers	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	L 24–31	33,655
September 27	3:30 p.m.	WKU	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	L 27–36	30,537
October 4	3:30 p.m.	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBSSN	L 21–30	37,731
October 11	3:30 p.m.	VMI	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	W 51–14	33,812
October 25	1:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	W 41–31	30,612
November 1	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 10 Notre Dame	FedEx Field • Landover, MD (Rip Miller Trophy)	CBS	L 39–49	36,807
November 15	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	W 52–19	33,894
November 28	3:00 p.m.	at South Alabama	Ladd Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL	ESPN3	W 42–40	14,571
December 13	3:00 p.m.	vs. Army	M&T Bank Stadium • Baltimore, MD (115th Army–Navy Game/Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS	W 17–10	70,935
December 23	9:30 p.m.	vs. San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA (Poinsettia Bowl)	ESPN	W 17–16	33,077
Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Roster

2014 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 2 Tupa, TimTim Tupa Fr WR 4 Tillman, JamirJamir Tillman So QB 5 Marshall, TravisTravis Marshall Fr SB 8 Osborne, ColinColin Osborne Jr QB 9 Mouton, KennethKenneth Mouton So QB 10 Hendrick, JohnJohn Hendrick Sr WR 13 Wooten, TyrisTyris Wooten Fr QB 14 Thompson, TroyTroy Thompson So QB 15 Worth, WillWill Worth So QB 18 Smith, TagoTago Smith So QB 19 Reynolds, KeenanKeenan Reynolds Jr SB 21 Sanders, DeBrandonDeBrandon Sanders Jr SB 22 Gulley, ToneoToneo Gulley So FB 23 Swain, MylesMyles Swain So SB 24 Williams-Jenkins, RyanRyan Williams-Jenkins Sr SB 25 Brown, DemondDemond Brown Jr SB 26 High, ChrisChris High Fr SB 28 Romine, DishanDishan Romine So SB 29 Whiteside, GeoffreyGeoffrey Whiteside Sr FB 32 Ezell, QuentinQuentin Ezell Jr SB 33 Brown, JohnJohn Brown Fr FB 34 Copeland, NoahNoah Copeland (C) Sr SB 35 Daniel, JahmaalJahmaal Daniel Fr FB 36 Singleton, QuintonQuinton Singleton Sr FB 37 Swain, ChrisChris Swain Jr SB 38 Mouton, KendrickKendrick Mouton So SB 44 Brown, JoshJosh Brown Fr SB 45 Walker, JoshuaJoshua Walker Fr WR 46 Meagher, ConreyConrey Meagher Fr FB 47 Artis, JustinJustin Artis Fr SB 48 Theos, NickNick Theos Fr WR 81 Dubeck, BrendanBrendan Dubeck Sr WR 84 Lewellyn, ChadChad Lewellyn Fr WR 86 Turner, JulianJulian Turner So WR 87 Colon, BrandonBrandon Colon Fr WR 88 Carmona, TylerTyler Carmona Fr WR 89 Wilson, ThomasThomas Wilson Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 2 Gaines, ParrishParrish Gaines (C) Sr CB 4 Wright, IaascIaasc Wright Fr CB 5 Adams, QuincyQuincy Adams Jr CB 6 Battle, KyleKyle Battle So CB 7 White, ShelleyShelley White Jr CB 8 Duncan, AlexAlex Duncan Fr CB 9 Krah, MyerMyer Krah Jr CB 10 Bryant, CameronCameron Bryant So CB 11 Majeed, AbdulAbdul Majeed Fr LB 13 Drake, JordanJordan Drake Sr CB 14 Merchant, ElijahElijah Merchant Fr S 15 Barbour, LorentezLorentez Barbour Jr S 16 Norton, JustinJustin Norton Jr CB 17 Bertrnad, KwazelKwazel Bertrnad Fr S 18 Bell, DexterDexter Bell Fr CB 19 Schultz, GeorgeGeorge Schultz Fr SB 20 Cass, CalvinCalvin Cass So S 20 Munson, JamesJames Munson Fr CB 21 Thompson, JerryJerry Thompson Fr OLB 22 Kelly, MikeMike Kelly So LB 23 Hicks, MasonMason Hicks Fr S 24 Beggs, RandyRandy Beggs Fr S 26 Thomasson, DaiquanDaiquan Thomasson So LB 28 Hester, ZachZach Hester Jr LB 29 Howard, WinnWinn Howard So LB 31 White, ShawnShawn White So LB 31 Thomas, MicahMicah Thomas Fr CB 32 Harris, DevinDevin Harris Fr LB 33 Polamalu, MaikaMaika Polamalu Sr LB 34 Mack, TonyTony Mack Fr OLB 35 Martinez, NickNick Martinez Jr LB 36 Wade, JalenJalen Wade So LB 37 Nauert, JoeJoe Nauert Fr OLB 38 Tuider, WilliamWilliam Tuider So S 39 Robinson, ShakirShakir Robinson Sr OLB 40 McCoy, KevinKevin McCoy Fr S 42 Jamison, GeorgeGeorge Jamison Sr SB 42 Bonner, DarrylDarryl Bonner Fr S 43 Jones, BrandonBrandon Jones Fr OLB 44 Uzoma, ObiObi Uzoma Sr DE 45 Quessenberry, PaulPaul Quessenberry Sr OLB 46 Johnson, ChrisChris Johnson Sr DE 47 Akpunku, A.K.A.K. Akpunku Jr OLB 48 Powell, JoshuaJoshua Powell So LB 49 Lewis, AnthonyAnthony Lewis Sr LB 50 Pearson, DonDon Pearson Jr OT 50 Lindsey, RobertRobert Lindsey Fr OG 51 White, SethSeth White Fr LB 51 Britton, JamesJames Britton Sr DE 52 Mason, AmosAmos Mason So OT 52 Akins, EvanEvan Akins Fr OT 53 Kimball, BillyBilly Kimball Fr OLB 53 Pescaia, KikauKikau Pescaia Jr LB 54 Goble, TylerTyler Goble Jr OT 54 Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson So OT 55 Pittman, JordanJordan Pittman Fr OLB 55 Colburn, TedTed Colburn So LB 56 Worth, JoeJoe Worth Sr OG 57 Binns, E.K.E.K. Binns Jr OLB 57 Olsen, TreyTrey Olsen Fr LB 58 Gonzalas, DanielDaniel Gonzalas So C 58 Wade, ParkerParker Wade Fr LB 59 Harris, RyanRyan Harris So OG 60 Tamburello, BenBen Tamburello Jr DE 60 Atrim, ShaneShane Atrim Fr DE 61 Spencer, SeanSean Spencer Fr OT 61 Greene, BrandonBrandon Greene Jr OT 62 Heap, BradynBradyn Heap Sr DE 62 Peck, ZachZach Peck Fr C 63 Ryder, BlazeBlaze Ryder Jr OG 64 Zuzek, JakeJake Zuzek Sr OT 65 Gaston, JoeyJoey Gaston Jr DE 65 Sayles, TylerTyler Sayles Fr OG 66 Robbins, JeremiahJeremiah Robbins So OG 67 Otto, NathanielNathaniel Otto Sr NG 68 Forrestal, PatrickPatrick Forrestal So OT 68 Brown, AlexAlex Brown So OT 69 Hoffman, PatrickPatrick Hoffman So NG 70 Hague, AustinAustin Hague Fr C 70 Norris, MauriceMaurice Norris So OG 71 Martin, EvanEvan Martin Fr OG 72 West, AdamAdam West So C 73 Martin, AndrewAndrew Martin So OG 74 Dusz, RobRob Dusz So C 75 Flemming, TannerTanner Flemming Sr OT 76 Benjamin, BlakeBlake Benjamin Jr OG 77 Nollar, TrentonTrenton Nollar Fr NG 77 Sarra, BenardBenard Sarra Jr OG 78 Cregge, KyleKyle Cregge Sr OT 79 Copeland, BlakeBlake Copeland So OLB 81 Dawson, EliEli Dawson Fr OLB 83 Davenport, MylesMyles Davenport Fr OLB 85 Palmore, D.J.D.J. Palmore Fr OLB 86 Roney, DylanDylan Roney Fr DE 90 Anthony, WillWill Anthony Jr DE 91 Davis, AaronAaron Davis So DE 92 Gordeuk, DavidDavid Gordeuk Jr DE 93 Miles, ReggieReggie Miles Fr NG 95 Nurthen, ChrisChris Nurthen Sr DE 96 Raiford, MichaelMichael Raiford Fr DE 97 Uzoma, NnamdiNnamdi Uzoma So NG 98 Barnaby, A.J.A.J. Barnaby Sr DE 99 Reaver, SeanSean Reaver Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 3 Barta, AlexAlex Barta So K 6 Sloan, NickNick Sloan Jr P 11 Beltran, PabloPablo Beltran Sr P 16 Jarnigan, GavinGavin Jarnigan Jr K 43 Grebe, AustinAustin Grebe Jr LS 59 Querry, RonnieRonnie Querry Fr LS 93 Cardona, JoeJoe Cardona Sr LS 94 Antol, JoshJosh Antol So K 95 Cassley, PatrickPatrick Cassley Fr P 96 Holley, LukeLuke Holley Fr K 99 Grant-Johnson, D.J.D.J. Grant-Johnson So	Head coach Ken Niumatalolo Coordinators/assistant coaches Chris Culton – Offensive Line Justin Davis – Outside Linebackers Dan O'Brien - Outside Linbackers Buddy Green – Defensive Coordinator/Secondary Ashley Ingram – Offensive Line Ivin Jasper – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Steve Johns – Inside Linebackers/Special Teams Keith Jones – Secondary Mike Judge – Fullbacks Shaun Nua – Defensive Line Danny O'Rourke – Slot Backs Dale Pehrson – Defensive Line Mick Yokitis – Wide Receivers Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: September 1, 2014

Depth chart

The following players comprised the team's Depth chart prior to the 2013 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl:

Defense CB Brendon Clements Myer Krah Shelley White CB Quincy Adams Cameron Bryant Elijah Merchant Offense WR Jamir Tillman Thomas Wilson Julian Turner SB Geoffrey Whiteside Ryan Williams-Jenkins Toneo Gulley LT LG C RG RT Bradyn Heap E.K. Binns Tanner Fleming Jake Zuzek Joey Gaston Brandon Greene Ben Tamburello Blaze Ryder Nathaniel Otto Blake Benjamin Blake Copeland Adam West Maurice Morris ⋅ Blake Copeland SB DeBrandon Sanders Demond Brown Dishan Romine WR Brendan Dudeck Brandon Colon Marc Meier QB Keenan Reynolds Tago Smith Will Worth FB Noah Copeland Chris Swain Quinton Singleton Special Teams PK Nick Sloan PK Austin Grebe P Pablo Beltran P Gavin Jernigan KR DeBrandon Sanders PR Demond Brown LS Joe Cardona H Pablo Beltran

Game Summaries

Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total • #5 Ohio State 3 3 14 14 34 Navy 0 7 7 3 17 Date: August 30, 2014 Location: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, MD Game start: 12:00 pm Game attendance: 57,573 Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather: TV announcers (CBSSN): Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson & Allie LaForce

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-4	2009	OSU, 31–27

at Temple

1 2 3 4 Total • Navy 10 7 14 0 31 Temple 7 7 3 7 24 Date: September 6, 2014 Location: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA Game start: 1:00 pm Game attendance: 28,408 Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather: TV announcers (ESPN3): Dave Leno & Ken Dunek

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5-5	2009	TU, 27-24

at Texas State

1 2 3 4 Total • Navy 14 14 0 7 35 Texas State 0 7 0 14 21 Date: September 13, 2014 Location: Bobcat Stadium, San Marcos, TX Game start: 8:00 pm Game attendance: 32,007 Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather: Television network: ESPNews

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1-0	2012	NAVY, 21-10

Rutgers

1 2 3 4 Total • Rutgers 10 7 14 0 31 Navy 7 7 3 7 24 Date: September 20, 2014 Location: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD Game start: 3:30 pm Game attendance: 33,655 Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather: TV announcers (CBSSN): John Sadak, Randy Cross & Sheehan Stanwick Burch

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11-12-1	2011	RU, 21-20

Western Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total • WKU 3 10 9 14 36 Navy 7 7 7 6 27 Date: September 27, 2014 Location: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD Game start: 3:30 pm Game attendance: 30,537 Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather: TV announcers (CBSSN): John Sadak, Randy Cross, & Susannah Collins

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2-1	2013	WKU 19-7

at Air Force

Commander-in-Chief's Trophy

1 2 3 4 Total Navy 7 7 0 7 21 • Air Force 14 0 7 9 30 Date: October 4, 2014 Location: Falcon Stadium, USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, CO Game start: 3:30 pm (1:30 pm MST) Game attendance: 37,731 Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather: TV announcers (CBSSN): John Sadak, Randy Cross, & Susannah Collins

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–27	2013	NAVY, 28–10

VMI

1 2 3 4 Total VMI 0 7 0 7 14 • Navy 14 23 7 7 51 Date: October 11, 2014 Location: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD Game start: 3:30 pm Game attendance: 33,812 Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather: TV announcers (CBSSN): John Sadak, Randy Cross, & Susannah Collins

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–0	2012	NAVY, 41–3

San Jose State

1 2 3 4 Total San Jose State 3 14 0 14 31 • Navy 0 24 7 10 41 Date: October 25, 2014 Location: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD Game start: 1:00 pm Game attendance: 30,612 Game weather: Temp: 62 F • Wind: • Weather: Broken Clouds TV announcers (CBSSN): John Sadak, Randy Cross, & Susannah Collins

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2013	NAVY, 58–52

vs. Notre Dame

Navy-Notre Dame football rivalry

1 2 3 4 Total • #10 Notre Dame 14 14 0 21 49 Navy 7 10 14 8 39 Date: November 1, 2014 Location: FedEx Field, Landover, MD Game start: 8:00 pm Elapsed time: 3:37 Game attendance: 36,807 Game weather: Temp: 46 F • Wind: 20 MPH • Weather: Partly Cloudy TV announcers (CBS): Andrew Catalon, Aaron Taylor

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–74–1	2013	ND, 38–34

Georgia Southern

1 2 3 4 Total Georgia Southern 7 0 6 6 19 • Navy 7 10 14 21 52 Date: November 15, 2014 Location: Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD Game start: 3:30 pm Game attendance: 33,894 Game weather: Temp: 44 F • Wind: • Weather: Partly Sunny TV announcers (CBSSN): John Sadak, Randy Cross, & Susannah Collins

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2010	NAVY, 13-7

at South Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total • Navy 7 14 14 7 42 South Alabama 13 0 3 20 36 Date: November 28, 2014 Location: Ladd Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL Game start: 3:00 pm Game attendance: 14,571 Game weather: Temp: 32 F • Wind: • Weather: Broken Clouds TV announcers (ESPN3): Darren Goldwater & Peter Vaas

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2013	NAVY, 42–14

vs. Army

115th Army–Navy Game/Commander-in-Chief's Trophy

1 2 3 4 Total • Navy 0 7 3 7 17 Army 7 0 0 3 10 Date: December 13, 2014 Location: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, MD Game start: 3:00 pm Game attendance: 70,935 Game weather: Temp: 41 F • Wind: NW 5-10 MPH • Weather: Partly Sunny TV announcers (CBS): Vern Lundquist, Gary Donaldson, & Allie LaForce

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
59–49–7	2013	NAVY, 34–7

vs. San Diego State (Poinsettia Bowl)

2014 Poinsettia Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total • Navy 7 0 7 3 17 SDS 10 3 3 0 16 Date: December 23, 2014 Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA Game start: 9:30 pm Game attendance: 33,077 Game weather: Temp: 68 F • Wind: N 8 MPH • Weather: Mostly Cloudy TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Bellotti, Tom Hart & Heather Mitts

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2010	SDS, 14–35

References

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