American college football season
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.
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
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 7:00 p.m. at Temple ESPNU W 30–1930,368
September 7 7:00 p.m. at No. 15 Rutgers ESPN L 24–4143,514
September 15 5:00 p.m. Ball State CSTV L 31–34 OT 32,087
September 22 1:00 p.m. Duke Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD CSTV W 46–4331,278
September 29 1:00 p.m. Air Force CSTV W 31–2037,615
October 10 8:00 p.m. at Pittsburgh ESPN W 48–45 2OT 30,103
October 20 1:00 p.m. Wake Forest Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD CSTV L 24–4436,992
October 27 1:00 p.m. No. 9 (FCS ) Delaware Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD CSTV L 52–5935,213
November 3 2:30 p.m. at Notre Dame NBC W 46–44 3OT 80,795
November 10 3:00 p.m. at North Texas W 74–62 26,012
November 17 3:30 p.m. Northern Illinois Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD CSTV W 35–2434,517
December 1 12:00 p.m. vs. Army CBS W 38–371,610
December 20 7:00 p.m. vs. Utah ESPN L 32–3539,129
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Game summaries
Notre Dame
1
2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT Total
• Navy
0
14 6 8 7 3 8
46
Notre Dame
7
14 0 7 7 3 6
44
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Roster
2007 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
G
79
Osei Asante
So
C
71
Reyn Kaupiko
Sr
WR
80
O. J. Washington
Sr
QB
2
Jarod Bryant
Jr
QB
14
Tony Goss
Sr
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
S
17
Jeff Deliz
Jr
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
References
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