Navy-Air Force Notes

The Navy Midshipmen (4-1) travel to rival Air Force Academy (2-1) on Saturday. Kickoff is at 2 p.m. EST. Here is everything you need to know about the game along with a final score prediction.

Navy

VS.

Air Force

Site	Falcon Stadium (46,692), USAF Academy, CO
Date/Time	October 7, 2006, 2 p.m. EST
Television	CSTV
Radio	1430 WNAV Annapolis, Md.; WBAL 1090 AM, Baltimore, Md.; WTWP 1500 AM, Washington, D.C.; WFED 1050 AM, Washington, D.C.; WLRT 1490 AMNorfolk, Va.; WTRI 1520 AM, Frederick, Md.; ESPN Radio 1460 AM, Jacksonville, Fla.; Sirius Satellite Radio
Internet	LINK
General School/ Team Information
.	Air Force	Navy
Nickname	Falcons	Midshipmen
Colors	Blue and Silver	Blue and Gold
Enrollment	4,000	4,000
Conference	Mountain West	Independent
Head Coach	Fisher DeBerry	Paul Johnson
Coach's career record	165-101-1 (165-101-1 at Air Force)	94-32 (32-22 at Navy)
Record	2-1	4-1
Series Information
Series Record	Air Force leads, 25-13
First Meeting	1960, Navy 35-3
Last Meeting	2005, Navy 27-24

Air Force Schedule Sep 9 at Tennessee, L 31-30 Sep 23 at Wyoming, W 31-24 Sep 30 New Mexico, W 24-7 Oct 7 Navy Oct 12 Colorado State Oct 21 at San Diego State Oct 28 Brigham Young Nov 3 at Army Nov 11 Notre Dame Nov 18 Utah Nov 24 at UNLV Dec 2 at TCU

Navy Schedule Sep 2 East Carolina, W 28-23 Sep 9 Massachusetts, W 28-23 Sep 16 at Stanford, W 37-9 Sep 23 Tulsa, L 23-24 OT Sep 30 at Connecticut, W 41-17 Oct 7 at Air Force Oct 14 Rutgers Oct 28 Notre Dame Nov 4 at Duke Nov 11 at Eastern Michigan Nov 18 Temple Dec 2 Army

Key Players for Navy

LT 79 Matt Pritchett (6-2 290, Sr.)
LG 60 Zach Gallion (6-2 313, Sr.)
WR 87 Jason Tomlinson (6-1 208, Sr.)
QB 03 Brian Hampton (5-11 208, Sr.)
SB 07 Reggie Campbell (5-6 165, Jr.)
FB 22 Adam Ballard (6-1 223, Jr.)
LE 43 Tye Adams (6-3 225, Sr.)
LB 40 David Mahoney (5-9 219, Sr.)
LB 57 Rob Caldwell (6-0 229, Sr.)
LB 45 Tyler Tidwell (6-2 224, Sr.)
CB 08 Jeremy McGown (5-11 189, Sr.)
CB 04 Keenan Little (5-11 195, Sr.)

Navy Roster

Key Players for Air Force

WR 81 Victor Thompson (6-0 195, Sr.)
LT 72 Robert Kraay (6-8 295, Sr.)
C 60 Stuart Perlow (6-4 305, Sr.)
SB 22 Beau Suder (6-0 195, Sr.)
WB 1 Chad Hall (5-8 180, Jr.)
DT 96 Grant Thomas (6-1 275 Sr.)
LB 42 Joey Keller (6-2 230, Sr.)
LB 9 John Rabold (6-4 220, Jr.)
LC 39 Garrett Rybak (5-11 175, Jr.)
RC 6 Chris Sutton (6-0 180, Sr.)

Air Force Roster

Statistics Comparision

Category	Navy	Air Force
Scoring Offense	30.00	28.33
Scoring Defense	18.60	20.67
Total Offense	421.00	352.00
Total Defense	357.20	310.33

GoMids.com Prediction

These two teams are pretty darn close in ability. I like Navy's mental toughness better here. Expect the Mids to come away with a big road win over a hated rival. Air Force's days as the top military academy dog are long gone.

Navy 31
Air Force 23

Other Links:

Falcon Stadium information
Official Air Force Site
Scout.com Air Force Site
Official Navy Site
Scout.com Navy Site
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