Navy — American Athletic
HC
Brian Newberry · Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium · Annapolis, MD · 34,000 cap
PPA off / def
0.30 / 0.21
2025
Class rank
#144
class of 2026
Returning PPA
14%
returning production
| 2014 |
OSU W 34–17 | away |
| 2009 |
OSU W 31–27 | Columbus |
| 1981 |
OSU W 31–28 | Columbus |
| 1931 |
OSU W 20–0 | Columbus |
| 1930 |
OSU W 27–0 | away |
2026 schedule
| Wk | Opponent | All-time series | Venue |
|---|
| wk1 | vs Towson | leads 1–0 | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
| wk2 | at Florida Atlantic | leads 3–0 · W3 | FAU Stadium |
| wk4 | at UAB | leads 3–0 · W3 | Protective Stadium |
| wk5 | at Air Force | Air Force leads 33–24 · W2 | Falcon Stadium |
| wk6 | vs Tulsa | leads 9–2 · W3 | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
| wk7 | at UTSA | | Alamodome |
| wk8 | vs North Texas | leads 2–1 | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
| wk9 | N Notre Dame | Notre Dame leads 83–13–1 · L8 | Gillette Stadium |
| wk10 | vs Temple | leads 11–9 · W2 | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
| wk12 | vs Memphis | Memphis leads 6–5 · W2 | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
| wk13 | at Charlotte | leads 2–0 · W2 | Jerry Richardson Stadium |
| wk15 | N Army | leads 62–55–7 · W2 | MetLife Stadium |
2025 results (11–2)
Statistical comps — 2025 Navy's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (0 in / 3 out)
Origins
Staubach won the 1963 Heisman and Navy has never been that close since. The triple option survived here long after everyone else abandoned it, because a roster of future officers cannot outrecruit anyone and does not need to.
Founded 1845 · The Naval Academy, founded on a disused Army fort in Annapolis · first football 1879 · defined by Roger Staubach
All-time record
All-time
729–593–53
1888–2025
Win %
54.9%
138 seasons played
Winning seasons
81
59% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | American Athletic |
| 2019 | 11 | 2 | American Athletic |
| 2015 | 11 | 2 | American Athletic |
| 1905 | 10 | 1 | FBS Independents |
| 2004 | 10 | 2 | FBS Independents |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1888 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 347 | 80% |
50% | 14 of 136 | 6.6 | 14% |
| 2nd down | 246 | 79% |
47% | 20 of 136 | 7.3 | 14% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 55 | 93% |
78% | — | 3.1 | 0% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 51 | 49% |
39% | — | 6.3 | 18% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 48 | 40% |
35% | — | 8.7 | 25% |
| 4th down | 24 | 71% |
67% | — | 7.0 | 13% |
135 drives · 41% ended in points · 7.4 plays and 44.2 yards per drive · 1.83 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 12 | South Florida |
(10:06) No Huddle-Shotgun #46 A.Tecza rush middle for 76 yards gain to the USF00 TOUCHDOWN… |
76 | 7.11 |
| 6 | Air Force |
Blake Horvath pass complete to Eli Heidenreich for 80 yds for a TD (Nathan Kirkwood KICK) |
80 | 6.89 |
| 1 | VMI |
Braxton Woodson run for 74 yds for a TD (Nathan Kirkwood KICK) |
74 | 6.81 |
| 1 | VMI |
Braxton Woodson run for 68 yds for a TD (Nathan Kirkwood KICK) |
68 | 6.35 |
| 12 | South Florida |
(04:07) Shotgun #5 B.Woodson rush right for 64 yards gain to the USF00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03… |
64 | 6.19 |
| 7 | Temple |
B. Horvath run for 51 yds for a TD (B. Horvath pass to A. Tecza for Two-Point Conversion) |
51 | 5.95 |
| 6 | Air Force |
Blake Horvath run for 59 yds for a TD (Nathan Kirkwood KICK) |
59 | 5.92 |
| 12 | South Florida |
(00:35) No Huddle #11 B.Horvath pass complete deep middle to #22 E.Heidenreich caught at N… |
82 | 5.23 |