2014 Navy Midshipmen football team

2014 Navy Midshipmen football
Poinsettia Bowl champion
Poinsettia Bowl, W 17–16 vs. San Diego State
Conference	Independent
Record	8–5
Head coach	Ken Niumatalolo (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ivin Jasper (7th season)
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Buddy Green (13th season)
Base defense	Multiple
MVP	Keenan Reynolds
Captains	Noah Copeland Parrish Gaines
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

2014 NCAA 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
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy as an independent 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. 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

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. 5 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.	Western Kentucky	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. 6 Notre Dame	FedExField Landover, MD (rivalry)	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 (Army–Navy Game, College GameDay)	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 AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2014 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 2 Tim Tupa Fr WR 4 Jamir Tillman So QB 5 Travis Marshall Fr SB 8 Colin Osborne Jr QB 9 Kenneth Mouton So QB 10 John Hendrick Sr WR 13 Tyris Wooten Fr QB 14 Troy Thompson So QB 15 Will Worth So QB 18 Tago Smith So QB 19 Keenan Reynolds Jr SB 21 DeBrandon Sanders Jr SB 22 Toneo Gulley So FB 23 Myles Swain So SB 24 Ryan Williams-Jenkins Sr SB 25 Demond Brown Jr SB 26 Chris High Fr SB 28 Dishan Romine So SB 29 Geoffrey Whiteside Sr FB 32 Quentin Ezell Jr SB 33 John Brown Fr FB 34 Noah Copeland (C) Sr SB 35 Jahmaal Daniel Fr FB 36 Quinton Singleton Sr FB 37 Chris Swain Jr SB 38 Kendrick Mouton So SB 44 Josh Brown Fr SB 45 Joshua Walker Fr WR 46 Conrey Meagher Fr FB 47 Justin Artis Fr SB 48 Nick Theos Fr WR 81 Brendan Dubeck Sr WR 84 Chad Lewellyn Fr WR 86 Julian Turner So WR 87 Brandon Colon Fr WR 88 Tyler Carmona Fr WR 89 Thomas Wilson Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 2 Parrish Gaines (C) Sr CB 4 Iaasc Wright Fr CB 5 Quincy Adams Jr CB 6 Kyle Battle So CB 7 Shelley White Jr CB 8 Alex Duncan Fr CB 9 Myer Krah Jr CB 10 Cameron Bryant So CB 11 Abdul Majeed Fr LB 13 Jordan Drake Sr CB 14 Elijah Merchant Fr S 15 Lorentez Barbour Jr S 16 Justin Norton Jr CB 17 Kwazel Bertrnad Fr S 18 Dexter Bell Fr CB 19 George Schultz Fr SB 20 Calvin Cass So S 20 James Munson Fr CB 21 Jerry Thompson Fr OLB 22 Mike Kelly So LB 23 Mason Hicks Fr S 24 Randy Beggs Fr S 26 Daiquan Thomasson So LB 28 Zach Hester Jr LB 29 Winn Howard So LB 31 Shawn White So LB 31 Micah Thomas Fr CB 32 Devin Harris Fr LB 33 Maika Polamalu Sr LB 34 Tony Mack Fr OLB 35 Nick Martinez Jr LB 36 Jalen Wade So LB 37 Joe Nauert Fr OLB 38 William Tuider So S 39 Shakir Robinson Sr OLB 40 Kevin McCoy Fr S 42 George Jamison Sr SB 42 Darryl Bonner Fr S 43 Brandon Jones Fr OLB 44 Obi Uzoma Sr DE 45 Paul Quessenberry Sr OLB 46 Chris Johnson Sr DE 47 A.K. Akpunku Jr OLB 48 Joshua Powell So LB 49 Anthony Lewis Sr LB 50 Don Pearson Jr OT 50 Robert Lindsey Fr G 51 Seth White Fr LB 51 James Britton Sr DE 52 Amos Mason So OT 52 Evan Akins Fr OT 53 Billy Kimball Fr OLB 53 Kikau Pescaia Jr LB 54 Tyler Goble Jr OT 54 John Ferguson So OT 55 Jordan Pittman Fr OLB 55 Ted Colburn So LB 56 Joe Worth Sr G 57 E.K. Binns Jr OLB 57 Trey Olsen Fr LB 58 Daniel Gonzalas So C 58 Parker Wade Fr LB 59 Ryan Harris So G 60 Ben Tamburello Jr DE 60 Shane Atrim Fr DE 61 Sean Spencer Fr OT 61 Brandon Greene Jr OT 62 Bradyn Heap Sr DE 62 Zach Peck Fr C 63 Blaze Ryder Jr G 64 Jake Zuzek Sr OT 65 Joey Gaston Jr DE 65 Tyler Sayles Fr G 66 Jeremiah Robbins So G 67 Nathaniel Otto Sr NG 68 Patrick Forrestal So OT 68 Alex Brown So OT 69 Patrick Hoffman So NG 70 Austin Hague Fr C 70 Maurice Norris So G 71 Evan Martin Fr G 72 Adam West So C 73 Andrew Martin So G 74 Rob Dusz So C 75 Tanner Flemming Sr OT 76 Blake Benjamin Jr G 77 Trenton Nollar Fr NG 77 Benard Sarra Jr G 78 Kyle Cregge Sr OT 79 Blake Copeland So OLB 81 Eli Dawson Fr OLB 83 Myles Davenport Fr OLB 85 D.J. Palmore Fr OLB 86 Dylan Roney Fr DE 90 Will Anthony Jr DE 91 Aaron Davis So DE 92 David Gordeuk Jr DE 93 Reggie Miles Fr NG 95 Chris Nurthen Sr DE 96 Michael Raiford Fr DE 97 Nnamdi Uzoma So NG 98 A.J. Barnaby Sr DE 99 Sean Reaver Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 3 Alex Barta So K 6 Nick Sloan Jr P 11 Pablo Beltran Sr P 16 Gavin Jarnigan Jr K 43 Austin Grebe Jr LS 59 Ronnie Querry Fr LS 93 Joe Cardona Sr LS 94 Josh Antol So K 95 Patrick Cassley Fr P 96 Luke Holley Fr K 99 D.J. Grant-Johnson So	Head coach Ken Niumatalolo Coordinators/assistant coaches Chris Culton – Offensive line Justin Davis – Outside linebackers Dan O'Brien – Outside linebackers 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 [1]
FS Parrish Gaines Lorentez Barbour Shakir Robinson		RAID SAM MIKE SLB William Tuider Jordan Drake James Britton ⋅ Obi Uzoma Maika Polamalu Daniel Gonzales ⋅ D.J. Palmore Ryan Harris Tyler Goble ⋅					ROV Kwazel Bertrand George Jamison Daiquan Thomasson
CB Brendon Clements Myer Krah Shelley White		DE NT DE Will Anthony Benard Sarra Paul Quessenberry Aaron Davis Patrick Forrestal A.K. Akpunku Nnamdi Uzoma Michael Raiford Amos Mason						CB Quincy Adams Cameron Bryant Elijah Merchant
Offense [2]
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, Maryland Game start: 12:00 pm Game attendance: 57,573 Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather: TV announcers (CBSSN): Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson & Allie LaForce

See also: 2014 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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 Game start: 1:00 pm Game attendance: 28,408 Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather: TV announcers (ESPN3): Dave Leno & Ken Dunek

See also: 2014 Temple Owls football team

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, Texas Game start: 8:00 pm Game attendance: 32,007 Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather: Television network: ESPNews

See also: 2014 Texas State Bobcats football team

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, Maryland Game start: 3:30 pm Game attendance: 33,655 Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather: TV announcers (CBSSN): John Sadak, Randy Cross & Sheehan Stanwick Burch

See also: 2014 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

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, Maryland Game start: 3:30 pm Game attendance: 30,537 Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather: TV announcers (CBSSN): John Sadak, Randy Cross, & Susannah Collins

See also: 2014 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

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, Colorado 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

See also: 2014 Air Force Falcons football team and Commander-in-Chief's Trophy

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, Maryland Game start: 3:30 pm Game attendance: 33,812 Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather: TV announcers (CBSSN): John Sadak, Randy Cross, & Susannah Collins

See also: 2014 VMI Keydets football team

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, Maryland 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

See also: 2014 San Jose State Spartans football team

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: FedExField, Landover, Maryland 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

See also: 2014 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and Navy–Notre Dame football rivalry

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, Maryland 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

See also: 2014 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

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, Alabama 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

See also: 2014 South Alabama Jaguars football team

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 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): Verne Lundquist, Gary Donaldson, & Allie LaForce

See also: 2014 Army Black Knights football team and Army–Navy Game

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, California 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

See also: 2014 San Diego State Aztecs football team