2007 Navy Midshipmen football team

American college football season

2007 Navy Midshipmen football

Poinsettia Bowl, L 32–35 vs. Utah

Conference| Independent
Record| 8–5
Head coach|

* Paul Johnson (6th season; regular season)
* Ken Niumatalolo (bowl game)

Offensive scheme| Triple option
Defensive coordinator| Buddy Green (5th season)
Base defense| Multiple
MVP| Reggie Campbell
Captains|

* Reggie Campbell
* Jeff Deliz
* Irv Spence

Home stadium| Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

Seasons

← 2006

2008 →

2007 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records

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Team |   | W |   | L |   |  |  |   | W |   | L |
Navy |   |  | – |  |   |  |  |   | 8  | – | 5  |
Army |   |  | – |  |   |  |  |   | 3  | – | 9  |
Notre Dame |   |  | – |  |   |  |  |   | 3  | – | 9  |
Rankings from AP Poll

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

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August 31| 7:00 p.m.| at Temple|

* Lincoln Financial Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| ESPNU| W 30–19| 30,368
September 7| 7:00 p.m.| at No. 15 Rutgers|

* Rutgers Stadium
* Piscataway, NJ

| ESPN| L 24–41| 43,514
September 15| 5:00 p.m.| Ball State|

* Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
* Annapolis, MD

| CSTV| L 31–34 OT| 32,087
September 22| 1:00 p.m.| Duke|

* Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
* Annapolis, MD

| CSTV| W 46–43| 31,278
September 29| 1:00 p.m.| Air Force|

* Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
* Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)

| CSTV| W 31–20| 37,615
October 10| 8:00 p.m.| at Pittsburgh|

* Heinz Field
* Pittsburgh, PA

| ESPN| W 48–45 2OT| 30,103
October 20| 1:00 p.m.| Wake Forest|

* Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
* Annapolis, MD

| CSTV| L 24–44| 36,992
October 27| 1:00 p.m.| No. 9 (FCS) Delaware|

* Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
* Annapolis, MD

| CSTV| L 52–59| 35,213
November 3| 2:30 p.m.| at Notre Dame|

* Notre Dame Stadium
* Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)

| NBC| W 46–44 3OT| 80,795
November 10| 3:00 p.m.| at North Texas|

* Fouts Field
* Denton, TX

| | W 74–62| 26,012
November 17| 3:30 p.m.| Northern Illinois|

* Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
* Annapolis, MD

| CSTV| W 35–24| 34,517
December 1| 12:00 p.m.| vs. Army|

* M&T Bank Stadium
* Baltimore, MD (Army–Navy Game)

| CBS| W 38–3| 71,610
December 20| 7:00 p.m.| vs. Utah|

* Qualcomm Stadium
* San Diego, CA (Poinsettia Bowl)

| ESPN| L 32–35| 39,129

* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Eastern time

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## Game summaries

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### Notre Dame

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Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| OT| 2OT| 3OT| Total

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• Navy | 0 | 14| 6| 8| 7| 3| 8 | 46
Notre Dame | 7 | 14| 0| 7| 7| 3| 6 | 44

* Date: November 3
* Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana
* Game start: 2:30 p.m. EST
* Elapsed time: 3:55
* Game attendance: 80,795
* Game weather: Sunny; 54 °F (12 °C); wind 14 mph (23 km/h) NW
* Referee: Tom DeJoseph
* TV announcers (NBC): Tom Hammond and Pat Haden

Scoring summary

Q1| 11:40| ND| Hughes 3 yard run (Walker kick)| ND 7–0
Q2| 14:56| NAVY| Singleton 2 yard run (Bullen kick)| Tie 7–7
Q2| 8:59| ND| Thomas 1 yard run (Walker kick)| ND 14–7
Q2| 4:06| NAVY| White 8 yard run (Bullen kick)| Tie 14–14
Q2| :12| ND| Kamara 21 yard pass from Sharpley (Walker kick)| ND 21–14
Q3| 6:37| NAVY| Kettani 1 yard run (kick failed)| ND 21–20
Q4| 10:24| NAVY| Kuhar-Pitters 16 yard fumble return (Kaheaku-Enhada run)| NAVY 28–21
Q4| 3:25| ND| Thomas 3 yard run (Walker kick)| Tie 28–28
OT| | NAVY| Kettani 1 yard run (Bullen kick)| NAVY 35–28
OT| | ND| Kamara 8 yard pass from Sharpley (Walker kick)| Tie 35–35
2OT| | ND| Walker 26 yard field goal| ND 38–35
2OT| | NAVY| Bullen 32 yard field goal| Tie 38–38
3OT| | NAVY| Campbell 25 yard pass from Kaheaku-Enhada (Campbell pass from Kaheaku-Enhada)| NAVY 46–38
3OT| | ND| Thomas 5 yard run (run failed)| NAVY 46–44

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## Roster

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2007 Navy Midshipmen football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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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

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S | `17` | Jeff Deliz | Jr
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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Head coach

* Paul Johnson

Coordinators/assistant coaches

* Brian Bohannon (wide receivers)

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

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Roster

## References

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1. ^ "Navy Midshipmen Schedule 2007". ESPN. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
2. ^ ESPN. Retrieved 2014-Oct-27.

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Navy Midshipmen football

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* Worden Field (1890–1923)
* Thompson Stadium (1924–1958)
* Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (1959–present)
* Memorial Stadium (alternate)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Army: Army–Navy Game (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)
* Air Force: Commander-in-Chief's Trophy
* Johns Hopkins
* Maryland: Crab Bowl Classic
* Notre Dame
* SMU: Gansz Trophy

Culture & lore|

* Bill the Goat
* "Anchors Aweigh"
* "I believe that we will win!"
* Marching band
* "Navy ends the drought"
* 2007 North Texas game
* Salute
* That Navy Spirit
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