2013 Navy Midshipmen football team

2013 Navy Midshipmen football
Armed Forces Bowl champion
Armed Forces Bowl, W 24–6 vs. Middle Tennessee
Conference	Independent
Record	9–4
Head coach	Ken Niumatalolo (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ivin Jasper (6th season)
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Buddy Green (12th season)
Base defense	Multiple
MVP	Keenan Reynolds
Captains	Matt Aiken Cody Peterson
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

2013 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 20 Notre Dame*			–						9	–	4
Navy			–						9	–	4
BYU			–						8	–	5
Army			–						3	–	9
New Mexico State			–						2	–	10
Idaho			–						1	–	11
*All wins for Notre Dame (9–4) in the 2013 season were later vacated Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy as an independent in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Midshipmen were led by sixth-year head coach Ken Niumatalolo and played their home games at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	6:00 p.m.	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN	W 41–35	47,013
September 14	3:30 p.m.	Delaware	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	W 51–7	36,208
September 28	7:00 p.m.	at Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	ESPNews	L 7–19	19,813
October 5	11:30 a.m.	Air Force	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS	W 28–10	38,225
October 12	12:30 p.m.	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN3	L 7–35	23,749
October 19	7:00 p.m.	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	ESPNews	L 44–45 2OT	18,221
October 26	1:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	W 24–21	37,094
November 2	3:30 p.m.	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC	L 34–38	80,795
November 9	3:30 p.m.	Hawaii	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	W 42–28	33,327
November 16	3:30 p.m.	South Alabama	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	W 42–14	33,086
November 22	9:30 p.m.	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	ESPN2	W 58–52 3OT	16,876
December 14	3:00 p.m.	vs. Army	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	CBS	W 34–7	65,612
December 30	11:45 a.m.	vs. Middle Tennessee	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (Armed Forces Bowl)	ESPN	W 24–6	39,246
All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2013 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 2 Ralph Montalvo So QB 4 Kody Akers Jr QB 7 Nick Fabrizio Fr QB 8 Will Worth Fr QB 9 Kenneth Mouton Fr QB 10 John Hendrick Jr WR 13 Julian Turner Fr QB 14 Troy Thompson Fr QB 19 Keenan Reynolds So WR 26 Shawn Lynch Jr WR 28 Casey Bolena Jr WR 28 Jonathan Gazaille Sr WR 28 Marc Meier So FB 32 Quentin Ezell So FB 33 Shawn White Fr FB 34 Noah Copeland Jr FB 36 Quinton Singleton Jr FB 37 Chris Swain So WR 46 David Frechette So FB 48 Will Huntsman So WR 49 Bryson Garcia So WR 80 Hayden Maples Sr WR 81 Brenden Dudeck Jr WR 83 Devin Crayton So WR 84 Brantley Horton Sr WR 85 Matt Aiken (C) Sr WR 86 Jamir Tillman Fr WR 87 Shawn Lynch Sr WR 88 Casey Bolena Sr WR 89 Thomas Wilson So WR 90 Trey Fullilove Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Brendon Clements Fr CB 2 Parrish Gaines Jr SB 3 Bradley Bostick So CB 3 Lonnie Richardson Jr CB 4 Eric Johnson Sr SB 5 Albrey Felder Sr CB 5 Quincy Adams So S 6 Kyle Battle Fr CB 7 Shelley White So S 8 Wave Ryder Sr CB 9 Myer Krah So S 10 Jack Brodowicz Fr OLB 13 Jordan Drake So SB 15 Dishan Romine Fr S 15 Lorentez Barbour So SB 16 Ruben Carson Jr CB 17 Kwazel Bertrand So S 19 Brandon Boyd So SB 20 Darius Staten Sr OLB 20 Nnamdi Uzoma Sr S 21 Amari Ross Fr SB 21 DeBrandon Sanders So OLB 22 Mike Kelly Fr SB 22 Toneo Gulley Fr S 23 Chris Ferguson Jr SB 23 Myles Swain Fr SB 24 Ryan William-Jenkins Jr S 24 Roddy Reyna So SB 25 Demond Brown So S 25 Cameron Bryant Fr SB 26 Marcus Thomas Sr S 28 Edward Robinson So S 28 Daiquan Thomasson Fr SB 29 Geoffrey Whiteside Jr SB 31/18 Tago Smith (Note: Switched to QB on 9/28) Fr OLB 32 Tyler Lehrke So LB 33 Maika Polamalu Jr OLB 35 Nick Martinez So SB 35 Derek Mann Fr S 35 George Jamison So CB 37 Jamaal Williams So LB 36 Jalen Wade Fr OLB 38 William Tuider Fr S 39 Shakir Robinson Jr OLB 40 Josiah Powell Fr SB 41 Ed Royds So SB 41 Will McKamey So OLB 41 Kikau Pescaia So S 42 George Jamison Jr DE 42 Kendrick Mouton Fr LB 43 Michael Huf Sr WR 44 Bob Marshburn Fr OLB 44 Obi Uzoma Jr SB 45 Collin Osborne So DE 45 Paul Quessenberry Jr OLB 46 Chris Johnson Jr SB 47 Calvin Cass Jr. Fr DE 47 A.K. Akpunku So LB 48 Daniel Gonzales Fr LB 49 Anthony Lewis Jr LB 50 Don Pearson So C 50 Maurice Morris Fr LB 51 James Britton Jr LB 52 D.J. Sargenti Sr G 52 Zach Laniewski So LB 53 Cody Peterson (C) Sr LB 54 Tyler Goble So LB 55 Michael Tuimavave Sr LB 56 Joe Worth Jr LB 56 Blake Copeland Fr OT 57 E.K. Binns So G 57 Alex Brown So OT 58 Corin Cline Fr DE 58 Evan Palelei Sr LB 59 Ryan Harris Fr DE 60 Rex Montes So OT 60 Ben Tamburello So OT 61 Brandon Greene So OT 62 Bradyn Heap Jr C 63 Blaze Ryder So NG 64 Patrick Forrestal Fr G 64 Jake Zuzek Jr OT 65 Joey Gastom So DE 65 Cole Wright Fr G 66 Jeremiah Robbins Fr OT 67 Nathaniel Otto Jr NG 67 Rob Dusz Fr DE 68 Peter Igras So NG 69 Barry Dabney Sr OT 69 Patrick Hoffman Fr OT 70 Graham Vickers Sr DE 71 Cam Henson Fr G 71 Thomas Stone Sr C 72 Adam West Fr NG 72 Travis Bridges Sr OT 73 Sam Womack Sr G 74 Eric Mahler Sr DE 74 John Ferguson Fr C 75 Tanner Flemming Jr OT 76 Blake Benjamin So OT 77 Andrew Martin Fr NG 77 Benard Sarra So G 78 Kyle Cregge Jr OT 79 Matthew Van Halanger Sr OLB 84 Mason Amos Fr LB 85 Nick McCrory So LB 86 Zach Hester So LB 88 Ted Colburn Fr DE 90 Will Anthony So DE 91 Aaron Davis Fr DE 92 David Gordeuk So NG 94 Vin Rider Jr DE 95 Chris Nurthen Jr DE 96 Carter Shipley Fr DE 97 Austin Kurke Fr NG 98 A.J. Barnaby Jr DE 99 Sean Reaver So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 1 Grant Jackson Fr K 6 Nick Sloan So P 11 Pablo Beltran Jr P 16 Gavin Jernigan So K 17 Andrew Mitchell Fr K 18 Colin Amerau Jr P 39 Alex Barta Jr K 43 Austin Grebe So LS 82 Justin Haan Sr K 91 Kyle O'Conner Fr K 92 Max Lee Fr LS 93 Joe Cardona Jr LS 94 Josh Antol Fr	Head coach Ken Niumatalolo Coordinators/assistant coaches Chris Culton – Offensive line Justin Davis – Outside linebackers Tony Grantham – 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: November 18, 2013

Depth chart

The following players comprised the team's Depth chart prior to the 2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl:

Defense [1]
FS Chris Ferguson Lonnie Richardson ⋅		RAID ILB ILB SLB Jordan Drake D.J. Sagenti Cody Peterson ⋅ Obi Uzoma Maika Polamalu James Britton ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅					ROV Wave Ryder George Jamison ⋅
CB Brendon Clements Quincy Adams ⋅		DE NT DE Evan Palelei Benard Sarra Paul Quessenberry Will Anthony Travis Bridges Aaron Davis ⋅ ⋅ ⋅						CB Parrish Gaines Myer Krah ⋅
Offense [2]
WR Shawn Lynch Brendan Dudeck ⋅	SB Geoffrey Whiteside DeBrandon Sanders ⋅	LT LG C RG RT Bradyn Heap Thomas Stone Tanner Fleming Jake Zuzek Graham Vickers Joey Gaston E.K. Binns Blaze Ryder Nathaniel Otto Brandon Greene ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅					SB Darius Staten Marus Thomas ⋅	WR Casey Bolena Matt Akien ⋅
				QB Keenan Reynolds John Hendrick Tago Smith (Switched from SB to QB on 9/28)
				FB Chris Swain Noah Copeland ⋅			Special teams PK Nick Sloan PK Austin Grebe P Pablo Beltran P Justin Haan KR Marcus Thomas PR Shawn Lynch LS Joe Cardona H Pablo Beltran

Game summaries

At Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total • Navy 14 10 14 3 41 Indiana 0 14 7 14 35

See also: 2013 Indiana Hoosiers football team

Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total Delaware 0 7 0 0 7 • Navy 10 13 14 14 51

See also: 2013 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

At WKU

1 2 3 4 Total Navy 7 0 0 0 7 • Western Kentucky 0 3 7 9 19

See also: 2013 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total Air Force 3 7 0 0 10 • Navy 0 7 7 14 28

See also: 2013 Air Force Falcons football team and Commander-in-Chief's Trophy

At Duke

1 2 3 4 Total Navy 0 7 0 0 7 • Duke 0 14 14 7 35

See also: 2013 Duke Blue Devils football team

Toledo

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Navy 7 7 7 10 7 6 44 • Toledo 3 7 14 7 7 7 45

See also: 2013 Toledo Rockets football team

Pittsburgh

1 2 3 4 Total Pittsburgh 3 10 0 8 21 • Navy 0 7 0 17 24

See also: 2013 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

At Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total Navy 7 13 0 14 34 • #25 Notre Dame 10 7 7 14 38

See also: 2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and Navy–Notre Dame football rivalry

Hawaii

1 2 3 4 Total Hawaii 0 14 0 14 28 • Navy 7 7 14 14 42

See also: 2013 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

South Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total South Alabama 7 7 0 0 14 • Navy 3 17 7 15 42

See also: 2013 South Alabama Jaguars football team

At San Jose State

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT Total • Navy 0 10 14 14 7 7 6 58 San Jose State 3 13 6 16 7 7 0 52

See also: 2013 San Jose State Spartans football team

Vs. Army

1 2 3 4 Total Army 0 0 7 0 7 • Navy 3 14 3 14 34

See also: 2013 Army Black Knights football team and Army–Navy Game

Vs. Middle Tennessee (Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl)

1 2 3 4 Total Middle Tennessee 3 3 0 0 6 • Navy 7 3 0 14 24

See also: 2013 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team and 2013 Armed Forces Bowl