2010 Navy Midshipmen football team

American college football season

2010 Navy Midshipmen football

Poinsettia Bowl, L 14–35 vs. San Diego State
Conference	Independent
Record	9–4
Head coach	Ken Niumatalolo (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Ivin Jasper (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Buddy Green (9th season)
Base defense	Multiple
MVP	Greg Jones
Captains	Ricky Dobbs Wyatt Middleton
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 2009 2011 →

2010 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Navy		–		9	–	4
Notre Dame		–		8	–	5
Army		–		7	–	6

Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy as an independent during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Midshipmen, led by third-year head coach Ken Niumatalolo, played their home games at the Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Navy earned an invitation to the 2010 Poinsettia Bowl on November 7, becoming the second team in the Football Bowl Subdivision to earn a bowl berth for the 2010 season. Navy was guaranteed a spot in the game if they became bowl eligible (won 6 games or more) as part of an agreement between the Naval Academy and the Poinsettia Bowl. San Diego State defeated Navy in the Poinsettia Bowl, 35–14. The Midshipmen finished with a record of 9–4.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	4:00 p.m.	vs. Maryland	M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore, MD (Crab Bowl Classic)	ESPN	L 14–17	69,348	^[1]
September 11	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSCS	W 13–7	33,391	^[2]
September 18	7:00 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	ESPN3	W 37–23	23,122	^[3]
October 2	2:30 p.m.	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	Versus	L 6–14	47,565	^[4]
October 9	6:30 p.m.	at Wake Forest	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN3	W 28–27	31,454	^[5]
October 16	3:30 p.m.	SMU	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD (Gansz Trophy)	CBSCS	W 28–21	33,924	^[6]
October 23	12:00 p.m.	vs. Notre Dame	New Meadowlands Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (rivalry)	CBS	W 35–17	75,614	^[7]
October 30	3:30 p.m.	Duke	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSCS	L 31–34	34,117	^[8]
November 6	3:30 p.m.	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	MASN	W 76–35	50,191	^[9]
November 13	3:30 p.m.	Central Michigan	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSCS	W 38–37	34,333	^[10]
November 20	3:30 p.m.	Arkansas State	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSCS	W 35–19	27,501	^[11]
December 11	2:30 p.m.	vs. Army	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	CBS	W 31–17	69,223	^[12]
December 23	8:00 p.m.	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA (Poinsettia Bowl)	ESPN	L 14–35	48,049	^[13]
All times are in Eastern time

Preseason

Slotback Marcus Curry was dismissed from the team in May and soon left the academy.^[14]
Wide receiver Mario Washington was dismissed from the team in June due to an honor violation.^[15]

Roster

2010 Navy Midshipmen football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`85`	Matt Aiken
WR	`48`	Bruce Andrews
G	`69`	Francis Archibald
G	`67`	Andrew Baker
OT	`64`	Ryan Basford
OT	`61`	Jeff Battipaglia
FB	`43`	Austin Beaty
G	`62`	Alex Boddiford
WR	`10`	Casey Bolena
OT	`78`	Donnie Bowers
WR	`11`	Hal Bowron
G	`72`	Travis Bridges
OT	`58`	Dallas Butts	So
SB	`20`	Andre Byrd
OT	`52`	John Cabbage
G	`65`	Josh Cabral
OT	`59`	Evan Campbell
FB	`25`	Prentice Christian
FB	`22`	Dylan Chynoweth
SB	`41`	J.J. Cosh
G	`63`	Matt Couch
QB	`7`	Jarvis Cummings
G	`75`	Brady DeMell
FB	`37`	Delvin Diggs
QB	`4`	Ricky Dobbs	Sr
C	`71`	Eric Douglass
G	`68`	John Dowd
G	`79`	Zach Dryden
FB	`32`	Kevin Eckel
WR	`82`	Doug Furman
WR	`89`	Jonathan Gazaille
G	`57`	Adam Geuss
SB	`21`	Gee Gee Greene
G	`77`	Beau Haworth
WR	`19`	Darin Hess
SB	`3`	Ryan Hill
WR	`42`	Brantley Horton
SB	`33`	John Howell
WR	`84`	Greg Jones
SB	`28`	Walt Jones
QB	`14`	Travis Keating
FB	`44`	Ron Lombardo
WR	`87`	Shawn Lynch
QB	`8`	Tyler Lynch
G	`56`	Eric Mahler
FB	`36`	John McCauley
QB	`6`	Trey Miller
OT	`70`	Matt Molloy
FB	`47`	Vince Murray
WR	`83`	Gary Myers
QB	`9`	Andrew Nerup
SB	`29`	John O'Boyle
OT	`51`	Nolan O'Sullivan
SB	`13`	Mike Patrick
C	`60`	Kahikolu Pescaia
FB	`40`	Cody Peterson
QB	`2`	Kriss Proctor
OT	`73`	Joe Ryan
SB	`26`	Aaron Santiago
QB	`1`	DJ Sargenti
WR	`80`	Mike Schupp
WR	`18`	Matt Shibata
SB	`23`	Bo Snelson
SB	`5`	Darius Staten
G	`53`	Thomas Stone
SB	`17`	Mike Stukel
OT	`76`	David Sumrall
FB	`39`	Alexander Teich	Jr
SB	`34`	Marcus Thomas
WR	`86`	Brandon Turner
OT	`55`	Matthew Van Halanger
C	`54`	Graham Vickers
OT	`66`	Collin Watkins
SB	`46`	Brian Williams
OT	`50`	Sam Womack
SB	`24`	David Zapata

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`72`	Thomas Batchelder
S	`5`	Brian Blick
ILB	`44`	Max Blue
NG	`95`	Shane Bothel
ILB	`38`	Matt Brewer
NG	`93`	Chase Burge
S	`9`	Tra'ves Bush
CB	`16`	Todd Culver
NG	`60`	Barry Dabney
DE	`92`	Jamel Dobbs
DE	`56`	Neil Doogan
NG	`71`	Alex Doolittle
DE	`59`	Josh Dowling-Fitzpatrick
CB	`15`	Kevin Edwards
CB	`17`	Albrey Felder
S	`13`	Jordan Fraser
OLB	`50`	Brye French
OLB	`41`	Andrew Glaize
CB	`4`	Eric Graham
OLB	`42`	Mason Graham
CB	`14`	Ryan Green
OLB	`58`	Trey Grissom
OLB	`31`	Jerry Hauburger
DE	`99`	Wes Henderson
ILB	`32`	Jonathan Hill
ILB	`21`	Michael Huf
OLB	`55`	Hal Hunter
DE	`73`	Joshua Jones
ILB	`46`	Jake Juriga
LB	`36`	Brandon Killebrew
ILB	`57`	Caleb King
DE	`75`	Drew Kinsella
DE	`74`	Clayton Lydick
S	`23`	Hayden Maples
NG	`91`	Jared Marks
ILB	`45`	Vinnie Mauro
NG	`97`	Chris Mayes
S	`7`	Emmett Merchant
S	`8`	Wyatt Middleton
CB	`11`	Kwesi Mitchell
OLB	`29`	Aaron McCauley
ILB	`40`	John Michael Nurthen
OLB	`47`	Evan Palelei
DE	`94`	Ryan Paulson
LB	`35`	Derrick Petett
S	`1`	Dylon Poras
NG	`69`	Torri Preston
ILB	`33`	Shawn Reed
OLB	`20`	Colin Renton
CB	`3`	De'Von Richardson
S	`2`	Wave Ryder
OLB	`10`	Jarred Shannon
ILB	`39`	Garrett Sherwood
ILB	`54`	Tyler Simmons
OLB	`81`	Colten Southworth
CB	`28`	David Sperry
OLB	`34`	Eric Stein
DE	`67`	Andrew Stellato
OLB	`49`	Collin Sturdivant
ILB	`52`	Mike Sweeney
DE	`98`	Jabaree Tuani	Jr
ILB	`87`	Michael Tuimavave
OLB	`53`	Craig Veech
ILB	`51`	Matt Warrick
OLB	`48`	Keegan Wetzel
CB	`25`	Jonathan Wev
CB	`18`	David Wright
S	`19`	Jason Wright
DE	`90`	Billy Yarborough	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LS	`96`	Brian Ackerman
K	`16`	Joe Buckley
LS	`92`	Billy Coats
P	`35`	Kyle Delahooke
K	`22`	Jerad Fehr
P	`81`	Justin Haan
K	`91`	Brynmor Hughes
K	`49`	Stephen Picchini
K	`45`	Jon Teague
P	`88`	John Charles White	Sr

Head coach

Ken Niumatalolo

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Chris Culton – Tackles
Justin Davis – Defensive line
Joe DuPaix – Slotbacks
Tony Grantham – Outside linebackers
Ashley Ingram – Centers/guards
Ivin Jasper – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
Steve Johns – Inside linebackers/special teams
Keith Jones – Outside linebackers
Mike Judge – Fullbacks
Buddy Green – Defensive coordinator
Danny O'Rourke – Wide receivers
Dale Pehrson – Defensive line
Napoleon Sykes – Secondary

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2010-12-26

Depth chart

(prior to bowl game)

Defense

[1]

FS
De'Von Richardson
Jordan Fraser
Tra'ves Bush

WLB	ILB	ILB	SLB
Jerry Hauburger	Max Blue	Tyler Simmons	⋅
Collin Sturdivant	Matt Warrick	Matt Warrick	⋅
Mason Graham	Caleb King	Matt Brewer	⋅

ROV
Wyatt Middleton
Jordan Fraser
Tra'ves Bush

CB
Kwesi Mitchell
David Wright
David Sperry

DE	NT	DE
Billy Yarborough	Chase Burge	Jabaree Tuani
Joshua Jones	Shane Bothel	Josh Dowling-Fitzpatrick
Ryan Paulson	Jared Marks	Wes Henderson

CB
Kevin Edwards
David Sperry
Ryan Green

Offense

[2]

WR
Brandon Turner
Matt Aiken
Gary Myers

SB
Gee Gee Greene
John Howell
Andre Byrd

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Jeff Battipaglia	Josh Cabral	Brady DeMell	John Dowd	Ryan Basford
John Dowd	Travis Bridges	Kahiklou Pescaia	Zach Dryden	David Sumrall
David Sumrall	Eric Douglass	Eric Douglass	Eric Douglass	John Dowd

SB
Aaron Santiago
Bo Snelson
Mike Stukel

WR
Greg Jones
Doug Furman
Jonathon Gazaille

QB
Ricky Dobbs
Kriss Proctor
Trey Miller

FB
Alexander Teich
Vince Murray
Delvin Diggs

Special teams
PK Joe Buckley
PK Jon Teague
P Kyle Delahooke
P Justin Haan
KR Marcus Thomas
PR Gary Myers
LS Brian Ackerman
H Justin Haan

Game summaries

Air Force

Wyatt Middleton called a team meeting following the loss

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	3	7	0	7	17
• Navy	7	14	14	0	35

Date: October 23
Location: New Meadowlands Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game start: 12:00 p.m.

Source: ESPN.com

Scoring summary

1	6:05	NAVY	Alexander Teich 31-yard pass from Ricky Dobbs (Jon Teague kick)	Navy 7-0

1	3:04	ND	David Ruffer 45-yard field goal	Navy 7-3

2	11:01	NAVY	Ricky Dobbs 3-yard run (Jon Teague kick)	Navy 14-3

2	6:07	ND	TJ Jones 16-yard pass from Dayne Crist (David Ruffer kick)	Navy 14-10

2	:14	NAVY	Gee Gee Greene 9-yard run (Jon Teague kick)	Navy 21-10

3	11:23	NAVY	Ricky Dobbs 9-yard run (Jon Teague kick)	Navy 28-10

3	4:38	NAVY	Ricky Dobbs 1-yard run (Jon Teague kick)	Navy 35-10

4	6:12	ND	Cierre Wood 1-yard run (David Ruffer kick)	Navy 35-17

East Carolina

Navy clinched a berth in the Poinsettia Bowl with the win

Arkansas State

Senior Day

Army

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Navy	10	14	0	7	31
Army	0	7	3	7	17

at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Date: December 11
Game time: 2:30 p.m. EST
Game weather: partly sunny, 45 °F (7 °C)
Game attendance: 69,223
Referee: Dennis Hennigan
TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson and Tracy Wolfson
Recap

Game information

1st quarter

NAVY: Joe Buckley 34-yard field goal, 11:57
NAVY: John Howell 77-yard pass from Ricky Dobbs (Joe Buckley kick), 8:44

2nd quarter

NAVY: Brandon Turner 42-yard pass from Ricky Dobbs (Joe Buckley kick), 13:44
ARMY: Malcolm Brown 5-yard pass from Trent Steelman (Alex Carlton kick), 8:19
NAVY: Wyatt Middleton 98-yard fumble return (Joe Buckley kick), 1:03

3rd quarter

ARMY: Alex Carlton 42-yard field goal, 8:08

4th quarter

NAVY: Gee Gee Greene 25-yard rush (Joe Buckley kick), 5:44
ARMY: Malcolm Brown 45-yard pass from Trent Steelman (Alex Carlton kick), 4:05

Passing

NAVY: Ricky Dobbs 6/11, 186 yards, INT
ARMY: Trent Steelman 11/20, 128 yards

Rushing

NAVY: Ricky Dobbs 20–54, Alexander Teich 11–47, Gee Gee Greene 5–35, Aaron Santiago 1–5
ARMY: Trent Steelman 19–74, Raymond Maples 13–66, Jared Hassin 15–50, Patrick Mealy 4–14, Malcolm Brown 2–4, Brian Cobbs 1–1

Receiving

NAVY: John Howell 1–77, Aaron Santiago 2–54, Brandon Turner 1–32, Greg Jones 2–23
ARMY: Malcolm Brown 3–59, George Jordan 3–21, Davyd Brooks 2–19, Austin Barr 1–13, Jared Hassin 1–10, Patrick Mealy 1–6

Navy's ninth straight win versus Army

References

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^ "Navy 37, Louisiana Tech 23 (Sep 18, 2010)". latechsports.com. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
^ "Navy Midshipmen vs. Air Force Academy Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2010.
^ "Navy Midshipmen vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
^ "SMU vs Navy". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
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^ "Central Michigan Chippewas vs. Navy Midshipmen Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
^ "Arkansas State Red Wolves vs. Navy Midshipmen Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
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^ Washington Post. 7 May 2010
^ College Football Nation Blog - ESPN.com

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