2010 Navy Midshipmen football team

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.

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	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Navy			–						9	–	4
Notre Dame			–						8	–	5
Army			–						7	–	6
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

Game summaries

Air Force

Wyatt Middleton called a team meeting following the loss.

Notre Dame

Team	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

Quarter	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

Personnel

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 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 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