2012 Navy Midshipmen football team

2012 Navy Midshipmen football
Commander-in-Chief's Trophy Champions
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl vs. Arizona State, L 28–62
Conference	Independent
2012 record	8–5
Head coach	Ken Niumatalolo (5th year)
Offensive coordinator	Ivin Jasper (12th year)
Offensive scheme	Triple Option
Defensive coordinator	Buddy Green (11th year)
Base defense	Multiple
Captain	Brye French
Captain	Bo Snelson
Home stadium	Navy – Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 34,000)

2012 Division I FBS independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#4 Notre Dame %			–						12	–	1
BYU			–						8	–	5
Navy			–						8	–	5
Army			–						2	–	10
% – BCS at-large representative As of January 7, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Midshipmen were led by fifth year head coach Ken Niumatalolo and played their home games at Navy – Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. They competed as an independent. They finished the season 8–5 and were invited to the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl where they were defeated by Arizona State.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	9:00 am	vs. #24 Notre Dame	Aviva Stadium • Dublin, Ireland (Emerald Isle Classic/Rip Miller Trophy)	CBS	L 10–50	48,820
September 15	3:30 pm	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	ABC/ESPN2	L 7–34	98,792
September 22	3:30 pm	VMI	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	W 41–3	35,671
September 29	3:30 pm	San Jose State	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	L 0–12	32,375
October 6	11:30 am	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	CBS	W 28–21 ^OT	38,927
October 12	8:00 pm	at Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN2	W 31–13	15,074
October 20	3:30 pm	Indiana	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	W 31–30	33,441
October 27	1:00 pm	at East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	FSN	W 56–28	48,327
November 3	3:30 pm	Florida Atlantic	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	W 24–17	29,362
November 10	3:30 pm	at Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL	ESPN3	L 31–41	24,321
November 17	3:30 pm	Texas State	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	W 21–10	31,004
December 8	3:00 pm	vs. Army	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	CBS	W 17–13	69,607
December 29	4:00 pm	vs. Arizona State	AT&T Park • San Francisco, California (Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl)	ESPN2	L 28–62	34,172
Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Roster

2012 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 1 Miller, TreyTrey Miller Jr QB 2 Montalvo, RalphRalph Montalvo Fr SB 3 Bostick, BradleyBradley Bostick Fr SB 4 Snelson, BoBo Snelson (C) Sr QB 6 Wilson, ThomasThomas Wilson Fr QB 7 Bryant, GregGreg Bryant So SB 8 Osborne, ColinColin Osborne Fr QB 9 Akers, KodyKody Akers So QB 10 Hendrick, JohnJohn Hendrick So WR 13 Maples, HaydenHayden Maples Jr WR 14 Ott, DougDoug Ott Fr SB 16 Carson, ReubenReuben Carson So QB 19 Reynolds, KeenanKeenan Reynolds Fr SB 20 Staten, DariusDarius Staten Jr SB 21 Greene, Gee GeeGee Gee Greene Sr SB 22 Williams, BrianBrian Williams Jr SB 23 Brown, DemondDemond Brown Fr SB 24 Williams-Jenkins, RyanRyan Williams-Jenkins So SB 26 Thomas, MarcusMarcus Thomas Jr WR 28 Meier, MarcMarc Meier Fr SB 29 Whiteside, GeoffreyGeoffrey Whiteside Fr SB 31 Lewis, MarcusMarcus Lewis So FB 32 Ezell, QuentinQuentin Ezell Fr SB 33 Howell , JohnJohn Howell Sr FB 34 Copeland, NoahNoah Copeland So FB 35 Christian, PrenticePrentice Christian Sr FB 36 Singleton, QuintonQuinton Singleton So FB 37 Swain, ChrisChris Swain Fr WR 37 Craytonpos, DevinDevin Craytonpos Fr SB 40 Royds, EdEd Royds Fr WR 42 Horton, BrantleyBrantley Horton Jr SB 43 Williams, JamaalJamaal Williams Jr SB 44 Yost, ZanderZander Yost Fr SB 45 Sanders, DeBrandonDeBrandon Sanders Fr WR 46 Frechette, DavidDavid Frechette Fr FB 47 Polamalu, MaikaMaika Polamalu So FB 48 Huntsman, WillWill Huntsman Fr WR 49 Garcia, BrysonBryson Garcia Fr WR 80 King, JamesJames King So WR 81 Dudeck, BrendanBrendan Dudeck So WR 82 Lynch, TylerTyler Lynch Sr WR 83 O'Boyle, JohnJohn O'Boyle Sr WR 84 Shibata, MattMatt Shibata Sr WR 85 Aiken, MattMatt Aiken Jr WR 86 Turner, BrandonBrandon Turner Sr WR 87 Lynch, ShawnShawn Lynch Jr WR 88 Bolena, CaseyCasey Bolena Jr WR 89 Gazaille, JonathanJonathan Gazaille Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Robinson, EdwardEdward Robinson Fr CB 2 Gaines, ParrishParrish Gaines So S 3 Britton, JamesJames Britton So CB 4 Johnson, EricEric Johnson So CB 5 Adams, QuincyQuincy Adams Fr CB 6 Graham, EricEric Graham Jr S 7 White, ShelleyShelley White Fr S 8 Ryder, WaveWave Ryder Jr S 9 Bush, Tra'vesTra'ves Bush Sr S 11 Markovsky, MikeMike Markovsky Fr OLB 13 Drake, JordanJordan Drake So CB 14 Felder, AlbreyAlbrey Felder Jr CB 15 West, CodyCody West So CB 16 Fehr, JeradJerad Fehr Sr S 17 Reyna, RoddyRoddy Reyna Fr CB 18 Richardson, LonnieLonnie Richardson So CB 19 Boyd, BrandonBrandon Boyd Fr S 20 Barbour, LorentezLorentez Barbour Fr LB 21 Goble, TylerTyler Goble Fr CB 22 Krah, MyerMyer Krah Fr S 23 Ferguson, ChrisChris Ferguson So S 24 Bertrand, KwazelKwazel Bertrand Fr CB 25 Wev, JonathanJonathan Wev Jr LB 26 Pearson, DonDon Pearson Fr LB 28 Lewis, AnthonyAnthony Lewis So OLB 29 Merkel, JudeJude Merkel Fr LB 31 Mauro, VinnieVinnie Mauro Jr LB 32 Lehrke, TylerTyler Lehrke Fr OLB 33 Martinez, NickNick Martinez Fr OLB 34 Pescaia, KikauKikau Pescaia Fr OLB 35 Mack, MarcusMarcus Mack Fr CB 36 Sartor, JordanJordan Sartor Fr LB 38 Brewer, MattMatt Brewer Sr S 39 Robinson, ShakirShakir Robinson So LB 40 Nurthen, John MichaelJohn Michael Nurthen Sr OLB 41 Tate, JoshJosh Tate So S 42 Jamison, GeorgeGeorge Jamison So DE 43 Huf, MichaelMichael Huf Jr OLB 44 Uzoma, ObiObi Uzoma So OLB 45 Quessenberry, PaulPaul Quessenberry So OLB 46 Johnson, ChrisChris Johnson So OLB 48 Wetzel, KeeganKeegan Wetzel Sr OLB 49 Sturdivant, CollinCollin Sturdivant Sr OLB 50 French (C), BryeBrye French (C) Sr ILB 51 Warrick, MattMatt Warrick Sr OG 51 Marshall, AustinAustin Marshall So OLB 52 Sargenti, D.J.D.J. Sargenti Jr OG 52 Laniewski, ZachZach Laniewski Fr OT 53 Mills, BradfordBradford Mills Fr LB 53 Peterson, CodyCody Peterson Jr LB 54 Womack, SamSam Womack Jr OLB 54 Akpunku, A.K.A.K. Akpunku Fr LB 55 Tuimavave, MichaelMichael Tuimavave Jr C 55 Ryder, BlazeBlaze Ryder Fr OT 56 Gaston, JoeyJoey Gaston Fr LB 56 Worth, JoeJoe Worth So OG 57 Binns, E.K.E.K. Binns Fr OLB 57 Lewis, CarringtonCarrington Lewis So C 58 Greene, BrandonBrandon Greene Fr DE 58 Palelei, EvanEvan Palelei Jr DE 59 Dowling-Fitzpatrick, JoshJosh Dowling-Fitzpatrick So OT 59 Strauss, WillWill Strauss Jr DE 60 Montes, RexRex Montes Fr C 60 Pescaia, KahikoluKahikolu Pescaia Sr OT 61 Campbell, EvanEvan Campbell Sr C 62 Heap, BradynBradyn Heap So DE 63 Igras, PeterPeter Igras Fr G 63 Couch, MattMatt Couch Sr DE 64 Reaver, SeanSean Reaver Fr OG 64 Zuzek, JakeJake Zuzek So G 65 Cabral, JoshJosh Cabral Sr DE 65 Kamela, SeanSean Kamela Fr OT 66 Watkins, CollinCollin Watkins Sr OT 67 Otto, NathanielNathaniel Otto So DE 67 Anthony, WillWill Anthony Fr OT 68 Paulson, RyanRyan Paulson Sr OG 69 Cregge, KyleKyle Cregge So NG 69 Dabney, BarryBarry Dabney Jr OT 70 Vickers, GrahamGraham Vickers Jr OG 71 Stone, ThomasThomas Stone Jr OG 72 Benjamin, BlakeBlake Benjamin Fr NG 72 Bridges, TravisTravis Bridges Jr OG 73 Ryan, JoeJoe Ryan Sr DE 73 Gordeuk, DavidDavid Gordeuk Fr OG 74 Mahler, EricEric Mahler Jr C 75 Fleming, TannerTanner Fleming So LB 75 Smyth, TrevorTrevor Smyth Fr OT 76 Geuss, AdamAdam Geuss Jr G 77 Haworth, BeauBeau Haworth Sr NG 77 Sarra, BernardBernard Sarra Fr OT 78 Barker, AndrewAndrew Barker Sr OT 79 Van Halanger, MatthewMatthew Van Halanger Jr LB 84 Thurston, DavidDavid Thurston So LB 85 McCrory, NickNick McCrory Fr LB 86 Hester, ZachZach Hester Fr NG 89 Rider, VinVin Rider So DE 90 McElrath, IkeIke McElrath So DE 91 Davis, AaronAaron Davis So DE 92 Nurthen, ChrisChris Nurthen So DE 94 Godkin, DanielDaniel Godkin So OG 94 Eason, GregGreg Eason Fr NG 95 Doolittle, AlexAlex Doolittle Jr NG 96 Musgrove, BriceBrice Musgrove So DE 97 Ring, DannyDanny Ring So NG 98 Barnaby, A.J.A.J. Barnaby So DE 99 Henderson, WesWes Henderson Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 5 Picchini, StephenStephen Picchini Jr P 11 Beltran, PabloPablo Beltran So K 17 Hughes, BrynmorBrynmor Hughes Jr K 18 Amerau, ColinColin Amerau So K 19 Grebe, AustinAustin Grebe Fr P 25 Haan, JustinJustin Haan Jr K 90 Sloan, NickNick Sloan Fr LS 93 Cardona, JoeJoe Cardona So P 95 Jernigan, GavinGavin Jernigan Fr K 99 Reisner, DavidDavid Reisner 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: September 7, 2012

Depth chart

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

Defense [2] CB Parrish Gaines Quincy Adams ⋅ CB Jonathan Wev Quincy Adams ⋅ Offense [2] WR Brandon Turner John O'Boyle ⋅ SB Gee Gee Greene Bo Snelson ⋅ LT LG C RG RT Ryan Paulson Josh Cabral Tanner Fleming Jake Zuzek Graham Vickers Bradyn Heap Thomas Stone Thomas Stone Thomas Stone Bradyn Heap ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ SB John Howell Darius Staten ⋅ WR Shawn Lynch Casey Bolena ⋅ QB Trey Miller Keenan Reynolds ⋅ FB Noah Copeland Prentice Christian ⋅ Special Teams PK Nick Sloan PK Austin Grebe P Pablo Beltan P Justin Haan KR Marcus Thomas H Pablo Beltan

Game notes

Notre Dame (Rivalry)

Emerald Isle Classic

1 2 3 4 Total • #22 Notre Dame 13 14 13 10 50 Navy 0 3 7 0 10 Date: September 1 Location: Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland Game start: 2:06 pm (9:06 am) Elapsed time: 3:19 Game attendance: 48,820 Game weather: Temp: 66 • Wind: WSW 19 • Weather: Mostly Cloudy Referee: John McDaid TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson, Tracy Wolfson, & David Feherty

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–72–1	2011	ND, 56–14

Penn State

1 2 3 4 Total Navy 0 0 0 7 7 • Penn St 14 6 7 7 34 Date: September 15 Location: Beaver Stadium, University Park, Pennsylvania Game start: 3:30 pm EST Elapsed time: 2:55 Game attendance: 98,792 Game weather: Temp: 66–70 • Wind: NW 10–16 • Weather: Sunny, Pleasant Referee: J. McGinn TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, & Heather Cox

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–18–2	1974	Navy, 7–6

VMI

1 2 3 4 Total VMI 3 0 0 0 3 • Navy 3 10 7 21 41 Date: September 22 Location: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland Game start: 3:30 pm EST Elapsed time: 3:17 Game attendance: 35,671 Game weather: Temp: 82 • Wind: SW 10–20 • Weather: Partly Cloudy Referee: Tracy Jones TV announcers (CBS Sports Network): Grant Boone, Todd Christensen, & Sheehan Stanwick Burch

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–0	2003	NAVY, 37–10

San Jose State

1 2 3 4 Total • San Jose St 0 3 3 6 12 Navy 0 0 0 0 0 Date: September 29 Location: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland Game start: 3:30 pm EST Elapsed time: 2:57 Game attendance: 32,375 Game weather: Temp: 69 • Wind: W 7–12 • Weather: Partly Cloudy, Brisk Referee: Clair Gausman TV announcers (CBS Sports Network): Grant Boone, Todd Christensen, & Sheehan Stanwick Burch

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2011	SJSU, 27–24

Air Force

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Navy 0 10 0 11 7 28 Air Force 7 0 7 7 0 21 Date: October 6 Location: Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado Game start: 11:30 am EST Elapsed time: 3:20 Game attendance: 38,927 Game weather: Temp: 31 • Wind: Calm • Weather: Mostly Sunny Referee: Jeff Maconaghy TV announcers (CBS): Spero Dedes, Steve Beuerlein, & Otis Livingston Source: ESPN

Scoring summary 1 13:31 AFA Drew Coleman 35-yard pass from Connor Dietz (Parker Harrington kick) AFA 7-0 2 14:55 NAVY Nick Sloan 39-yard field goal AFA 7-3 2 7:55 NAVY Noah Copeland 5-yard run (Nick Sloan kick) NAVY 10-7 3 0:37 AFA Cody Getz 21-yard run (Parker Harrington kick) AFA 14-10 4 9:38 NAVY Nick Sloan 31-yard field goal AFA 14-13 4 9:03 AFA Drew Coleman 54-yard pass from Dontae Strickland (Parker Harrington kick) AFA 21-13 4 6:35 NAVY Keenan Reynolds 15-yard run (Noah Copeland run) Tied 21-21 OT NAVY Jake Zuzek recovered fumble in end zone (Nick Sloan kick) NAVY 28-21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–27	2011	AFA, 35–34 (OT)

Central Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total • Navy 14 3 14 0 31 Central Michigan 3 7 3 0 13 Date: October 12 Location: Kelly/Shorts Stadium, Mount Pleasant, Michigan Game start: 8pm EST Elapsed time: 2:52 Game attendance: 15,074 Game weather: Temp: 48 • Wind: None • Weather: Clear Referee: Dennis Hennigan TV announcers (ESPN2): Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore, & Jemele Hill

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2010	NAVY, 38–37

Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 10 10 3 7 30 • Navy 0 14 7 10 31 Date: October 20 Location: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland Game start: 3:30 pm EST Elapsed time: 3:20 Game attendance: 33,441 Game weather: Temp: 66 • Wind: W 10 • Weather: Partly Cloudy Referee: Alex Kemp TV announcers (CBS Sports Network): Grant Boone, Todd Christensen, & Sheehan Stanwick Burch

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	1986	INDIANA, 52–29

East Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total • Navy 14 7 21 14 56 East Carolina 0 14 0 14 28 Date: October 27 Location: Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, North Carolina Game start: 1pm EST Elapsed time: 3:20 Game attendance: 48,327 Game weather: Temp: 63 • Wind: NNE 13 • Weather: Cloudy Referee: Jeff Maconaghy TV announcers (FSN): Adam Alexander, Gary Reasons, & Lesley McCaslin

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–4	2011	E. CAROLINA, 38–35

Florida Atlantic

1 2 3 4 Total Florida Atlantic 0 10 0 7 17 • Navy 0 14 10 0 24 Date: November 3 Location: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland Game start: 3:30 pm EST Elapsed time: 3:11 Game attendance: 29,362 Game weather: Temp: 50 • Wind: NW 16–21 • Weather: Overcast Referee: Jeff Hilyer TV announcers (CBS Sports Network): Grant Boone, Todd Christensen, & Sheehan Stanwick Burch

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

Troy

1 2 3 4 Total Navy 0 21 7 3 31 • Troy 14 14 3 10 41 Date: November 10 Location: Veterans Memorial Stadium, Troy, Alabama Game start: 3:30 pm EST Elapsed time: 2:56 Game attendance: 24,321 Game weather: Temp: 72 • Wind: SE 6 • Weather: Sunny Referee: Todd LaPenta TV announcers (ESPN3): Dave Weekley & Forrest Conoly

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2011	NAVY, 42–14

Texas State

1 2 3 4 Total Texas St 0 0 3 7 10 • Navy 7 0 7 7 21 Date: November 17 Location: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland Game start: 3:30 pm EST Elapsed time: 3:29 Game attendance: 31,004 Game weather: Temp: 50 • Wind: NE 9 • Weather: Mostly Sunny Referee: Stacy Hardin TV announcers (CBS Sports Network): Grant Boone, Todd Christensen, & Sheehan Stanwick Burch

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

Army (Rivalry) (Commander in Chief's Trophy)

Army-Navy Game

1 2 3 4 Total • Navy 0 10 0 7 17 Army 0 10 3 0 13 Date: December 8 Location: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Game start: 3pm EST Elapsed time: 3:15 Game attendance: 69,607 Game weather: Temp: 48 • Wind: SSW 3 • Weather: Sun and Clouds Mixed Referee: Jeff Heaser TV announcers (CBS/Dial Global): Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson, & Tracy Wolfson (CBS); John Tautges, Terry Donahue, & Lewis Johnson (Dial Global)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
56–49–7	2011	NAVY, 27–21

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total Navy 0 7 7 14 28 • Arizona State 21 13 28 0 62 Date: December 29 Location: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California Game start: 4pm EST Game attendance: 34,172 TV announcers (ESPN2/Touchdown Radio): Dave Pasch, Brian Griese, & Jenn Brown (ESPN2); Roxy Bernstein and Gino Torretta (Touchdown Radio)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

References

1. "Navy Football media guide" (PDF). Navy football. 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
2. Navy Depth Chart