College Football Preview: Navy vs. Air Force

October 2, 2020 Air Force Football, Navy Football, Navy Football News 4
Air Force and Navy logos

Navy meets Air Force on Saturday in Colorado Springs. AcademyWars.com previews the game and predicts the final score of this contest.

Team Schedules/Results

Navy
Date Opponent Result
09/07/20 Brigham Young L 3-55
09/19/20 @ Tulane W 27-24
10/03/20 @ Air Force
10/10/20 Temple
10/17/20 @ East Carolina
10/24/20 Houston
10/31/20 @ SMU
11/07/20 Tulsa
11/14/20 Memphis
11/21/20 @ USF
12/12/20 Army (Philadelphia)

Air Force

Date Opponent Result
10/03/20 Navy
11/07/20 @ Army

ESPN FPI

Navy: 70

Air Force: 52

Key Stats

Stat (per game) Navy Air Force (2019)
Points 15.0 34.1
Points Allowed 39.5 19.8
Total YDS 249.5 421.8
Pass YDS 88.0 187.9
Rush YDS 161.5 298.5
Total YDS Allowed 476.5 319.6
Rush YDS Allowed 283.0 100.5
Pass YDS Allowed 193.5 219.1
3rd Down Conv. 25.9 53.5
3rd Down Conv. DEF 38.0 41.2
Turnover Margin 0.50 -0.15

Players to Watch

Navy

RB Myles Fells, QB Perry Olsen, RB Jamale Carothers, WR Mark Walker, LB Diego Fagot, DB Evan Fochtman, K Bijan Nichols.

Air Force

QB Haaziq Daniels, RB Kadin Remsberg, FB Timothy Jackson, OL Nolan Laufenberg, OL Parker Ferguson, DT Kaleb Nunez, LB Will Trawick.

Injuries

Navy

None reported.

Air Force

Date Pos Player Injury Status
09/27/20 QB Donald Hammond III Eligibility is out indefinitely

Source: Donbest.com

Comments

Navy should have the edge in this game having played two games already. That said, Air Force has a ton of talent back from a very good 2019 squad. Look for this to be a close game.

AcademyWars.com Prediction

Navy 31, Air Force 24

Saturday’s game kicks off at 4:00 PM MT / 6:00 PM ET. Watch on the CBS Sports Network.