College Football Preview: Navy vs. East Carolina

Navy visits East Carolina on Saturday in Greenville, N.C.. AcademyWars.com previews the game and predicts the final score of this contest.

Team Schedules/Results

Navy 09/07/20 Brigham Young L 3-55 09/19/20 @ Tulane W 27-24 10/03/20 @ Air Force L 7-40 10/10/20 Temple W 31-29 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)

East Carolina Date Opponent Result 09/26/20 UCF L 28-51 10/03/20 @ Georgia St. L 29-49 10/10/20 @ South Fla. W 44-24 10/17/20 Navy 10/30/20 @ Tulsa 11/07/20 Tulane 11/13/20 @ Cincinnati 11/21/20 @ Temple 11/28/20 SMU

ESPN FPI

Navy: 106

East Carolina: 95

Key Stats

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.

East Carolina

QB Holton Ahlers, RB Darius Pinnix, OL Sean Bailey, DE Chris Willis, LB Aaron Ramseur, DB Warren Saba.

Injuries

Navy

Evan Fochtman S Ques Sat – Undisclosed
Alefosio Saipaia G Ques Sat – Undisclosed
Diego Fagot LB Ques Sat – Undisclosed
Tama Tuitele LB Ques Sat – Undisclosed

East Carolina

Avery Jones OL Out For Season – Eligibility

Source: boydsbets.com

Comments

East Carolina has had some pretty good teams over the past decade or so. Last season they finished 4-8 and didn’t win an American conference game (0-7). Looking over their depth chart they look really young. I see a lot of freshmen and sophomores. They have five senior or graduate starters listed as starters. That doesn’t include specialist. I think Navy is going to wake up on Sunday sitting at 3-2.

AcademyWars.com Prediction

Navy 35, East Carolina 21

Saturday’s game kicks off at Noon ET. Watch on the ESPN+ Network.