Navy Midshipmen football statistical leaders

Summary

The Navy Midshipmen football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Navy Midshipmen football program in various categories,[1] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Midshipmen represent the United States Naval Academy in the NCAA's American Athletic Conference.

Keenan Reynolds holds the Division I FBS career records for rushing touchdowns and points scored, in addition to holding Navy's career records for rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, passing touchdowns, total offense yards, and total touchdowns.

Although Navy began competing in intercollegiate football in 1879,[1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1938. Records from before this year are often incomplete and inconsistent, and they are generally not included in these lists.

These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:

  • Since 1938, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.
  • The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers.
  • Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.[2] The Midshipmen have played in 15 bowls since then, allowing recent players an extra game almost every year to accumulate statistics.
  • Navy also played in the American Athletic Conference Championship Game in 2016, giving players in that season yet another game to accumulate statistics.
  • Navy tends to run a triple option offense, which emphasizes running with the quarterback and multiple running backs. This has allowed quarterbacks like Keenan Reynolds and Ricky Dobbs to appear high on both rushing and passing lists.

These lists are updated through the end of the 2019 season.

Passing edit

Passing yards edit

Passing touchdowns edit

Rushing edit

Rushing yards edit

Rushing touchdowns edit

Receiving edit

Receptions edit

Receiving yards edit

Receiving touchdowns edit

Total offense edit

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.[24]

Total offense yards edit

Total touchdowns edit

Defense edit

Interceptions edit

Tackles edit

Sacks edit

Kicking edit

Field goals made edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Navy Football Record Book" (PDF). 2019 Navy Football Media Guide. Navy Midshipmen. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "NCAA changes policy on football stats". ESPN.com. AP. 2002-08-28. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  3. ^ "Greg Ward Jr. leads Houston to win over Navy". ESPN.com. 2015-11-27.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Malcolm Perry: Stats". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  5. ^ "Navy 41, Towson 13". ESPN.com. 2008-08-30.
  6. ^ a b "Reynolds runs over Georgia Southern 52-19". ESPN.com. 2014-11-15.
  7. ^ "Reynolds carries Navy past San Jose St 41-31". ESPN.com. 2015-10-25.
  8. ^ a b "Navy's Keenan Reynolds scores record 7 rushing TDs in 3OT win". ESPN.com. 2013-11-23.
  9. ^ "Navy 35, Delaware 18". ESPN.com. 2009-11-14.
  10. ^ "Navy runs through East Carolina 45-21". ESPN.com. 2015-09-19.
  11. ^ "Box Score: Virginia vs. Navy". ESPN.com. December 28, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  12. ^ "Box Score: Navy vs. Houston". ESPN.com. November 30, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  13. ^ "Navy 49, E. Michigan 21". ESPN.com. 2006-11-11.
  14. ^ "Navy 63, Rice 14". ESPN.com. 2009-10-10.
  15. ^ "Navy 38, W. Kentucky 22". ESPN.com. 2009-09-26.
  16. ^ "Navy elects to stick solely to ground game in sound win over SMU". ESPN.com. 2008-10-25.
  17. ^ "Reynolds, Navy run over Hawaii 42-28". ESPN.com. 2013-11-09.
  18. ^ "Reynolds scores 4 TDs to lead No. 20 Navy past SMU 55-14". ESPN.com. 2015-11-16.
  19. ^ a b "Flowers shines, South Florida beats No. 22 Navy 52-45". ESPN.com. 2016-10-28.
  20. ^ "Worth scores 4 TDs, Navy beats East Carolina 66-31". ESPN.com. 2016-11-19.
  21. ^ "Box Score: Navy vs. Hawaiʻi". ESPN.com. September 1, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  22. ^ "Box Score: East Carolina vs. Navy". ESPN.com. September 14, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  23. ^ a b c d "Jamir Tillman". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  24. ^ "Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Record Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
  25. ^ "John Marshall". ESPN.com.
  26. ^ "Jacob Springer". ESPN.com.
  27. ^ a b "Bijan Nichols". ESPN.com.
  28. ^ "Special teams play helps Navy sink Air Force". ESPN.com. 2008-10-04.