Navy by the numbers

[OR-See-Nee]

This is against Rice, courtesy of the Washington Post

A few numbers from Navy's win 63-14 over Rice:

9 - Rushing touchdowns by Navy, the most since Nov. 22, 1997, when the Midshipmen also ran for nine touchdowns against Kent State in a 62-29 victory.

49 - Margin of victory, Navy's largest since Dec. 1, 1973, when the Midshipmen beat Army, 51-0.

148 - Number of knockdowns by Navy's offensive players, an all-time record according to Coach Ken Niumatalolo. "I can't remember us having that many before," he said. 'We had 100 amongst the offensive linemen, which in the years I coached them, they never had that many."

471 - Yards rushing by Navy, the 10th-best total in school history.

537 - Yards of total offense by Navy, the 28th-best total in school history.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/mids-insider/

[PonyKai]

And Rice appears to have quickly gone back to what they should always be...a team at the bottom of the standings.

[SMU89]

Hope we don't get anyone hurt due to their blocking.

Looking forward to this game. Would be a big win for the Mustangs.

[ponyscott]

Hope we don't get anyone hurt due to their blocking.

Looking forward to this game. Would be a big win for the Mustangs.

I heard from one of the SMU Team doctors that the D line ( either all or some of the guys I don't recall) was going to wear those steel knee braces this week like the O line wears to help protect the knees from the Navy cut back blocks...be interesting to see if they do indeed take that tack tonight and how it affects their mobility....