When I think of a Naval Academy football player, I think of Daba. "I thought Daba played really well," said Niumatalolo. Fofana had a 20-yard run on the drive to set up the field goal.Īfter the Navy defense forced a third Tulsa punt in the first quarter, freshman wide receiver Nathan Kent electrified the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium crowd by taking a reverse 70 yards for a touchdown on his first career play to give the Mids a 10-0 lead.Ī Davis Brin 22-yard touchdown pass cut the Navy lead to three with 43 seconds left in the first quarter, but that was as close as Tulsa would get the rest of the day as the Fofana show was about to begin.įofana would score all three of his touchdowns in the second quarter on runs of 47, 15 and 11 yards, as the Mids played their best quarter of football all year. Navy took a 3-0 lead on a 25-yard field goal by Daniel Davies with 5:10 left in the first quarter. The Mids had allowed a touchdown on the first drive of the game in Navy's three losses this year and forced a punt on the first drive in the win over East Carolina. The Navy defense set the tone on the first drive of the game, forcing a Tulsa three-and-out. They played Cincinnati tough they played Ole Miss tough this is a great team win."
"We showed a lot of grit and resolve, because that's a good football team we just beat. "I am just proud of our young men to bounce back like that after a devasting loss," said Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo.
The 53 points scored by the Mids equaled their total number of points scored in the first four games. Box Score Annapolis, Md.-Sophomore fullback Daba Fofana rushed for a career-high 159 yards and three touchdowns, while the defense forced four turnovers to lead Navy (2-3, 2-1 in the American Athletic Conference) to a 53-21 rout of Tulsa (2-4, 0-2) in front of 30,658 fans at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
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