For a second straight season opener, the Navy football team was not ready to play and got embarrassed by a formidable opponent.
Sophomore quarterback Grant Wells picked apart the Navy defense from start to finish in leading Marshall to a 49-7 victory over Navy on a sunny, warm Saturday in Annapolis.
An announced crowd of 30,131 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium watched Wells complete 20 of 30 passes for 328 yards with tall, rangy wide receiver Corey Gammage and quick, elusive slot receiver Talik Keaton doing most of the damage.
Gammage was running wide-open all game in collecting seven receptions for 94 yards, while Keaton proved equally difficult to cover in amassing 100 yards on five catches.