ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Zach Abey ran for a 3-yard touchdown in a driving rain with 2:37 left, capping a fourth-quarter comeback that lifted Navy past Memphis 22-21 on Saturday.
Navy trailed 21-9 before Malcolm Perry followed the Tigers' third lost fumble with a right-and-then-left, tackle-breaking, 19-yard run with 11:07 remaining.
After a Memphis punt, the Midshipmen (1-1, 1-0 American Athletic Conference) moved 56 yards in 13 plays in a drive that Abey ended standing up in the end zone.
The Tigers (1-1, 0-1) got to the Navy 34 before Brady White was tackled on a fourth-down scramble with 1:26 remaining.