Capital Gazette · Dec 5, 2016
Navy, Niumatalolo had plan in place for short turnaround
Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo watches his team struggle in the second quarter. The Navy Midshipmen play the visiting Temple Owls in the 2016 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Saturday at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. (By Paul W. Gillespie / Capital Gazette) Navy clinched the West Division crown and secured a berth in the American Athletic Conference championship by beating East Carolina on Nov. 19.
For the next two weeks, head coach Ken Niumatalolo found himself answering the same question: How will Navy handle playing a game one week before the annual showdown with archrival Army, which has not happened since way back in 1941.