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Football Halts Navy 24-17, Remains Perfect in AAC Play
10.13.18 | Football
ANNAPOLIS, Md.- The Temple Owls continue rolling through conference play as they took down the Navy Midshipmen, 24-17, in front of 30,106 fans at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The Owls are now 4-3 on the season and 3-0 in American Athletic Conference play.
Temple's passing offense clashed with Navy's triple-option run game, and the air attack came out on top. Despite time of possession being lopsided in favor of Navy, 33:07-26:53, Temple took advantage of the time they had on the field and worked efficiently and methodically to put up 24 points in the win. The Owls did outgain the Midshipmen 409-284 and also had 21 first downs to Navy's 18 in the victory.
Highlights
>WR Ventell Bryant has caught a pass in 42 straight games. He is tied for the longest active streak in the FBS.
>Redshirt sophomore RB Tyliek Raynor scored his first career touchdown.
>QB Anthony Russo and Bryant connected for two big plays - a 40-yard catch and throw that set up a one-yard rushing touchdown and a 62-yard touchdown catch in the 4th quarter that was the difference in the scoring..
>FB Rob Ritrovato scored for the second time this year.
>Temple has allowed less than 20 points in five of seven games this season.
>Temple has a takeaway in every game except a 49-6 win against ECU.
How it Happened
>Temple and Navy traded fumbles in Navy territory before a 10-minute Navy drive resulted in the first score of the game, a field goal that put Navy up at the beginning of the second quarter.
>Temple answered in the ensuing drive with a nine-play 77-yard drive that was capped off by Raynor's first career touchdown, a 15-yard run into the endzone to make the score 7-3 Temple.
>Navy answered with their first touchdown of the game, a one-yard run to make it 10-7 Navy.
>Neither team would make any more noise for the remainder of the first half.
>In the first series of the second half, Navy broke a long 45-yard run to get all the way to the Temple 30-yard line. Navy would run it three more times, the final being a 12-yard touchdown to make it 17-7 Navy.
>A long return by WR Isaiah Wright set up the Owls on the Navy 43-yard line to begin their first offensive possession of the second half. A pitch pass from Russo to RB Jager Gardner went another 20-yards to get further into Midshipmen territory. The Owls however had to settle for a field goal. Will Mobley's 31-yard attempt was good to make the score 17-10 Navy.
>Temple then forced Navy to punt and started their drive on their own 45-yard line. Russo connected with Bryant for a nine-yard catch. After a Gardner rush for five yards, Russo hit Bryant again with a one-on-one deep ball for 40 yards bringing the Owls into redzone territory. The Owls would not come up empty-handed in this trip to the redzone as Ritrovato scored on a 1-yard rushing touchdown to even the score at 17-17 with 5:53 left to play in the third quarter.
>Both teams exchanged punts the rest of the third quarter and into the fourth quarter. Temple forced a turnover on downs as the Midshipmen creeped into field goal range. The Owls didn't waste any time on the next drive. Russo continued to feed Bryant and on the first play of the drive they connected for a 62-yard touchdown. Bryant beat the entire right side of the secondary and Russo hit him perfectly in stride for the go-ahead touchdown. The Owls took the lead, 24-17, with 9:14 left to play in the game.
>Temple forced three-and-out and got the ball back on their own 20-yard line with 8:13 left to play. Temple marched down the field again but a Russo pass was intercepted by Navy on a one-on-one ball in the endzone. Navy would attempt a game tying drive with 2:06 left to play in the game. The stingy Owl defense would force the Midshipmen to turn the ball over on downs and Temple would take over on the Navy 20 yard line with 1:40 left to play.
>The Owls would work the ground game and run out the clock to seal the victory.
Notes
>Redshirt sophomore QB Anthony Russo went 23-31 for 300 yards and a touchdown.That was his first 300-yard passing day.
>WR Ventell Bryant led all Owls with eight catches for 147 yards and a touchdown.
>NKL Sam Franklin led the team with 10 tackles and two TFLs.
Up Next
>Temple returns to Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday, October 20, for its Homecoming game against the 6-0 #25 Cincinnati Bearcats (Noon/ESPNU/610 AM).
Temple's passing offense clashed with Navy's triple-option run game, and the air attack came out on top. Despite time of possession being lopsided in favor of Navy, 33:07-26:53, Temple took advantage of the time they had on the field and worked efficiently and methodically to put up 24 points in the win. The Owls did outgain the Midshipmen 409-284 and also had 21 first downs to Navy's 18 in the victory.
Highlights
>WR Ventell Bryant has caught a pass in 42 straight games. He is tied for the longest active streak in the FBS.
>Redshirt sophomore RB Tyliek Raynor scored his first career touchdown.
>QB Anthony Russo and Bryant connected for two big plays - a 40-yard catch and throw that set up a one-yard rushing touchdown and a 62-yard touchdown catch in the 4th quarter that was the difference in the scoring..
>FB Rob Ritrovato scored for the second time this year.
>Temple has allowed less than 20 points in five of seven games this season.
>Temple has a takeaway in every game except a 49-6 win against ECU.
How it Happened
>Temple and Navy traded fumbles in Navy territory before a 10-minute Navy drive resulted in the first score of the game, a field goal that put Navy up at the beginning of the second quarter.
>Temple answered in the ensuing drive with a nine-play 77-yard drive that was capped off by Raynor's first career touchdown, a 15-yard run into the endzone to make the score 7-3 Temple.
>Navy answered with their first touchdown of the game, a one-yard run to make it 10-7 Navy.
>Neither team would make any more noise for the remainder of the first half.
>In the first series of the second half, Navy broke a long 45-yard run to get all the way to the Temple 30-yard line. Navy would run it three more times, the final being a 12-yard touchdown to make it 17-7 Navy.
>A long return by WR Isaiah Wright set up the Owls on the Navy 43-yard line to begin their first offensive possession of the second half. A pitch pass from Russo to RB Jager Gardner went another 20-yards to get further into Midshipmen territory. The Owls however had to settle for a field goal. Will Mobley's 31-yard attempt was good to make the score 17-10 Navy.
>Temple then forced Navy to punt and started their drive on their own 45-yard line. Russo connected with Bryant for a nine-yard catch. After a Gardner rush for five yards, Russo hit Bryant again with a one-on-one deep ball for 40 yards bringing the Owls into redzone territory. The Owls would not come up empty-handed in this trip to the redzone as Ritrovato scored on a 1-yard rushing touchdown to even the score at 17-17 with 5:53 left to play in the third quarter.
>Both teams exchanged punts the rest of the third quarter and into the fourth quarter. Temple forced a turnover on downs as the Midshipmen creeped into field goal range. The Owls didn't waste any time on the next drive. Russo continued to feed Bryant and on the first play of the drive they connected for a 62-yard touchdown. Bryant beat the entire right side of the secondary and Russo hit him perfectly in stride for the go-ahead touchdown. The Owls took the lead, 24-17, with 9:14 left to play in the game.
>Temple forced three-and-out and got the ball back on their own 20-yard line with 8:13 left to play. Temple marched down the field again but a Russo pass was intercepted by Navy on a one-on-one ball in the endzone. Navy would attempt a game tying drive with 2:06 left to play in the game. The stingy Owl defense would force the Midshipmen to turn the ball over on downs and Temple would take over on the Navy 20 yard line with 1:40 left to play.
>The Owls would work the ground game and run out the clock to seal the victory.
Notes
>Redshirt sophomore QB Anthony Russo went 23-31 for 300 yards and a touchdown.That was his first 300-yard passing day.
>WR Ventell Bryant led all Owls with eight catches for 147 yards and a touchdown.
>NKL Sam Franklin led the team with 10 tackles and two TFLs.
Up Next
>Temple returns to Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday, October 20, for its Homecoming game against the 6-0 #25 Cincinnati Bearcats (Noon/ESPNU/610 AM).
Team Stats
TEM
NAVY
Total Yards
409
284
Pass Yards
300
14
Rushing Yards
109
270
Penalty Yards
63
40
1st Downs
21
18
3rd Downs
4
5
4th Downs
1
1
TOP
26:53
33:07
2nd Quarter
TEM 0, NAVY 3
NAVY - MOEHRING, B 24 yd field goal 17 plays, 71 yards, TOP 10:01
TEM 7, NAVY 3
TEM - RAYNOR,Tyliek 15 yd run (MOBLEY,Will kick), 9 plays, 77 yards, TOP 3:24
TEM 7, NAVY 10
NAVY - LEWIS, Garret 1 yd run (MOEHRING, B kick), 11 plays, 75 yards, TOP 5:46
3rd Quarter
TEM 7, NAVY 17
NAVY - SMITH, Nelson 12 yd run (MOEHRING, B kick), 4 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:47
TEM 10, NAVY 17
TEM - MOBLEY,Will 31 yd field goal 6 plays, 29 yards, TOP 2:26
TEM 17, NAVY 17
TEM - RITROVATO,Rob 1 yd run (MOBLEY,Will kick), 8 plays, 65 yards, TOP 2:52
4th Quarter
TEM 24, NAVY 17
TEM - BRYANT,Ventell 62 yd pass from RUSSO,Anthony (MOBLEY,Will kick) 1 plays, 62 yards, TOP 0:10
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
23
TD
1
YDS
300
INT
1
CMP
0
TD
0
YDS
0
INT
0
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