In last year’s Navy-Air Force football game, the Mids only gained 57 rushing yards on 38 attempts. That works out to a dismal 1.5 yards per carry, antithetic to what Navy football prides itself upon.
Ken Niumatalolo and his staff knew something needed to change. They knew they would adopt a different version of their flexbone triple-option offense to attack Air Force the next time around.
Navy, the best rushing team in Division I college football, gained 471 yards on 57 carries against the Falcons Saturday by running a shotgun-based, zone-blocking scheme early and often.