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National Championship Game: Navy Midshipmen vs. Syracuse Orange

January 25, 2026
52°
Stanford Stadium (Palo Alto, CA) Attendance: 48,481 (96%)
Midshipmen 10 7 0 10 - 27
Orange 0 14 7 0 - 21

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Midshipmen: 2-10-SYR 13 (11:30) 2-Randy Williams pass complete to 84-Joseph Chow for 13 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Joseph Brewer. SYR 0 NAV 7
(Qtr 1) Midshipmen: 4-6-SYR 6 (4:09) 1-Joseph Brewer 23 yard field goal is GOOD. SYR 0 NAV 10
(Qtr 2) Orange: 1-10-NAV 18 (14:17) 17-Andrew Licciardi ran for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Clay Sanchez. SYR 7 NAV 10
(Qtr 2) Midshipmen: 1-5-SYR 5 (2:51) 2-Randy Williams pass complete to 80-John Elmore to SYR 0 for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Joseph Brewer. SYR 7 NAV 17
(Qtr 2) Orange: 2-4-NAV 4 (1:45) 8-Timothy Davis pass complete to 17-Andrew Licciardi for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Clay Sanchez. SYR 14 NAV 17
(Qtr 3) Orange: 3-3-NAV 5 (9:49) 8-Timothy Davis pass complete to 45-Anthony Patchen to NAV 0 for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Clay Sanchez. SYR 21 NAV 17
(Qtr 4) Midshipmen: 3-6-NAV 35 (10:50) 2-Randy Williams pass complete to 87-Clark Barr for 65 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Joseph Brewer. SYR 21 NAV 24
(Qtr 4) Midshipmen: 4-1-SYR 25 (3:48) 1-Joseph Brewer 42 yard field goal is GOOD. SYR 21 NAV 27

Team Statistics

Orange Midshipmen
First Downs 15 15
- Rushing 4 4
- Passing 9 10
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 303 394
- Offensive Plays 59 63
- Yards Per Play 5.14 6.25
Net Rushing Yards 92 84
- Rushing Attempts 22 25
- Yards Per Rush 4.18 3.36
Net Passing Yards 211 310
- Att/Comp/Int 35 / 28 / 0 36 / 29 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 229 331
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 18 2 / 21
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.70 8.16
- Yards Per Completion 8.18 11.41
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 11 6 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.6 4.8
4th Down Conversions 1 / 2 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 2 / 20 5 / 34
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 1 1 / 8
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 0 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 27
Time of Possession 27:48 32:13

Drive Charts

Syracuse Orange

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:25 1:39 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 6:15 0:44 OWN 20 2 0 Fumble
1 4:06 4:54 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
2 10:15 2:00 OWN 33 3 5 Punt
2 2:48 1:07 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 0:06 0:06 OWN 46 2 0 Half
3 15:00 5:14 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
3 6:16 3:53 OWN 19 7 36 Punt
3 0:21 0:28 OWN 26 3 6 Missed FG
4 14:53 2:02 OWN 39 3 8 Punt
4 10:40 1:59 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
4 3:44 3:42 OWN 25 13 70 Downs

Navy Midshipmen

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:35 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
1 9:46 3:31 OWN 26 5 21 Punt
1 5:31 1:25 OPP 10 3 3 Field Goal
2 14:12 3:57 OWN 25 6 -2 Punt
2 8:15 5:27 OWN 1 9 99 Touchdown
2 1:41 1:35 OWN 25 6 24 Interception
3 9:46 3:30 OWN 25 7 56 Downs
3 2:23 2:02 OWN 10 3 9 Punt
4 12:52 2:12 OWN 20 4 80 Touchdown
4 8:41 4:57 OWN 26 8 49 Field Goal
4 0:02 0:02 OWN 20 1 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Syracuse Orange

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Andrew Licciardi 17 57 3.35 18 1 1
Micheal Sanders 5 35 7.00 14 2 0

Navy Midshipmen

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Smith Jr. 16 69 4.31 11 1 0
Ronald Gates 3 12 4.00 9 0 0
Clark Barr 5 3 0.60 8 0 0
Randy Williams 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Syracuse Orange

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Timothy Davis 35 28 229 2 / 18 2 54 0 112.98

Navy Midshipmen

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Randy Williams 36 29 331 2 / 21 3 65 1 121.18

Receiving Stats

Syracuse Orange

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Charles Armijo 3 64 21.33 54 0
Luke Benson 4 58 14.50 24 0
Andrew Licciardi 6 25 4.17 11 1
Anthony Patchen 4 22 5.50 9 1
Alan Holloman 1 21 21.00 21 0
John Suarez 2 17 8.50 11 0
Douglas Wooten 2 14 7.00 7 0
Micheal Sanders 6 8 1.33 4 0

Navy Midshipmen

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Clark Barr 11 163 14.82 65 1
Joseph Chow 3 50 16.67 27 1
John Elmore 5 41 8.20 17 1
Kevin French 3 23 7.67 11 0
Andrew Thompson 2 18 9.00 13 0
Mathew Stewart 2 15 7.50 9 0
Ronald Gates 2 14 7.00 9 0
James Smith Jr. 1 7 7.00 7 0

Blocking Stats

Syracuse Orange

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Larry Torrence 44 28 1 1
Ray Rodriguez 36 34 1 2
Brett Crouch 11 10 0 0
Andrew Licciardi 3 3 0 1
Seth Lee 2 0 0 0
Michael Champlin 0 1 0 0
Brad Seal 0 1 0 0
Rafael Silva 0 1 0 0
Todd Frazier 0 1 0 0
Micheal Sanders 3 0 0 0
Kenneth Chew 3 1 0 0
Patrick Griffin 0 1 0 0
Anthony Patchen 2 9 0 1
Shane Sloth 8 0 0 0
Jack Medrano 8 0 0 0
Charles Armijo 8 14 0 0
William Rubio 9 2 0 0
Alan Holloman 7 15 0 0
John Suarez 0 13 0 0
Douglas Wooten 0 7 0 0
Kenneth Red 37 29 0 2
Mike Clark 36 22 0 1
Luke Benson 8 24 0 3
Mario Stiffler 42 29 0 4
John Hodge 0 1 0 0

Navy Midshipmen

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
George Berry 34 28 1 3
James Smith, SR 1 0 1 1
Robert Woods 29 23 0 2
Mathew Stewart 0 5 0 0
Jordan Silva 0 1 0 0
Jonathan Cleaver 0 1 0 1
James Wolford 0 1 0 0
Kevin French 2 7 0 0
Ronald Gates 0 3 0 0
Ryan Gant 2 3 0 0
Jerry Ingrassia 10 16 0 1
Stanley Rose 0 2 0 1
Daniel Young 0 1 0 0
Ted Good 9 3 0 0
Kevin Quinlan 0 1 0 0
Walter Clifford 21 9 0 0
Richard Roberts 24 8 0 0
John Elmore 0 23 0 1
Joseph Chow 10 33 0 1
Andrew Thompson 0 9 0 0
Clark Barr 1 13 0 0
Larry Cantor 28 8 0 0
James Smith Jr. 3 3 0 0
Wayne Lach 25 23 0 1
Marvin Bryant 39 29 0 1
Matthew Bennett 23 28 0 4
Wesley Hosier 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Syracuse Orange

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
John Hodge 1 0 0.00 0

Navy Midshipmen

Fumble Stats

Syracuse Orange

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Timothy Davis 1 0 0 0
Anthony Patchen 1 0 0 0
Kenneth Chew 0 0 1 0

Navy Midshipmen

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Elmore 1 1 0 0
Daniel Young 0 1 1 0
Stanley Rose 0 0 1 0
Tommy Rea 0 1 0 0

Punting

Syracuse Orange

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Frank Everett 5 249 49.80 44.00 61 2

Navy Midshipmen

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Christopher Chapple 3 159 53.00 43.67 62 0

Kicking

Syracuse Orange

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Clay Sanchez 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 3 / 3

Navy Midshipmen

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Joseph Brewer 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 0 42 3 / 3

Punt Return

Syracuse Orange

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Anthony Patchen 1 1 1.0 1 0

Navy Midshipmen

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Tommy Rea 1 8 8.0 8 0

Kick Return

Syracuse Orange

Navy Midshipmen

Defensive Stats

Syracuse Orange

Name Tackles Sacks
John Chaplin 12 1
Seth Lee 7 0
John Hodge 6 0
Michael Champlin 5 0
Kenneth Chew 3 0
Brad Seal 3 0
Todd Frazier 3 0
Rickey Spencer 3 1
Mark Post 2 0
Edward Scoggins 2 0
Kevin Nusdeo 2 0
Rafael Silva 2 0
Timothy Davis 1 0
Kenneth Hammett 1 0
Walter Gauthier 1 0
Michael Cooper 1 0

Navy Midshipmen

Name Tackles Sacks
Ryan Gant 9 0
Stanley Rose 6 0
Joseph Guenther 5 0
Daniel Young 4 1
Adrian Johnson 4 0
John Stark 3 0
Charlie Andre 3 0
Tad Hunter 2 0
Howard Wells 2 0
James Wolford 2 0
Jonathan Cleaver 2 0
Victor Eliason 2 0
Jordan Silva 1 1
Tommy Rea 1 0
Clark Barr 1 0
Kevin Quinlan 1 0
Alan Phillips 1 0