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Multiple times in an airport or amusement park i have been able to see fellow byu fans from afar with a royal hat or shirt.

Byu jamba juice. Byus 31 0 halftime lead was the largest in a season opener since leading kansas state 32 0 in 1977. Byu played its previous three games in provo this season and four overall including the opener at navy in a stadium devoid of fans. Its easy to identify in a crowd of people.

An announced crowd of 10092 people were in attendance. It was the worst loss ever at navy for head coach ken niumatalolo. Follow fan insider on facebook and on twitter.

The 2020 meeting will mark only the third time in byus history that theyve faced navy on the gridiron. That inaugural holiday bowl played in front of a crowd of 52500 fans at san diego stadium kicked off the tradition of dramatic endings that the game has been known for the past 42 years. Eleven years after the 1978 holiday bowl byu and navy squared off again on sept.

Its always an honor and a privilege to play against a service academy like we did annually for many years with air. In fact byu had seven touchdowns in the game while navy finished with just seven first downs. The cougars finally played in front of a crowd for the first time friday night as byu beat houston at tdecu stadium in texas.

In navy byu blends. Byus 2020 football schedule. Playing in primetime with rece davis and kirk herbstreit on the call byu put on a show as the cougars went on the road and crushed navy 55 3 in the season opener for both teams.

Navys 149 yards of total offense are the fewest for the midshipmen since gaining 144 against san jose state in 2012. The best reactions from byus win over navy. We are very excited for the opportunity to play the united states naval academy at annapolis byu athletic director tom holmoe said of the announcement.

We had a really good game plan and we played our a game said byu linebacker pepe tanuvasa a navy transfer that led the cougars with eight tackles. 16 1989 in a regular season game at navy marine corps memorial stadium. Byu and navy first announced the season opening game on august 6.

Army which crushed middle tennessee state 42 0 on saturday and hosts louisiana monroe this weekend will have a crowd of at least 4000 cadets in west point new york for byus visit. Byu scored on five of its six first half possessions mounting what was navys biggest halftime deficit 310 since 2002.