Heidenreich becomes Navy's all-time receiving yards leader as Midshipmen beat No. 25 South Florida

Eli Heidenreich caught 5 passes for 146 yards and became Navy’s all-time receiving yards leader, backmost Braxton Woodson ran for 103 yards and 2 touchdowns successful the 4th fourth successful alleviation of Blake Horvath and the Midshipmen defeated No. 25 Sou...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Eli Heidenreich caught 5 passes for 146 yards and became Navy's all-time receiving yards leader, backmost Braxton Woodson ran for 103 yards and 2 touchdowns successful the 4th fourth successful alleviation of Blake Horvath and the Midshipmen defeated No. 25 South Florida 41-38 connected Saturday.

Alex Tecza carried 12 times for 126 yards, including an aboriginal 76-yard score, and caught Horvath's lone touchdown walk arsenic Navy (8-2, 6-1 American Athletic Conference) secured a half-game pb successful the conference.

Heidenreich has 1,794 vocation receiving yards and moved past Rob Thompson's 1,781, compiled from 1965-67.

Byrum Brown threw for 327 yards and 2 touchdowns, and ran for 136 yards and 2 much scores for South Florida (7-3, 4-2), which scored 22 points successful the 4th fourth points yet tons its 2nd consecutive roadworthy game. The Bulls besides mislaid crushed successful their bid to scope the league title game.

After Heidenreich earlier career-long 82-yard drawback from Horvath acceptable up Brandon Chatman's 4-yard touchdown tally to marque it 14-3 astatine the extremity of the archetypal quarter, his 32-yard drawback from Woodson was a important infinitesimal during an eight-play, 75-yard scoring thrust that ended with Woodson's 20-yard scoring tally to marque it 34-24.

On Navy's adjacent possession, Woodson ran 64 yards for the Midshipmen's 3rd play of 60 oregon much yards to marque it 41-30.

After different large location triumph enactment the Bulls backmost successful the Top 25 for the 5th clip this season, South Florida whitethorn autumn back.

South Florida: At UAB adjacent Saturday.

Navy: At Memphis connected Nov. 27.

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