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Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Navy Midshipmen

·Oct 10, 2026·2:30 PM CT·CBSSN·Annapolis, MD

By JR·2 min read

Tulsa(3-2)

Navy(1-3)

2:30 PM

TLDR: Navy finally comes home to Annapolis after 3 straight road games, and all 3 were losses. Tulsa arrives fresh off a 45-44 overtime loss that came down to a 2-point try ruled short on replay, and both teams need this one badly.

Week 6 · 10/10, SAT OCT 10, 2:30 PM CT CBSSN

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Tulsa, 3-2, visits Navy, 1-3, after losing to North Texas 45-44 in overtime on a 2-point try ruled short. Navy has lost 3 straight away from home, including a 14-9 loss at Air Force in which its option offense ran for only 110 yards. The game likely turns on two things: whether Braxton Woodson's ankle holds up for Navy, and whether Tulsa's run defense, which gave up 219 rushing yards to Jahiem White, can stop the Navy option.

Tulsa Golden Hurricane

Baylor Hayes accounted for 5 TDs against North Texas
Extra rest after a Thursday game, 9 days before kickoff
Beat Oklahoma State 24-10 earlier this season
Gave up 219 rushing yards to Jahiem White
Scored only 6 points at Arkansas
Lost 2 straight, including the overtime loss at home

Navy Midshipmen

First home game since the 42-15 Towson win
Gutierrez led Navy's best drive at Air Force
Defense held Air Force to 14 points

The question for the Saturday, October 10 game in Annapolis is who plays quarterback for Navy. Braxton Woodson has been nursing a sprained left ankle since the Florida Atlantic game. He dressed against UAB and took 1 snap. He started at Air Force, but Jackson Gutierrez came on in relief and led Navy's best drive of the afternoon. Navy hasn't said which of them starts next week, and in this offense the quarterback carries the ball as much as he throws it.

The bigger worry is the running game. Air Force held Navy's option attack to 110 rushing yards in a 14-9 loss. The Midshipmen's only touchdown was a 68-yard catch by Truman Brasfield in the third quarter, which isn't how this offense is built to score. Navy has 29 points across its last 2 games and is 0-2 in conference play. There's no line posted yet, so the odds board has nothing to show on this one.

Tulsa's offense looks nothing like that right now. Baylor Hayes threw 3 touchdown passes and ran for 2 more against North Texas. Damari Alston's overtime touchdown cut it to 45-44, and then Tulsa went for 2 and the win. The officials ruled the try short and replay upheld it. That's a hard way to open conference play at 0-1, but the offense that put up 44 is still there.

Tulsa's 3-2 record has 2 very different sides. The Golden Hurricane opened by beating Oklahoma State 24-10 at home and won at Sam Houston. Then they scored 6 points at Arkansas and gave up 45 at home to North Texas. The defense is what Navy should look at closely. North Texas running back Jahiem White ran for 219 yards against them, and Navy's whole offense is built on running the ball.

The schedule helps Tulsa. The Golden Hurricane played North Texas on a Thursday night and get 9 days before kickoff in Annapolis. Navy gets a normal week after a long trip back from Colorado Springs. The Midshipmen do finally get a home crowd, though. Their only home game so far was the 42-15 win over Towson that opened the season. The forecast for Annapolis is clear and 74 degrees with a light wind, so weather shouldn't slow either offense down.

It comes down to which team's weakness gives first. Tulsa has shown it can score on almost anyone and can't stop the run. Navy runs the ball on nearly every snap, but the last team it played shut that running game down. If Woodson's ankle lets him run the offense the way it's designed, Navy can play keep-away from Hayes. If Gutierrez has to start, Navy has a lot less margin for error against an offense that just scored 44.

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