Notre Dame vs. Navy

Saturday, October 16, 2004 Share

Notre Dame beat Navy 27–⁠9. It was their 78th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 68–⁠9–⁠1 as played.

Neutral siteNotre Dame6–⁠6 in 2004

Neutral siteNavy10–⁠2 in 2004

Final at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, AnnapolisAttendance 76,166

At kickoff: 61°F, partly cloudy, wind 9 mph from the southWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Annapolis United States Naval Academy (KNAK), 3 km from the stadium, six minutes before kickoff

Scoring by quarter

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Notre Dame	14	3	7	3	27
Navy	0	0	3	6	9

Standouts

RushingRyan Grant20 carries, 114 yards, 2 TDNotre Dame

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Photos from the game

Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Damon J. Moritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Damon J. Moritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Damon J. Moritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Damon J. Moritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

From the game’s category on Wikimedia Commons, free licenses only, each credited.

Player stats

Notre DameNavy

Notre Dame

Passing	C/Att	Yds	TD	Int
Brady Quinn	11/20	130	0	0

Rushing	Car	Yds	TD	Long
Ryan Grant	20	114	2	19
Darius Walker	9	26	0	10
Travis Thomas	7	18	0	12
Jeff Jenkins	2	6	0	5

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Long
Matt Shelton	2	40	30
Rhema McKnight	2	22	19
Anthony Fasano	1	18	18
John Carlson	2	17	12

Navy

Passing	C/Att	Yds	TD	Int
Aaron Polanco	3/5	44	0	0
Frank Divis	0/1	0	0	0

Rushing	Car	Yds	TD	Long
Kyle Eckel	22	102	0	10
Eric Roberts	5	51	0	17
Frank Divis	5	32	1	12
Aaron Polanco	24	19	0	10

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Long
Eric Roberts	1	21	21
Frank Divis	1	14	14
Amir Jenkins	1	9	9

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

Notre Dame		Navy
334	Total yards	260
130	Passing yards	65
204	Rushing yards	216
6.5	Yards per pass	7.3
4.6	Yards per rush	3.5
20	First downs	17
4–⁠12	Third downs	8–⁠15
0–⁠1	Fourth downs	0–⁠2
0	Turnovers	1
0–⁠0	Penalties	0–⁠0
18:35	Possession	18:01

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Notre Dame 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Notre Dame–Navy game

Officially, Notre Dame leads 82–⁠13–⁠1; as played, 84–⁠13–⁠1 in 98 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025	Notre Dame 49, Navy 10
2024	Notre Dame 51, Navy 14
2023	Notre Dame 42, Navy 3
2022	Notre Dame 35, Navy 32
2021	Notre Dame 34, Navy 6
2019	Notre Dame 52, Navy 20

Around this game

Notre Dame vs. Navy

Scoring by quarter

Standouts

Photos from the game

Player stats

Notre Dame

Navy

Team stats

Before kickoff

Our ratings (scores only)

The series

Around this game

Notre Dame

Navy

Ranked games that day