Game Day: The Navy Game

Football
10/19/2024 9:00:00 AM

Everything you need to know for a great game day!

GAME DAY DETAILS

Charlotte (3-3, 2-0 AAC) at No. 25 Navy (5-0, 3-0 AAC)
Saturday, Oct. 19 – 3:30 p.m.
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium – Annapolis, Md.
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How to Track the Game:

📺 Television » CBS Sports Network

(Carter Blackburn, Adam Breneman, Sheehan Stanwick-Burch)

📻 Radio Tuning » ESPN 730 The Game

📊 Live Stats » StatBroadcast

GAME DAY PRIMER

SETTING THE STAGE
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2024 Media Guide
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GAME NOTES

• Charlotte enters their second season under head coach Biff Poggi, who was named the program’s third head coach on Nov. 15, 2022.
• RETURNING STARS: The 49ers return very few starters from last season’s squad, but the list of returners is littered with star power. Defensive back Dontae Balfour was named preseason All-AAC by Phil Steele and Athlon as was return specialist/running back Henry Rutledge. Tight end Colin Weber, in spot starting duty last season, became the first tight end in program history to lead the team in receiving. Rush end Stone Handy picked up preseason second team honors from Phil Steele, joining linebacker Prince Wallace-Bemah who earned third team recognition.
• PROGRAM FACTS: Charlotte 49ers Football enters its 12th year of existence and 10th year at the FBS level. The 49ers football program began in 2013 and spent two years as an FCS Independent before taking a fast-track to FBS as a member of Conference USA in 2015. CLT joined the AAC in 2023. In 2019, Charlotte enjoyed its first winning season and participated in its first bowl game: 2019 Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl.
• NEWCOMERS, NEWCOMERS, NEWCOMERS: Charlotte features on the nation’s most turned-over rosters in the country in 2024. 71 newcomers dot the roster in every position group and rank behind only Army (74) and North Texas (77) among total newcomers between their 2023 and 2024 rosters. The 49ers are tied with Colorado (44) for the most transfer additions in the country.
• Through the first six games, Charlotte has started three different quarterbacks this season. Max Brown started the first two games of the season before exiting the North Carolina game at halftime, DeShawn Purdie has started against Gardner-Webb and East Carolina, while Trexler Ivey started against Indiana and Rice.
• Following a bye week, Charlotte travels to No. 25 Navy for the first time in program history. Last season, in the first-ever meeting between the programs, Navy shutout the 49ers in Charlotte 14-0.
• With the Midshipmen entering the Top 25 polls this week, it will be Charlotte’s first game against a ranked opponent since traveling to No. 25 Florida last season. Indiana, Charlotte’s week four opponent, was receiving votes at the time of the game. Charlotte is 0-4 in their FBS era against ranked opponents.
• A win for the Niners would mark Charlotte’s first four-plus win season since 2021 when the program started 4-2. The 49ers have posted consecutive 3-9 seasons (2022, 2023) entering 2024.
• It will be a near-homecoming of sorts for a large number of 49ers who claim Maryland as their home state (10) as well as for Biff Poggi whose ties to Baltimore are significant.

NEXT UP

Charlotte at Memphis
Saturday, Oct. 26 (Noon; ESPN2 or ESPNU)
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium – Memphis, Tenn.
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