Kansas State QB ties Dobbs’ mark for rushing touchdowns
January 7th, 2012 | After Action Football Navy | Posted by Sean Smyth
Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein, top, tied former Navy quarterback Ricky Dobbs’ record for most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in one season. (The Associated Press photos)
Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein got a share of a record Friday night, but he didn’t get what he really wanted– a victory.
Klein scored his 27th rushing touchdown of the season for the 11th-ranked Wildcats, who fell 29-16 to No. 7 Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl at Cowboys Stadium, outside Dallas. That touchdown tied him with former Navy quarterback Ricky Dobbs, who set the mark for most touchdowns by a quarterback in the Football Bowl Subdivision two years ago.
Klein didn’t want the focus on his record. “It’s overshadowed by our ability as a group. We came up short,” he said after the game.
Dobbs’ 2009 season was magical: He ran for 1,204 yards and passed for 1,031. Navy finished 10-4 and in the top 25 after an impressive victory over Missouri in the Texas Bowl.
The scary part: Klein has another year of eligibility left. And with this being a quarterback-laden draft, you’d assume he’s going back to Manhattan, Kan.
Pretty sweet Ricky Dobbs highlight video posted on YouTube
March 10th, 2011 | Football Navy | Posted by Phil Creed
Here’s some YouTube gold for Navy football fans. Ricky Dobbs‘ epic career at Navy is encapsulated in this four-minute highlight video of him shredding defenses throughout his record-setting days as quarterback of the Mids.
Kudos to NAVYFB123 for putting it together.
Aztecs spoil Navy’s play for second-straight 10-win season
December 23rd, 2010 | Football Navy | Posted by Phil Creed
Ricky Dobbs runs through San Diego State defenders on a 22-yard gain during the first half of the Poinsettia Bowl. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
The brilliant careers of Ricky Dobbs and the rest of the Navy seniors ended with a 35-14 loss to San Diego State on Thursday night in the Poinsettia Bowl. The Aztecs offense had too much firepower for Navy’s defense, finishing with 555 total yards. Freshman running back Ronnie Hillman led San Diego State’s attack, rushing for 228 yards and three touchdowns. Hillman also caught a touchdown at the beginning of the fourth quarter, which was effectively the back-breaker for Navy.
Aztec junior quarterback Ryan Lindley threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns.
For Navy, Dobbs has a typically strong game leading the option attack, grinding out 108 yards and running for one touchdown and throwing for another. On defense, however, Navy could not get pressure on Lindley and forced no turnovers. Aztec wide receiver Vincent Brown scorched the Mid secondary in the first half and finished with 165 receiving yards — 143 of which came in the first quarter.
Navy finishes the season 9-4, highlighted by wins over Notre Dame and rival Army. This was Navy’s eighth-straight appearance in a bowl game, a program record.
See more pictures of the game after the jump…
Ricky Dobbs and coach Niumatalolo after Navy’s 31-17 win
December 14th, 2010 | Army Army-Navy game Football Navy | Posted by Chris Kelly
Here’s a quick video of Navy quarterback Ricky Dobbs after the Midshipmen’s win this past Saturday. He’s now a man on a mission to get Navy to 10 wins.
And here’s video of Navy Coach Ken Niumatalolo’s press conference after the game.
Added Bonus: Quotes from Navy’s senior offensive tackle Jeff Battipaglia and sophomore slotback John Howell.
That’s All Folks
December 11th, 2010 | Army-Navy game Football Navy | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Navy quarterback Ricky Dobbs smiles after Navy wins the 2010 Army-Navy game, final score: 31-17.
Third quarter: Navy 24 Army 10
December 11th, 2010 | Army-Navy game | Posted by rahoff
Navy quarterback Ricky Dobbs refuses to allow Army to fall out of this game. With Navy driving in Army territory to put the final stake in the Black Knights’ heart, Dobbs committed his fourth turnover of the game by throwing an interception to Army safety Richard King in the endzone.
Army started off the second half strong, marching down the field before the drive stalled and settling for a 42-yard field goal. Army should consider having the kicker to double duty because their punter has been abysmal all game.
Army quarterback Trent Steelman didn’t look injured in the third quarter after hobbling off the field at the end of the first half.
If Army wants to complete a comeback its defense is going to have to pitch a shutout the rest of the way and Army is going to have to open up the offense a bit. For Navy, they just need to protect the ball. Dobbs’ affinity for turning the ball over needs to end if Navy wants to finish off the Black Knights for ninth straight game.
Special guest prediction: Army 17 Navy 14
December 11th, 2010 | After Action Army-Navy game | Posted by rahoff
This year After Action brought in a special guest, retired Lt. Col. Robert Hoffman, who also played defensive end at Bloomsburg University. This year he will be blogging and providing his insight on the game. We asked him first for a prediction.
After walking the field before kick-off and sensing the energy coming from Army’s side of the field I am predicting Army ends their eight game losing streak and winning 17-14.
The key for Army will be containing Navy senior quarterback Ricky Dobbs. The cadets also need to contain wide receiver Greg Jones who is Dobbs favorite target. All year Navy has tried to feature Dobbs’ arm more in the offense and I expect Navy’s coaches will want to do more of the same in Dobbs’ last Army-Navy game. Read the rest of this entry »
Ricky Dobbs wanted to take his talents to Atlanta
December 9th, 2010 | Army-Navy game Football Navy | Posted by Mike Hoffman
Navy senior quarterback Ricky Dobbs thought long and hard about transferring to Georgia Tech when coach Paul Johnson left. (AP photo)
Annapolis Capital sports scribe Bill Wagner is profiling many of Navy’s seniors in the lead up to this Saturday’s Army-Navy game. He profiled do-everything-quarterback Ricky Dobbs, who will be included on a short list of Navy’s greatest all-time players. What’s most interesting in Wagner’s piece, though, is how close Navy came to losing the “Magic Man.”
You can read the whole article here, but these are some of the highlights:
• Dobbs didn’t start at quarterback when he enrolled at the Naval Academy Prep School. Coaches played him at first at fullback, and Dobbs wasn’t happy. Navy was the only Division 1 school to offer him a scholarship, but Dobbs thought he was offered a false bill of goods.
“I’d been a quarterback all my life and suddenly I’m trying to learn a position I’d never played. I was like, ‘This isn’t what I signed up for.’ I had to think long and hard about whether or not I wanted to even go to the academy,” Dobbs told Wagner.
Not until his last game for the NAPS football team did coaches start him at quarterback. Read the rest of this entry »
Navy-Arkansas State highlights
November 21st, 2010 | Football Marine Corps Navy | Posted by Phil Creed
Ricky Dobbs’ final home game for Navy was a memorable one. The senior quarterback passed for a touchdown and ran for three more while rolling up 318 total yards, a career high, and led Navy to a 35-19 victory over Arkansas State at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
Dobbs is part of a historic senior class that was recognized prior to the game. The 23 Navy seniors have won 33 games overall, including two memorable wins against Notre Dame. The seniors won three Commander-in-Chief’s Trophies, never lost to Army and appeared in four consecutive bowl games.
“These guys have done a lot,” coach Ken Niumatalolo told The Washington Post. “A lot of them have played a ton of ballgames for us. Seems like [safety Wyatt Middleton] been here for eight years. He’s played a ton of football games. They’ve been in big games for us, helped us win a lot of games. The senior class has done a lot for us.”
Navy is now 8-3 heading into the annual game with Army. If the Mids win against the Cadets and win their bowl game, they will have back-to-back 10 wins seasons for the first time in school history.
A closer look at the screen pass that started off Navy’s big day
October 24th, 2010 | Football Navy | Posted by Phil Creed
Alexander Teich had the game of his life against Notre Dame, rushing for a career-high 210 yards and scoring on a well-executed 31-yard screen pass that helped set the tone for Navy’s 35-17 win against the Fighting Irish.
Teich started this season as the backup fullback to Vince Murray, who took Teich’s starting job last year after he got hurt. When Murray went down with a knee injury in the Wake Forest game Oct. 9, the 217-pound Teich stepped in, and he’s made the most of his opportunity. Teich has had four touchdowns in the last three games (two rushing, two receiving) and scored the winning TD against SMU last week. On Saturday, he absolutely scorched the Notre Dame defense.
Teich’s score on the screen pass was a particularly impressive team effort. Quarterback Ricky Dobbs sold the screen to perfection, but delivered a high pass that Teich had to sky for and deflect in order to make an acrobatic catch. With three lineman running with him, Teich had lots of open field ahead of him. Left guard Josh Cabral destroyed one Notre Dame defender, while wide reciever Matt Aiken made another key downfield block. Tiech, running full speed, went airborne and dove through the last two Fighting Irish defenders in his path.
If you listen to the audio as Navy players mob Teich after the TD, you can hear one yell “Aaahhhhhhhhhh! What a play!”
Indeed, it was:
