Saturday’s football game between Navy and Memphis has been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 issues surrounding Navy’s football team, the American Athletic Conference announced Tuesday. This is the second consecutive game postponed for the Midshipmen.
Last week’s game against Tulsa was postponed after multiple positive COVID-19 tests and ensuing contact tracing among the Midshipmen. While the amount of positive tests were initially described as “minimal” a significant amount of Navy players were made unavailable to play due to ensuing contact tracing.
Navy’s football activities remain on pause and restricted to virtual team meetings this week. The Midshipmen’s next scheduled game is at South Florida on Nov. 21. They have open dates on Nov. 28 and Dec. 5 before playing Army in the annual Army-Navy Game on Dec. 12. That game has been moved from Philadelphia to West Point due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The AAC will consider a number of rescheduling options for Navy-Memphis. However, Navy and Memphis don’t share any open dates — the same issue the Midshipmen have with Tulsa.
Memphis is scheduled to play Stephen F. Austin on Nov. 21. They’ll play at Tulane on Nov. 28 and home against Houston on Dec. 5.
