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Updated at 1:13 p.m., Saturday, August 30, 2008

UH alum Niumatalolo wins debut as Navy head coach

Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Shun White rushed for a school-record 348 yards Saturday as Navy ran past Towson 41-13 to give coach Ken Niumatalolo a win in his debut.

Niumatalolo is a Radford High and University of Hawai'i alum.

White scored on runs of 33, 87 and 73 yards to break Eddie Meyers' record of 298 set in 1981 against Syracuse.

Navy, the top rushing team in the nation the last three seasons, totaled 558 yards against the Tigers, the third-best team total in school history.

Quarterback Jarod Bryant rushed for 75 yards, scored on a 20-yard run, and completed a 38-yard scoring pass to Bobby Doyle. Bryant started in place of Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada, a Kapolei High alum, who had an injured left hamstring.

Navy's Matt Harmon also set a school record with his 52nd consecutive extra point.

Towson's Sean Schaefer passed for 330 yards, completing 29 of 47 passes. In the first half, he completed 20 of 31 passes for 225 yards and threw touchdown passes to Casey Cagles for 22 yards and Marcus Lee for 4 yards.

Rashawn King's interception stopped Towson's opening drive at the Navy 23 and the Mids turned around and drove 77 yards, capped by Bryant scoring from the 20 with 6:10 left in the first quarter.

After a 21-yard punt by Towson's Bill Shears gave the ball to Navy in Tigers' territory, White capped a 43-yard drive with his 33-yard run.

Towson scored on a 22-yard pass from Schaefer to Cagles, and missed the extra point. On the first Navy play following the score, White took a pitch from Bryant and raced 87 yards to put the Mids up 21-6.

Schaefer's 4-yard pass to Marcus Lee closed it to 21-13, but Harmon's 31-yard field goal as the half ended made the score 24-13.

Bryant's pass to Doyle early in the third quarter put Navy up 31-13 and White's 73-yard run with 8:40 to play made it 38-13. Harmon added a 20-yard field goal to close the scoring.