Two Saturdays ago in the Army-Navy Game, Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds set the NCAA Division 1 record for career touchdowns by picking up his 85th touchdown. That record lasted all of one week. On Saturday night in New Orleans, Louisiana Tech running back Kenneth Dixon upped the record total by two with four touchdowns in a New Orleans Bowl victory over Arkansas State, giving him 87 career touchdowns in his final game of his collegiate career. The four-touchdown performance was a New Orleans Bowl record.
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So now Reynolds is down by two touchdowns with one more game to play. Navy will take on Pittsburgh in the Military Bowl next week, and the game will be played in Navy’s home stadium in Annapolis. Reynolds must score twice to tie the record he set the last time he was on the field, and three to reclaim sole ownership of the record. This season, Reynolds has scored at least three touchdowns in a game three times this season. Reynolds had a five-touchdown game against East Carolina, four touchdowns against SMU and three against Connecticut. Reynolds also had four games with at least three touchdowns accounted for in 2014, so he clearly has three touchdowns in him.
Will Pittsburgh give up three touchdowns? While Pat Narduzzi is having some progress being made with the program, the defense has given up 21 points seven times this season, including 29 to Miami and 34 to Louisville in the final two regular season games of the season. So yes, there is a chance Reynolds can reclaim the record in his final college football game, but it may not come too easily. Navy may go out of their way to try to give him the record if the opportunity presents itself, but odds are Reynolds would be just as happy handing off to a teammate if it means Navy ends the year with a bowl victory.