ANNAPOLIS — Blake Horvath threw two touchdowns passes, Eli Heidenreich caught two for scores and Navy opened its season with a 49-21 win over FCS Bucknell on Saturday.
Braxton Woodson also saw action at quarterback and threw for one touchdown and ran for another. The QBs combined to go 10-for-19 for 173 yards, three TDs and two interceptions.
Ralph Rucker IV, who set a Bison record last year by throwing for 2,537 yards, was 11-for-24 for 122 yards and a score. TJ Cadden made five catches for 97 yards.
Rucker threw a 47-yard TD pass to Nate Anderson within the first two minutes of the game, but the Midshipmen scored the next 28 points of the half, including Daba Fofana’s 49-yard burst up the middle and Horvath’s screen pass to Woodson, who broke tackles on his way to a 42-yard score.
Bucknell cornerback Aaron Davis was injured early in the second half and was put on a stretcher. He gave a thumbs-up as he was carted off.
