Heidenreich becomes Navy’s all-time receiving yards leader as Midshipmen beat No. 25 South Florida

Navy running back Eli Heidenreich catches a pass during the first half of a NCAA college football tournament against South Florida Saturday Nov in Annapolis Md AP Photo Gail Burton AP Gail Burton Navy running back Eli Heidenreich catches a pass during the first half of a NCAA college football match against South Florida Saturday Nov in Annapolis Md AP Photo Gail Burton AP Gail Burton ANNAPOLIS Md AP Eli Heidenreich caught five passes for yards and became Navy s all-time receiving yards leader quarterback Braxton Woodson ran for yards and two touchdowns in the fourth quarter in relief of Blake Horvath and the Midshipmen defeated No South Florida - on Saturday Alex Tecza carried times for yards including an early -yard figure and caught Horvath s lone touchdown pass as Navy - - American Athletic Conference secured a half-game lead in the conference Heidenreich has career receiving yards and moved past Rob Thompson s compiled from - Byrum Brown threw for yards and two touchdowns and ran for yards and two more scores for South Florida - - which scored points in the fourth quarter yet lost its second consecutive road encounter The Bulls also lost ground in their bid to reach the conference championship competition After Heidenreich earlier career-long -yard catch from Horvath set up Brandon Chatman s -yard touchdown run to make it - at the end of the first quarter his -yard catch from Woodson was a crucial moment during an eight-play -yard scoring drive that ended with Woodson s -yard scoring run to make it - On Navy s next possession Woodson ran yards for the Midshipmen s third play of or more yards to make it - The takeaway After another big home win put the Bulls back in the Top for the fifth time this season South Florida may fall back Up next South Florida At UAB next Saturday Navy At Memphis on Nov Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top throughout the season Sign up here AP college football https apnews com hub ap-top- -college-football-poll and https apnews com hub college-football Source