11/14/2001 - Football
NBC To Televise Navy-Notre Dame Game

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The Navy Midshipmen travel to South Bend, Ind., to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Saturday. Kickoff is 2:30 (EST) p.m. and the game will be televised live by NBC. Tom Hammond will call the play-by-play and Pat Haden will handle the color commentary. Jim Gray will be the sideline reporter. The game is a sellout (80,795).

The Mids enter Saturday's contest looking to end two streaks- an eight-game losing streak overall and a 37-game losing streak to Notre Dame, an NCAA record for consecutive losses to one opponent.

Saturday's game will be broadcast live on the 10-station Navy Radio Network, including 1300 WJFK in Baltimore, 630 WMAL in Washington and 1430 WNAV in Annapolis. You can also hear the broadcast live on the internet at events.yahoo.com/Sports_Events/College/, www.wnav.com or on www.wmal.com(.) Bob Socci will call the play-by-play and Ron Wolf will handle the color commentary.

The game will also be broadcast nationally on the radio via Westwood One. Tony Roberts will call the play-by-play, while former Notre Dame great Allen Pinkett will handle the color analysis. Former Heisman Trophy winner Paul Hornung will provide the pregame and halftime analysis.