11/4/2004 - Football
Navy-Tulane Radio and Television Information

Navy (7-1) will travel to New Orleans, La., to take on the Tulane Green Wave (2-5) Saturday evening at the Louisiana Superdome (69,767). Kickoff is set for 6 p.m central time (7 p.m. EST).

Navy is off to its best start since 1978 when the Mids started 7-1 and finished 9-3, which included a 23-16 victory over BYU in the Holiday Bowl.

A win on Saturday would move Navy to 8-1 for the first time since 1963 when the Mids, led by Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Roger Staubach, started 8-1 and finished 9-2, which included a 28-6 loss to No. 1-ranked Texas in the Cotton Bowl.

Tulane, which upset UAB, 59-55, two weeks ago, is coming off a 24-3 loss to Houston.

Saturday's game will be televised statewide in Louisiana on a taped delay basis by Cox Sports Television at 11 p.m. Saturday night and again Monday at 4 p.m.

Saturday's game can be heard on the Navy Radio Network, which includes ESPN Radio in Baltimore (1300 AM), Sportstalk 980 in Washington, D.C. (980 AM), WNAV in Annapolis (1430 AM), ESPN Radio in Cambridge, Md. (1240 AM), ESPN Radio in Norfolk, Va. (1310 AM)and WFWR (91.5 FM) in Attica, Ind.

The game can also be heard world wide via the internet at
www.navysports.com, www.wnav.com or www.sportstalk980.com, Sirius satellite radio (for channel number go to www.sirius.com) or on American Forces Network.

The Navy Football Pregame show will air an hour before kickoff (6 p.m. EST) on those same networks.

Bob Socci is in his eighth season on the Navy football broadcasts and is in his seventh year as the full-time play-by-play announcer. Socci is joined by former Navy fullback Omar Nelson ('97), who is in his third year as a member of the Navy Radio Network and his second as the full-time color analyst. Noted sports author John Feinstein provides a weekly pregame segment.

Pete Medhurst and Joe Miller will kick things off with the Navy Tailgate Show on 1430 WNAV and www.wnav.com live from Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium at 5 p.m. EST.