7/14/2005 - Football
Navy Ranked 70th By The Sporting News

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-The Sporting News preseason football publication ranked Navy 70th in the country entering the 2005 campaign. Only two schools on Navy's schedule rank ahead of the Midshipmen-Notre Dame (37) and Maryland (44). The Mids were ranked ahead of Kent State (76), Tulane (77), Army (92), Rutgers (93), Air Force (95),Stanford (98), Duke (99), Rice (102) and Temple (107).

Navy opens up the 2005 campaign on Sept. 3 against Maryland in a 6 p.m. contest at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Season tickets are still on sale at the Naval Academy Box Office in Ricketts Hall, on the web at www.navysports.com, or by calling 1-800-US4-NAVY.