NAVAL ACADEMY ANNOUNCES 2004 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-Navy will play six games at newly renovated Jack
Stephens Field at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and play host to
Notre Dame (Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.) and Army (Lincoln
Financial Field) in neutral site games according to the 2004 football
schedule released today by Naval Academy Director of Athletics Chet
Gladchuk.

"With a six-game schedule at the newly renovated stadium and
three of our first four games at home we are hopeful our home field
advantage will play a big factor in early success for the team," said
Gladchuk. "The 2004 schedule presents a challenging but reasonable
schedule that will give our team a realistic opportunity to be
competitive and to go into every game with an expect to win state of
mind."

"I think the 2004 schedule is a challenging slate of games, but
it gives us a chance to play at home in front of the Brigade of
Midshipmen six times," said Navy head coach Paul Johnson. "It provides
a nice cross section of opponents including four games against schools
from BCS conferences and the two games against the brother academies.

Navy will kickoff the 2004 season with a Sept. 4 contest against
Duke in a game that will kickoff at 6 p.m. It will be the first night
game at the newly refurbished stadium and the first night game at
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium since Navy opened up the 2000
campaign against Temple.

Duke finished 4-8 last year and won two of its final three games under
then interim and now current head coach Ted Roof. In Roof's five-game
stint as interim coach he led Duke to a 2-3 record, including a 41-17
pasting of bowl bound Georgia Tech and near upsets of North Carolina
State and Tennessee.

The Mids will play host to Northeastern on Sept. 11 in a game that will
kickoff at 1:30 p.m. The Huskies were 8-4 last year and were the only
team to defeat I-AA National Champion Delaware (15-1).

Navy travels to Tulsa, Oklahoma on Sept. 18 to take on the Golden
Hurricane in a game that will match the two most improved teams of 2003.

Tulsa, who was 1-11 in 2002, posted an 8-4 mark this year and will play
Georgia Tech in the Humanitarian Bowl on Jan. 3.

The Mids return home the following week to take on Vanderbilt of the
SEC in a 1:30 p.m. contest. The Commodores finished 2-10 last year,
including a 37-27 upset loss at home against Navy.

Navy will put the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy on the line for the first
time on Oct. 2 when the Mids travel to Colorado Springs to take on Air
Force. The Falcons finished 7-5 last year, including a 28-25 loss to
Navy that cost the Falcons the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy.

After an open week, the Mids will travel to Giants Stadium in East
Rutherford, N.J. to take on Notre Dame in a game that will be televised
nationally by CBS (game ti