Capital Gazette · Feb 9, 2016
Navy 2016 football dates finalized with release of conference schedule
The 2016 Navy football schedule will feature home games against four bowl opponents and an FCS opponent that beat Army West Point in last year's opener according to the schedule released by the American Athletic Conference on Tuesday.
The Mids will play seven teams that went to a bowl game in 2015. CBS Sports Network will televise all five games at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, while the Notre Dame and Army games will be televised by CBS. The Mids will have two prime time games on the ESPN Family of Networks.
Navy will kick off the 2016 campaign against Fordham on Saturday, Sept. 3. Fordham finished 2015 with a 9-3 record, which included a 37-35 victory over the Black Knights.