Mark your Poinsettia Bowl Calendar

For: Immediate Release
Sent: November 11, 2007
Contact: Scott Strasemeier (410) 293-8775

NAVAL ACADEMY ACCEPTS BID TO POINSETTIA BOWL
Tickets On Sale Now At www.navysports.com

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-Naval Academy Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk announced
today that the Naval Academy has accepted an invitation to play in the third
annual San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl on Thursday, December
20, at 6 p.m. (PST) at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, Calif. against a
Mountain West opponent. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN.

"A beautiful setting in a Navy city at one of the finest football venues in
the country has everyone excited," said Gladchuk. "Five bowl games in a row
is historic for the Academy and our congratulations to Coach Johnson, his
staff, our players and the Brigade of Midshipmen for reaffirming that Navy
is one of the finest football programs in the nation."

"I'm excited the team has achieved one of its goals, to have a chance to go
to a bowl game, and I'm excited to be going to San Diego," said Navy head
coach Paul Johnson. "San Diego is a great city and I'm sure our players
will have a great time. We still have two very important games remaining
against Northern Illinois and Army, so we are going to put the bowl game on
the back burner until the regular season is over. There's no question where
our focus needs to be and will be."

"The Naval Academy kicked this bowl game off in grand style when they
appeared in the inaugural game two years ago," said Poinsettia Bowl
President Rudy Castruita. "We're so excited the rich tradition of Navy
football is coming back to San Diego."

The bowl bid is a landmark achievement for the football program as it marks
the first time in school history that Navy has gone to five-straight bowl
games. Navy can achieve another first by winning the Commander-In-Chief's
Trophy for a school-record fifth-consecutive year on Dec. 1 when the Mids
play Army.

Tickets for the Poinsettia Bowl are on sale now at www.navysports.com(.)
Tickets can also be purchased on Tuesday morning starting at 9 a.m. by
calling 1-800-US4-NAVY or at the Ricketts Hall Box Office. Tickets are $45
for club seats and $35 for field seats. Fans not able to attend the game
can purchase tickets to sponsor a midshipman or enlisted personnel and their
families for $35.

"We strongly encourage Navy fans to buy their bowl tickets from the Naval
Academy Athletic Association," said Gladchuk. "Our goal is to bring more
than 2,000 Midshipmen and sell more than 20,000 tickets. It is very
important for this game and for future bowl games for our fans to purchase
tickets through the NAAA. "If you can't make it to the game we ask that
Navy fans buy tickets for our midshipmen, enlisted personnel and their
families which will help create an electric Navy atmosphere. This donation
is 100 percent tax deductible."