Sept. 2, 2004

EASTON, Pa. (www.lafayette.edu) - For the second-straight year, the Lafayette football program will make more national television appearances than any other in NCAA Division I-AA. The Lafayette Sports Network will broadcast the Leopards' entire schedule on Empire Sports Network, DIRECTV and DISH Network. Regionally, the Lafayette Sports Network can be seen by more than 9.1 million viewers on RCN-TV 4 and WBPH-TV 60 in Eastern Pennsylvania - including all of Philadelphia - and Western New Jersey. The Lafayette Sports Network, which begins its fifth season of national telecasts via DIRECTV and DISH Network, has reached an agreement with Empire Sports Network to air all 11 Lafayette football games in 2004 to its potential audience of more than 17.5 million viewers in Upstate and Western New York as well as more than 40 million potential viewers on DIRECTV (channel 626) and at least 19.5 million possible viewers on DISH Network (channel 432). Empire Sports Network will broadcast seven games live in 2004 - six of the seven road games and the 140th meeting of Lafayette-Lehigh. The one road contest that will not be live, Oct. 9 at Columbia, will be shown that same day in tape-delay. Empire will also broadcast the Leopards' first three home contests in tape-delay the Tuesday following the game at 7 p.m. Local television sports broadcaster Gary Laubach will handle all of the Leopards' play-by-play duties for the eighth straight season. John Leone, Lafayette's Director of Alumni Affairs, will provide color analysis for the seventh straight season. Reporting from the Leopards' sidelines will be Dan Mowdy for the fourth season. Every Lafayette football game will also be available live on radio via WEST-1400 AM for the 69th straight season. WEST-AM sports director Dick Hammer enters his 37th season of handling play-by-play duties. Providing color analysis on most broadcasts will once again be Carl Schumacher. The live audio and video feed of all broadcasted events will be available simultaneously on Lafayette's athletics web site, www.goleopards.com. All Lafayette webcasts will be distributed by RealNetworks, Inc., the global leader in Internet media delivery. Lafayette opens the 2004 season on Saturday, hosting Marist at 1 p.m.