Coronavirus cases prompt Navy and Tulsa to postpone football game

Navy’s Saturday football game against Tulsa has been postponed after positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed at the Academy.

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Neither the academy nor the American Athletic Conference indicated how many cases have been identified.

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Navy has also suspended all football activities.

The two programs don’t share a common open date – so the conference is looking at options for playing the game in the future.

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A potential future date for the contest has not been identified.

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