"The Army-Navy Game" redirects here. For the episode of M*A*S*H, see The Army-Navy Game (M*A*S*H episode). "The Army-Navy Game" was episode twenty of the first season of the TV series M*A*S*H. For the similar annual match in British rugby, see Army Navy Match. The Army Navy Match is the annual rugby union match played between the senior XV teams of the Royal Navy and British Army.

Army-Navy Game

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The Army-Navy Game is an annual college football game generally played on the first Saturday in December. College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies It pits the football teams of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York (known as Army), and the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland (Navy), against one another. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, West Point is a federal military reservation (and a Census-designated place) located North of the Village of Highland Falls in Orange County New York The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. The United States Naval Academy is an undergraduate college in Annapolis, Maryland, United States that educates and commissions officers of the United States Annapolis is the capital of the US state of Maryland, as well as the County seat of Anne Arundel County. The Navy Midshipmen football team represent the United States Naval Academy in NCAA Division I -A College football. It is one of the most traditional and enduring rivalries in college football, and the game is nationally televised by CBS, having previously aired on ABC from 1992-1995. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Instant replay made its debut in the 1963 Army-Navy game. For other uses of the term "Instant replay" see Instant replay (disambiguation. Navy won the most recent contest on December 1, 2007, at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, and with the win continued a Naval Academy record for consecutive wins against the other Service Academies with five winning years against both Army and The Air Force Academy. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. M&T Bank Stadium is the home to the Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore's National Football League franchise The United States Air Force Academy ( USAFA or Air Force) is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air In addition, the 2005 win by Navy broke a 49-49 tie in victories all time between the academies. Navy also was first to win 50 games in the series, and retained the Commander in Chief's Trophy for the fifth year in a row. History of the trophy First awarded in 1972, the Commander-in-Chief's trophy was the idea of Air Force General George B

History

The Army-Navy Game has been held at several locations throughout its history, but has most frequently been played in Philadelphia, roughly equidistant from the two academies. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Historically played on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, the game is now played on the first Saturday in December and is traditionally the last game of the season for both teams and, until the recent advent of conference championship games, it was the last regular-season game played in Division I-A football. Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a traditional North American Holiday, which is a form of harvest festival. Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States With the permanent expansion of the regular season to 12 games starting in 2006, many regular-season games join the Army-Navy Game on the same weekend.

This game had inter-service "bragging rights" at stake; in past decades, when both Army and Navy were often national powers, the game occasionally had national championship implications. Interservice rivalry is a Military term referring to rivalries that can arise between different branches of a country's Armed forces, such as between a nation's However, as top-level college football has developed into primarily a training ground for the National Football League, the high academic entrance requirements, height and weight limits, and the military commitment required of West Point and Annapolis graduates has reduced the overall competitiveness of both academies. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. In fact, the 1996 game was the only one since the aforementioned 1963 game in which both Army and Navy entered with winning records.

1908 Army-Navy college football game at Franklin Field

Despite the fact that Army and Navy are no longer nationally competitive on a regular basis, the tradition of the game has ensured that it remains nationally televised to this day. Franklin Field is the University of Pennsylvania 's stadium for football, Field hockey, Lacrosse, Sprint football, and Track Arguably, one of the great appeals of this game to many fans is that since few, if any, of the participants will ever play in the NFL, they're playing solely for the love of the game. Due to commitments to serve in their respective branches of the armed services after graduation, many players are simply deemed too old and or out of "playing shape" to even consider playing competitively again, much less in the professional ranks. Many have other post-service ambitions that would preclude such a career or they simply don't want to pursue it. A small number have tried; most are out of the NFL within two or three seasons. However, quarterback Roger Staubach (Navy, 1965) went on to a Hall of Fame career with the Dallas Cowboys that included being named the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl VI. Roger Thomas Staubach, also known as Roger the Dodger, Captain Comeback, and Captain America, (born February 5, 1942 in Cincinnati The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the Hall of fame of the National Football League (NFL The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC in the National The Super Bowl Most Valuable Player or Super Bowl MVP, is an award given at the conclusion of the Super Bowl, the National Football League 's championship Super Bowl VI was an American football game played on January 16, 1972, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans Louisiana to decide Wide receiver and kickoff/punt returner Phil McConkey (Navy, 1979) was a popular player on the New York Giants' squad that won Super Bowl XXI. Philip Joseph McConkey (born February 24, 1957 in Buffalo New York) is a former American football Wide receiver who played for the The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York City suburb of East Rutherford New Jersey. Super Bowl XXI was an American football game played on January 25, 1987 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena California to Running back Napoleon McCallum (Navy, 1985) was able to concurrently serve his commitment to the Navy and play for the then-Los Angeles Raiders. Napoleon Ardel McCallum (born on October 6, 1963 in Jefferson City Missouri) is a former professional American football Running back The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in the city of Oakland California. After satisfying his Navy commitment, he joined the Raiders full time. Sadly, his career was ended by a gruesome knee injury suffered in a game against the San Francisco 49ers in 1994. The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team

The game is especially emotional for the seniors, called "first classmen" by both academies, since it is typically the last competitive football game they will ever play. (The 1996 game was an aberration, as both Army and Navy went to bowl games afterwards, and Navy has played in a bowl game in each season since 2003. ) During wartime the game is even more emotional because some seniors will not return once they are deployed. For instance, in the 2004 game, at least one senior from the class of 2003 who was killed in Iraq, Navy's J. P. Blecksmith, was remembered. James Patrick Blecksmith ( September 26 1980 &ndash November 11 2004) was an American military officer who was the first officer killed in The players placed their comrade's pads and jerseys on chairs on the sidelines. Much of the sentiment of the game goes out to those who share the uniform and who are overseas.

At the end of the game the alma maters of the losing team and then the winning team are played and sung. Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval The winning team stands alongside the losing team and faces the losing academy students; then the losing team accompanies the winning team, facing their students. This is done in a show of mutual respect and solidarity.

2002 Army-Navy college football game at Giants Stadium, Navy in dark and Army in white. Giants Stadium, is the home Stadium for the New York Giants and New York Jets football teams of the NFL, and the Red Bull New

The rivalry between Annapolis and West Point, while friendly, is intense. Even the mascots (the Navy Goat and Army Mule) have been known to play jokes on each other. The Cadets live and breathe the phrase "Beat Navy", while Midshipmen have the opposite dinned into them. Even the weight plates in the Navy weight room are stamped with the phrase "Beat Army". They have become a symbol of competitiveness, not just in the Army-Navy Game, but in the service of their country, and are often used at the close of (informal) letters by graduates of both academies.

Occasionally, the Commander in Chief's Trophy, awarded to each season's winner of the triangular series between Army, Navy, and Air Force, will be at stake in this game. History of the trophy First awarded in 1972, the Commander-in-Chief's trophy was the idea of Air Force General George B The Air Force Falcons are the College football team from the United States Air Force Academy, located just outside of Colorado Springs Colorado. For most of the 1970s, Navy had held the trophy. After a period of flux for most of the 1980s, Air Force dominated the competition until the early 2000s. Navy has now reestablished itself as the dominant team in the rivalry, having won the trophy in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

The rivalries Army and Navy have with the Air Force Academy are much less intense than the Army-Navy rivalry, primarily due to the relative youth of the Air Force Academy, and the physical distance between Air Force and the other two schools. The United States Air Force Academy ( USAFA or Air Force) is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air The Army-Air Force and Navy-Air Force games are played at the academies' regular home fields, rather than at a neutral site, although Navy has occasionally moved its home games with Air Force to FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland and M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. FedExField (originally Jack Kent Cooke Stadium) is a football Stadium located in Landover, an unincorporated community near the Capital Landover is an area of Prince George's County in the State of Maryland in the United States of America. M&T Bank Stadium is the home to the Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore's National Football League franchise

Results

Overall

As of 2007 game:

• Navy: 52 wins
• Army: 49 wins
• 7 ties
• Longest streak: 7 years (Navy; ongoing as of 2007)
• 108 total games played
• 10 years in which game was not played

By year

Army victories are shown in ██ gold, Navy victories in ██ blue, and tie games in ██ silver.

Future dates

The 2008 game will be played on December 6 and the 2009 contest will be held on December 5, with both games being played at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Veterans Stadium (informally called "The Vet") was a professional sports facility located at the northeast corner of Broad Street and Pattison The Rose Bowl is an outdoor football Stadium in Pasadena California, near Los Angeles. Pasadena ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Giants Stadium, is the home Stadium for the New York Giants and New York Jets football teams of the NFL, and the Red Bull New East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. M&T Bank Stadium is the home to the Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore's National Football League franchise Lincoln Financial Field, familiarly known as " The Linc " is the home Stadium of the National Football League 's Philadelphia Eagles M&T Bank Stadium is the home to the Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore's National Football League franchise Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Lincoln Financial Field, familiarly known as " The Linc " is the home Stadium of the National Football League 's Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə

Locations

• Philadelphia, PA 80 games
• New York, NY 11 games
• Baltimore, MD 4 games
• East Rutherford, NJ 4 games
• Annapolis, MD 3 games
• West Point, NY 3 games
• Chicago, IL 1 game
• Pasadena, CA 1 game
• Princeton, NJ 1 game

See also

• Bill the Goat
• Commander in Chief's Trophy

References

• Civil War: Army Vs. Bill the Goat is the Mascot of the United States Naval Academy. History of the trophy First awarded in 1972, the Commander-in-Chief's trophy was the idea of Air Force General George B Navy–A Year Inside College Football's Purest Rivalry, by John Feinstein, ISBN 0-7881-5777-9

External links

• Philadelphia's official Army-Navy web site
• BeatNavy.com