Army vs. Navy Football Game

Armies and Navies are created to do battle – to defend borders, hold lines, and advance the agenda of their sovereignties.

But when they both fight under the same flag, they take the battle to the gridiron.

Having commenced in 1890, the Army-Navy game is the annual meeting of the football teams from the United States Military and Naval academies.

The nation’s love for this gridiron battle is partly due to the fact that most players will never see NFL action – they’re committed to the game, but they’re also committed to military service upon graduation.

Their rivalry is ingrained on many levels – “Beat Army” or “Beat Navy” is stamped all over the respective campuses from t-shirts and bumper stickers to weights in the football team’s training rooms.

Due in no small part to the rivalries within the United States Armed Services, this game is chock-full of tradition, with bragging rights on the line for the newly minted officers of the United States’ Army and Navy.

And so they fight.