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Army vs. Navy Football Game
Published or Updated December 3, 2018
Location: United States
Sport: Football
Level: College
Sport: Football
Level: College
Event Type: Rivalry
First Held: 1890
Next Up: 12/8/2018-12/8/2018
First Held: 1890
Next Up: 12/8/2018-12/8/2018
When and Where: every 2nd Saturday in December, currently in Philadelphia, PA.
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.
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The rivalry kicked off 122 years ago when Cadet Dennis Mahan Michie accepted a “challenge” from the Naval Academy and the two squads faced off on The Plain at West Point on November 29, 1890 (Navy had been playing organized football since 1879, and came out on top of the newly-established Army squad).
Interruption (1894-1898) - Army and Navy were restricted to home games and, consequently, from playing each other. For the next five years, the explosive rivalry was defused.
In 1899, Philadelphia was chosen as a neutral locale to host the Army/Navy Game and begin the rivalry anew.
JFK attended the 1962 Army vs. Navy game
In 1963 instant replay made its debut during this game.
Joseph Reeves wore the first football helmet in the 1893 Army-Navy Game.
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"Sir, it's the Army game, sir."
--Cory Schemm, Navy Receiver, on begging his coach to play in the Army-Navy game after his shoulder was separated.
"It's something special in college athletics. It's not a game to affect the BCS...it is much more than that."
Beano Cook
"If it was, Army and Navy would be playing for the national championship every year."
Former Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden, asked if discipline was the key to winning
"There's always something special when the service academies play each other that's not in any other game. This is not a regular game and everyone involved knows it."
Roger Staubach, former Navy Quarterback and Heisman Trophy Winner
