America's Game: How Army and Navy Built One of the Most Legendary College Football Rivalries
Navy started playing organized football in 1879, when first-classman William John Maxwell formed the Naval Academy’s first team. The squad practiced before reveille and after drills, against direct orders from the academy superintendent who had banned the sport. By 1890, Navy needed a similar opponent, but Army didn’t have a football team. When Navy requested […]
Army and Kansas State Face Off in Football Saturday Night with Military Pride on Both Their Minds
MANHATTAN, Kan. — There is a little more meaning when Army plays certain schools in football. Kansas State is one of them. It might not seem like it at first glance. One of the nation’s flagship military schools has only played the land-grant college twice in its history, the first matchup at West Point in […]
Army Football Player and His Dad Save a Man from Flames After a Car Crash near West Point
FORT MONTGOMERY, N.Y. — An Army football player and his father pulled a man from a crashed car just before it burst into flames near the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, earning praise from the institution for “heroic” and “selfless” actions. Video of the daring rescue early Sunday showed sophomore safety Larry Pickett Jr. […]
The 3 FBS Service Academy Football Programs, Ranked
Service academy sports are in a league of their own. Not literally, of course: Army, Navy and Air Force are all NCAA Division I teams, while the Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Academies are Division III. Despite their affiliations, none of these teams make much of a difference in the college football season. Before the […]
Veteran Daniel Penny, Acquitted in NYC Subway Chokehold Trial, Will Join Trump's Suite at Football Game
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Daniel Penny, a military veteran who choked an agitated New York subway rider and was acquitted of homicide this week, has been invited by Vice President-elect JD Vance to join Donald Trump’s suite at the Army–Navy football game on Saturday. The Marine veteran was cleared of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely […]
The Greatest Service Academy Football Lineup in Army-Navy Game History
Since the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, first started playing football in the late 19th century, it has posted undefeated seasons, claimed national championships and been the home of Heisman Trophy winners. Then there was the 1912 Army team — a squad that finished with a mediocre 5-3 record but might be […]
How the 2024 College Football Season Could See 2 Army-Navy Games
The second Saturday of December during every college football season is reserved for the Army Black Knights and Navy Midshipmen to face off in one of the sport’s most enduring rivalries. Your grandpa probably watched the Army-Navy Game; your dad probably did, too. Lord knows, both teams have been playing the same kind of football […]
Army and Navy Football Both Ranked in AP Top 25 for First Time Since 1960
Navy football appeared in the Week 8 Associated Press Top 25, checking in at No. 25 in the poll that was released Sunday. The Midshipmen are ranked for the first time since the end of the 2019 season, when they ended the year ranked 20th. Army (6-0, 5-0 American Athletic Conference) is also ranked this […]
How the Army Made a Deal with UFL Football and The Rock Despite Doubts over the Sponsorship's Worth
The Army inked a significant sponsorship deal with the little-known United Football League, or UFL, the upstart minor league alternative to the NFL, after internal reviews on the idea found the investment would be unlikely to yield new recruits in a meaningful way, according to documents obtained by Military.com. The roughly $11 million deal set […]
AAC Votes to Add Army in 2024 for Football, Sources Say. Army-Navy to Remain Nonconference Game.
The American Athletic Conference voted unanimously to add Army as a football-only member starting in 2024, two people with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because a formal announcement was still in the works. AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco was planning […]