Navy Wins!!! Army – Navy Football Game

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Navy wins first, sings second…the winning football team sings its alma mater song second after the losing team has sung its version first.

Navy Midshipmen (4 – 8) defeat Army Black Knights (8 – 4) by the score of 17 – 13 in the 122nd edition of Army – Navy Football Game played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.

Army entered the football game rivalry following a 15-0 victory in the 2020 matchup.

Navy Midshipmen lead the all-time series against Army 61-53-7 and are 3-1 against the Black Knights in games played at MetLife Stadium. Navy has won the last two games played in New Jersey by a combined score of 97-19 (58-12 in 2002, 39-7 in 1997).

While Navy cannot win the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy outright this season due to losing to Air Force, the Midshipmen can prevent Army from winning it with a victory.

The Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy is presented annually to the winner of the football competition among the three major service academies — Army, Navy and Air Force — and is named in honor of the President of the United States (POTUS). Navy has won the trophy 11 of the last 18 years and has won 27 of the last 38 Service Academy games against Air Force and Army.

When there is no outright winner, the trophy remains with the winner of the previous year’s competition (Army).  The trophy is sponsored by the West Point Association of Graduates, the Naval Academy Alumni Association and the Air Force Association of Graduates. The year in which the trophy is won outright, it is engraved on a plate gracing the respective academy’s side of the trophy.

Upon U.S Naval Academy graduation in May 2022, the 25 seniors on the Navy football team will serve in the nations’s armed services…(14 will be commissioned Ensigns in the U.S. Navy, while 11 will be commissioned 2nd Lieutenants in the United States Marine Corps).

Go Navy!!!

References:

  1. https://navysports.com/news/2021/12/6/122nd-edition-of-army-navy-football-game-slated-for-saturday-at-metlife-stadium.aspx
  2. https://armynavygame.com
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