By Capt Joseph R. John, December 7, 2022
The first Army-Navy game that was played on December 2, 1890, returns this coming Saturday. It is one of the greatest rivalries in football history. In the 132-year history of the Army-Navy rivalry, 122 games have been played. Annually, the Army-Navy game is always a popular national attraction for football fans, Annapolis and West Point graduates, for extended family members of Naval Academy and Military Academy Alumni, and for the 23 million Veterans who served Honorably in the US Armed Forces.
This year, the 123rd Army-Navy game will be played on December 10, 2022, in Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field. The game will be broadcast on CBS-TV at 12:00 Noon Pacific Time. Navy won the game last year, with a 17-13 triumph. For the 122 games played to date, Navy leads Army in the number of games won, 62–53, with 7 ties.
It will be the last football game for the First Class (Seniors) Midshipmen and Cadets. In just six short months, those football players, and thousands of First Class Midshipmen and Cadets in the stands will be deployed worldwide to jointly protect millions of Americans watching the Army-Navy Game! The Army-Navy game day is the only day of the year that Naval Academy graduates and Military Academy graduates are not supportive of each other.
The Naval Academy Class of 1962 has watched 64 of the 122 Army-Navy games played to date. Even when they were deployed on…