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Saturday, December 10, 2011

History of Army-Navy Game

history of army navy game
Army Navy game is an American college football team, the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York and Annapolis, Maryland, the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) competition between games. USMA team, "Army", and USNA team, "Navy", each representing the oldest of their service commissioning source of income. Thus, the game to reflect the U.S. armed forces armed services competitive spirit.

It is college football's most traditional and enduring competitive one. The game is nationally televised CBS, from 1992 to 1995 on ABC before the broadcast. Instant replay in 1963, the Army and Navy game appearance. The winner was awarded the Thompson Cup, its donors, Robert M · Thompson's name.

In a recent series of events to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 11, 2010, at Lincoln Financial Field. Navy won a 31-17 score. Now, the Navy led a record of 55 wins, 49 losses, and seven time-series relationships. Army and Navy of the game, in 1890, it has in its entire history, held at several locations, but most often played in Philadelphia, roughly equidistant from the academicians. History on Saturday after Thanksgiving to play, now playing the game on the second Saturday in December, is the traditional two teams last game of the season, until the arrival of the recent conference championship game, it is the last regular season play Division IA football. With 12 regular season games, starting in 2006, a permanent expansion, many regular-season games, join the Army Navy game in the same weekend. In 2009, mobile gaming is on the first Saturday in December the second Saturday, which means it will no longer conflict with conference championship game, and again last year in the college football regular season.

This game has been cross-service "bragging rights" of the shares; in the past few decades, the Army and Navy, often of state power, national championship game occasionally affected. However, improving the national level to play football in college, and became the National Football League (NFL), has high academic entry requirements, height and weight limits the prospect of playing push, and the necessary military commitment to reduce the overall competitiveness These two institutions. Since 1963, only the 1996 and 2010 Winter Olympic Games have seen the two teams to enter the Awards.
The tradition of the game, make sure it is still broadcast nationwide on this day. We can say that this game is one of many fans called for, because a small number of participants, if any, will continue to play in the NFL, they are only playing the game of love. As promised in the armed services after graduation for their respective branches, many players simply that too old, or even consider playing competitive again, much less in the professional ranks. Many other services, will be excluded from this career ambitions, or they simply do not want to pursue one. However, in the Army and Navy of the game some of the participants of the professional football career. Quarterback Roger Staubach (Navy, 1965) and the Dallas Cowboys, including being named the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl VI to Hall's Hall of Fame career. Wide receiver and kickoff / punt returner Phil McConkey (Navy, 1979) is a popular player in the New York Giants won Super Bowl XXI. Run Napoleon McCallum (Navy, 1985), is his commitment to serve the Navy and play and then Los Angeles Raiders. To meet his commitment to the Navy, he joined the Raiders full-time. Sadly, his career ended a terrible knee on the San Francisco 49ers game in 1994, suffered damage.

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