Since the first Army-Navy football game on November 29, 1890, there has been a continuing rivalry between these two military branches. Maintaining the spirit of this long standing competition, the Army ROTC cadets based at WPI will be playing the Navy ROTC cadets from Holy Cross following the televised Army-Navy football game on December 7, 1996. Both teams have already started talking trash about each other and are counting on their team to win.
The Navy may have more to prove than the Army. They have a reputation to gain back. Although this is the first meeting between the two ROTC branches here, the Army has a 46-43-7 lead in the all time series at the national level. In fact, the Army has beaten the Navy each of the four last games. However, the Army has only won by a combined four game total of six points and so the competition is fierce.
As for the Army cadets, they will try to avoid repeating history. In the first Army-Navy football game, the Army lost by a score of 25-0. If they are to accomplish this task they will have to put it together on the field. The Navy has amassed a large force to do battle with the Army cadets on that Saturday. They needed to have try-outs because too many people wanted a piece of the Army.
So grab your winter coat, blankets, and a warm mug of hot chocolate and come down to Alumni Field at 7pm on December 7 to see who is declared the victor at the end of the game. Who will win the bragging rights at all the Consortium schools? Which team will end up in the front leaning rest when time expires? All I can say is that this will be one hell of a game and I wouldn't miss it if I were you.