Shutdown: Navy-Air Force Football Game Back On

October 3, 2013 10:31 AM
U.S. Naval Academy quarterback Trey Miller (1) hands off the football during the 113th Army-Navy Football game at Lincoln Financial Field in 2012. US Navy Photo
U.S. Naval Academy quarterback Trey Miller (1) hands off the football during the 113th Army-Navy Football game at Lincoln Financial Field in 2012. US Navy Photo

The football game between the Naval and Air Force academies is back on, according to a Naval Academy release obtained by USNI News.

The teams received special approval from the Pentagon to play the game this Saturday at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

“The secretary of defense has authorized the game to move forward with the condition that there will be no [government-] appropriated funding expended,” Naval Academy athletic director Chet Gladchuk said in The Baltimore Sun.

The game could bring in anywhere from $2.5 to 3 million for the academies, the paper reported.

“The winner of the last 13 Navy-Air Force games has gone on to win the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy,” according to the release from the Naval Academy .
“Three of the last four Navy-Air Force games has gone to overtime.”

Sam LaGrone

Sam LaGrone

Sam LaGrone is the editor of USNI News. He has covered legislation, acquisition and operations for the Sea Services since 2009 and spent time underway with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the Canadian Navy.
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