morsdraconis
07-16-2011, 04:17 PM
Army Black Knights
Duty, Honor, Country
Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5042/5311591948_24cc38fbae_z.jpg
History Of The Program
Army football[/URL] began in 1890, when Navy challenged the cadets to a game of the relatively new sport. Navy defeated Army at West Point that year, but Army avenged the loss in Annapolis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football) the following year.
The academies still clash every December in what is traditionally the last regular-season Division I college-football game. The 2010 football season marked Army's ninth consecutive loss to Navy. From 1944 to 1950, the Cadets had 57 wins, 3 losses and 4 ties. During this time span, Army won three national championships.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Black_Knights_football#cite_note-3)
Army's football team reached its pinnacle of success under coach Earl Blaik when Army won three consecutive national championships in 1944, 1945 and 1946, and produced three Heisman Trophy winners in Doc Blanchard (1945), Glenn David (1946) and Pete Dawkins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Blaik) (1958).
Past NFL coaches Vince Lombardi and Bill Parcells were Army assistant coaches early in their careers.
The football team plays its home games at Michie Stadium, where the playing field is named after Earl Blaik. Cadets' attendance is mandatory at football games and the Corps stands for the duration of the game. At all home games, one of the four regiments marches onto the field in formation before the team takes the field and leads the crowd in traditional Army cheers. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Black_Knights_football#cite_note-6)
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Black_Knights_football#cite_note-7"]
West Point competes with Navy and Air Force for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy. As the rivalry reaches it's 39th season of competition, West Point has only won the trophy a total of 6 times (the fewest of the three service academies) with the last win being 1996 when they defeated Air Force 23-7 and Navy 28-24.
Duty, Honor, Country
Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5042/5311591948_24cc38fbae_z.jpg
History Of The Program
Army football[/URL] began in 1890, when Navy challenged the cadets to a game of the relatively new sport. Navy defeated Army at West Point that year, but Army avenged the loss in Annapolis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football) the following year.
The academies still clash every December in what is traditionally the last regular-season Division I college-football game. The 2010 football season marked Army's ninth consecutive loss to Navy. From 1944 to 1950, the Cadets had 57 wins, 3 losses and 4 ties. During this time span, Army won three national championships.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Black_Knights_football#cite_note-3)
Army's football team reached its pinnacle of success under coach Earl Blaik when Army won three consecutive national championships in 1944, 1945 and 1946, and produced three Heisman Trophy winners in Doc Blanchard (1945), Glenn David (1946) and Pete Dawkins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Blaik) (1958).
Past NFL coaches Vince Lombardi and Bill Parcells were Army assistant coaches early in their careers.
The football team plays its home games at Michie Stadium, where the playing field is named after Earl Blaik. Cadets' attendance is mandatory at football games and the Corps stands for the duration of the game. At all home games, one of the four regiments marches onto the field in formation before the team takes the field and leads the crowd in traditional Army cheers. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Black_Knights_football#cite_note-6)
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Black_Knights_football#cite_note-7"]
West Point competes with Navy and Air Force for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy. As the rivalry reaches it's 39th season of competition, West Point has only won the trophy a total of 6 times (the fewest of the three service academies) with the last win being 1996 when they defeated Air Force 23-7 and Navy 28-24.