The Korean War was called a police action.
Didn't count.
That was the Team Named Desire, right? Navy was smart. They didn't turn down bowl invitations back then. Unlike the yahoos who ran West Point.
That is awesome your dad played on the team. Those big bowl games days are long gone for the academics.
I looked it up. #5 Navy versus #6 Army. Dang. Those were the days. Navy had two losses: Notre Dame and Pitt. Pitt was 4-4. Ironically, Pitt's head coach was an interim who was a former Navy grad. Their AD filled in after three games and the Navy contest was his first game. The AD was Tom Hamilton. The star halfback on Navy's 1926 National Championship team. (Navy's only national title). Talk about a small world.
Fun fact about that 1926 season. Army and Navy played in Chicago that year in front of an estimated 120,000-140,000 fans at Soldier Field. The game ended in a 21-21 tie. Army has a chance to win but our HOF halfback Light Horse Harry Wilson missed an easy field goal as time expired (where was Carlson??). Navy was recognized as the national champion because Notre Dame was upset by Carnegie Tech, 19-0. Why did that upset happen? Because Knute Rockne was at Soldier Field watching the Army-Navy Game! Yes sir, back then head coaches would often skip "breather" games to scout opponents. (Navy was on Notre Dame's schedule for 1927). But Rockne's real reason was because he wanted to be present for the game of the year. Could you imagine that situation happening today? Saban missing the FCS opponent to scout Auburn or watching a big game in the Big 10?
Hey, Rockne lost a title but witnessed one of the greatest games in college football history.
Army-Navy has never returned to Chicago. Needless to say, the missed kick started the trend of heartbreaking results against the Midshipman. 1948 and 1950 witnessed elite Army teams blow certain national titles against awful Navy teams. And as for 2015 and 2018, well, I am still wounded by those Camdens.
Post script: Carnegie Tech (present Carnegie Mellon) actually became a football power in the late 1920s and 1930s. They played in the 1939 Sugar Bowl against national champion TCU with its Heisman QB Davy O'Brien. The Tartans lost 15-7. That was their last moment of big time football.
Pittsburgh college football was big time in that era. Pitt was the premier powerhouse of the 1930s. Carnegie was good. Duquesne played in an Orange Bowl. Good thing for the football fans in the Steel City since the Steelers, I mean the Football Pirates, were not good at all. Sounds like a good situation to this Raiders fan.
