Exploring Everyday Philadelphia

This year’s Army/Navy football game on Dec. 6 at the Lincoln Financial Field celebrates the 109^th event marking the rivalry between the two teams, and the 81^st game between them played in Philadelphia. The Army/Navy football game is usually played on the first Sunday of December, and it is one of the most popular and lasting rivalries in the history of football. Philadelphia was chosen as the perfect neutral battleground for the Army/Navy rivalry in 1899 because it rests right between the Navy and Army academies, beginning at Franklin Field and ending up at the Lincoln Financial Field. Last year, the Navy won, continuing the Navy’s record number of consecutive wins against opposing service teams. This year, we will see whether the Army can break the Navy’s winning streak.

The Navy march-on begins at 9:30 a.m. The Army march-on follows at 10 a.m. with a kick-off at noon. CBS offers national live coverage of the game.