1939 hdlne newspaper NAVY BEATS ARMY Football Game @ FRANKLIN FIELD Philadelphia

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BEST 1939 headline display newspaper NAVY BEATS ARMY in Football Game @ FRANKLIN FIELD Philadelphia
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inv # 9M-212
SEE PHOTO-----An ORIGINAL sports section of a NEWSPAPER, the
Des Moines Register
(IA) dated Dec 3, 1939. This has a bold banner headline with the result of the
1939 ARMY-NAVY FOOTBALL GAME (Navy shut out Army, 10-0), played that year at FRANKLIN FIELD in Philadelphia, PA
.
Great display newspaper of the annual ARMY-NAVY football rivalry as it played out some 75 years ago !!!
The Army–Navy Game is an American
college football
rivalry
game between the teams of the
United States Military Academy
(USMA) at
West Point, New York
and the
United States Naval Academy
(USNA) at
Annapolis, Maryland
.
The USMA team, the "
Army Black Knights
", and the USNA team, the "
Navy Midshipmen
", each represent their services' oldest
officer
commissioning sources. As such, the game has come to embody the spirit of the
interservice rivalry
of the
United States Armed Forces
. The game marks the end of the college football regular season and the third and final game of the season's
Commander-in-Chief's Trophy
, which includes the
Falcons
of the
U.S. Air Force Academy
.
The Army-Navy game is one of the most traditional and enduring rivalries in college football. The game is nationally televised by
CBS
, which has aired the game every year since 1984 except for a five-year stint on
ABC
from 1991 to 1995.
Instant replay
made its American debut in the 1963 Army-Navy game.
Army and Navy first met on the football field on November 29, 1890. The series has been renewed annually since 1899, except for 1909, 1917, 1918 and 1929. It has been held at several locations throughout its history, including Baltimore and New York City, but has most frequently been played in Philadelphia, roughly equidistant from the two academies.
This game has
inter-service "bragging rights"
at stake. For much of the first half of the 20th century, both Army and Navy were often national powers, and the game occasionally had national championship implications. However, as the level of play in college football improved nationally, and became fueled by prospects of playing in the
National Football League
(NFL), the high academic entrance requirements, height and weight limits, and the five-year military commitment required has reduced the overall competitiveness of both academies. Since 1963, only the 1996 and 2010 games have seen both teams enter with winning records. Nonetheless, the game is considered a college football institution. It has aired nationally on radio since the late 1920s, and has been nationally televised every year since 1945. The tradition associated with the game assures that it remains nationally broadcast to this day.
Arguably, one of the reasons this game has maintained its appeal is that the players are playing solely for the love of the game.
This issue is the complete sports news section only, NOT the entire newspaper. Great for display purposes  !!!
Very good condition. This listing includes the entire sports news section,
NOT
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