Navy Midshipmen football - Wikipedia Navy headed into its season finale against Army with a 9–0 record The game was to be played in Chicago at Soldier Field, which had been built as a memorial to the men killed in World War I It was only natural Army and Navy would be invited to play the inaugural contest there
Navy football keeps playoff hopes alive with win over USF For a moment, the partisan crowd of 34,856 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium breathed a collective sigh of relief as it appeared the host Midshipmen had clinched the biggest victory of the season