7 coldest Army-Navy games in history of rivalry
There were only five games in the 121-year rivalry where it snowed
Former Navy quarterback talks weather impacts for Army-Navy game Saturday
Former Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds talked about the possible impacts the weather could have on the Army-Navy game Saturday. MetLife Stadium will host the 2021 Army-Navy Game presented by USAA on December 11, 2021.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- For more than a century, the Black Knights and the Midshipmen have taken to the gridiron in one of the greatest rivalries in sports.
And for those keeping track, Navy leads Army 61-53 with seven ties.
Saturday’s game will happen rain or shine at the roofless MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with kickoff at 3 p.m. Eastern. This year, the teams will have to deal with potentially record-breaking temperatures and a slick field, making for some classic football weather.
Army-Navy forecast for Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021.
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However, the weather has been much cooler – more like downright bitterly cold – over the last 121 years.
Here are the seven coldest Army-Navy games in the history of the rivalry.
Tied for first at 30 degrees was the Nov. 27, 1926, game held in Chicago, Illinois. The record-setting temperature was also recorded on Dec. 9, 1989, in East Rutherford and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 2003.
Exterior view showing the crowds at Soldier Field during the 29th Annual Army-Navy football game, Chicago, November 1926. The game ended in a tie, with the final score: Army 21 Navy 21. Its formal dedication as Soldier Field was held on the same day.
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The fourth-coldest game saw freezing temperatures at 32 degrees in 1903 in Philadelphia. The fifth- and sixth-coldest were also in Philadelphia in 1938 at 33 degrees and 34 degrees in 2013, respectively.
Coming in at seventh was 35 degrees in New York in 1916.
A member of the stadium crew clears the line on the field during the first have of the game between the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen on December 9, 2017, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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During an Army-Navy game in 2017, the biggest snow was in Philadelphia where 4.1 inches fell. There have been only five games in the history of the rivalry where it snowed.