On Saturday, the Midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy edged out the Black Knights from the United States Military Academy at West Point at the annual football matchup. It was one of the closest games in recent memory involving the heated rivals.

The 126th Army-Navy Game was also notable for each team wearing football uniforms honoring the 250th anniversaries of their respective services. The Army Black Knights from West Point wore Nike uniforms that honored the soldiers who have defended the United States over the past two and a half centuries. The Naval Academy’s Midshipmen paid homage to the USS Constitution, one of the original six frigates authorized by the United States Congress with the Naval Act of 1794.

Even before the players met on the gridiron for what is one of the longest-standing rivalries in college sports, there was no shortage of ceremony—although social........

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