Draft:1926 Army–Navy Game
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| Date | November 27, 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Soldier Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Chicago | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 110,000+ | ||||||||||||||||||
The game has been described by numerous sources as the greatest Army–Navy Game ever played.
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Background
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Rivalry
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1926 season
[edit]1926 was the first season where efforts were made to name a single national champion. Both Army and Navy arose among contenders to be named the season's champion. Navy entered the game undefeated, while Army had lost a single game (against Notre Dame). As a result, it became widely understood that the game would have an impact in deciding whether one of them would be named the national champion, and this importance meant that the game received immense advance hype beyond even that typical of the rivalry.
Indicative of how significant an event the game was anticipated to be was the attendance of Knute Rockne, coach of the Notre Dame football team (one of the top teams of the 1926 college football season). Rockne found the game at Soldier Field important enough an event to warrant him being absent from Notre Dame's game that same day versus Carnegie Tech (a game that a previously undefeated Notre Dame team lost in what ESPN later ranked as the fourth-greatest upset in college football history).
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Sportswriter Paul Gallico noted that the 1926 game took on an importance well beyond the traditional rivalry, writing, ______[14]
Predictions
[edit]Army was regarded to be the slightly-favored team. The New York Times reported the betting market favoring Army over Navy by 6–5 odds.[15] The Associated Press reported that in the lead up to the game, expert opinions had largely favored an Army win; but that by the morning of the game there had been "an over-night drift in sentiment toward the prospect of a Navy victory".[16]
On the morning of the game, the New York Daily News calculated a 7–7 tie as the consensus prediction of its sports staff. It also published individual sports staff predictions in which Paul Gallico predicted Navy winning 14–7, Jack Farrell predicted Army winning 10–7, Will Murphy predicted Army winning 14–7, Grant Powers predicted Navy winning 14–0, Walter Ryan predicted Army winning 12–0, Harry Schumacher predicted Army winning 7–6.[17]
Logistics
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The 1926 game was the first instance in which the Army–Navy Game had been played in a location outside of the East Coast. It was additionally the first time either of the academies had played any game outside of the East Coast.[18]
At a cost of $10 million, Chicago had constructed a stadium intended to be a memorial to the city's war dead from World War I.[18]
Chicago invited the military academies to stage their rivalry game at Soldier Field.[19] This was originally a long-shot effort, as Chicago was roughly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from either school, whom had in the past been strongly disinterested in holding the game any major distance from their campuses. In the past several strong lobbying efforts in the past (by cities including Hibbing, Minnesota; Reno, Nevada; and Tucson, Arizona) to lure the game outside of the East Coast, but none had succeeded. Superintendents of both academies routinely declined invitations to hold the game in cities outside of the East Coast. The academies were initially uninterested in holding the game in Chicago. However, around the end of 1925, it was reported in newspapers that President Calvin Coolidge had expressed a desire to see it awarded to a midwest city if feasible to stage there, which motivated the academy superintendents to drop their usual objections to a non-East Coast host city.[19]
As a site, Chicago held advantages over a number of East Coast cities that were considered as possible hosts for the game. Soldier Field had a much higher seating capacity than the Polo Grounds, where the game had staged before when held in New York City. Chicago had better transportation logistics at Soldier Field than Baltimore had at its stadium. The size of the crowds at the 1924 Army–Navy Game in the had placed severe crowding on the transit lines to the stadium, and spectators had had consequentially to endure a several hour in order to depart the stadium by public transit.[19]
While the superintendents were no longer opposed to holding the game in the midwest, Chicago still had to vie to be selected. The final decision on a site rested with President Coolidge, Secretary of War Dwight Filley Davis Sr., and Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur. Chicago was not the only city with a strong desire to host the game. Philadelphia very much wanted to host the 1926, which its municipal boosters believed would be a natural addition to the festivities of the Sesquicentennial Exposition.[19]
Congressman Frederick A. Britten played a key role in Chicago's successful effort to attract the game.[20]
The superintendents of the military academies jointly agreed to award Chicago the game, with a stipulation that it would be held there for the exceptional circumstance of serving as a dedicatory event for the stadium as a soldiers memorial, and that the hosting of the game in Chicago was not to serve as precedent for the locations of their rivalry game in future years. On January 22, 1926, it was announced that Chicago would be awarded the opportunity to host the year's game, and that Chicago organizers had agreed to entirely pay for the related arrangements to transport, feed, and lodge the student regiments of each school.[21]
In addition to Chicago, organizers from Baltimore and Philadelphia had also had mounted competing bids to host the game. On the same day that Chicago was announced as host, it was also announced that Navy would be hosting its October 30 game against Michigan at Baltimore Stadium.[21]
Preparations
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Chicago's South Park Board, which operated the stadium where the game was held and played a key role in the arrangements for the game, had in the years leading up to the game had faced public scrutiny for its dealings, with the Chicago Journal of Commerce observing, "before the game, the south park board was park board was probably as roundly denounced as any official body in Chicago had been in many years. The park board was between the devil and the deep sea."[20]
Travel logistics
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Numerous special trains transported students from the two service academies to Chicago to spectate the game.[18] The New York Central transported 1,200 cadets and a 100 member band from West Point[22] aboard ten special trains.[18] The first train from West Point departed New York at 7 AM local time on November 25, with the rest of the trains departing at ten minute intervals thereafter. Commandant of Cadets Campbell B. Hodges was in charge of the movement of West Point cadets.[22] The Baltimore and Ohio and the Pennsylvania Railroad[18] transported 1,700 midshipmen[23] from Annapolis in ten trains (with each of the two railroads operating five special trains).[23] Both academies' student bodies arrived on November 26th, with trains scheduled for arrival at approximately 9 AM local time in Chicago.[18]
Both teams had live animal mascots at the game. Navy transported its campus mascot Bill the Goat. Rather than transporting the mule that normally served as the Army Mule, Army instead opted to borrow a mule from Fort Sheridan for the game.[18]
Organizers in Chicago had agreed to pay for the cost of transporting the student regiments of each academy.[21]
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Lodging accommodations
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Chicago organizers agreed to pay for hotel accommodation and dinning in Chicago for both of the academies' student regiments.[21]
Team practices
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Related festivities
[edit]Earlier in the month, the stadium was formally rededicated as "Soldier Field" in a ceremony held on on November 11 (Armistice Day).[25] That same day, the stadium also played host to its first professional football game, in which the NFL's Chicago Bears (who would decades later make the stadium their home venue) defeated the Chicago Cardinals[26] in a game that was attended by a crowd of 10,000 spectators.[27]
On the eve of the game, despite rain and snow, the streets of downtown Chicago were filled with immense activity related to the game.[28] After the student bodies both arrived in the city in Chicago that day, they marched in a parade to their hotels. Following this (at approximately noon), Marshall Field and Company hosted a 1,000 luncheon for the Military Academy.[18]
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In the afternoon of April 26, both schools' student bodies participated in a parade down Michigan Boulevard and into the stadium in order to kick-off a rededication ceremony for the stadium. While a ceremony had previously been held on Armistice Day to officially rename the stadium,[25] the November 26 ceremony on the eve of the game provided the rededication with an even grander ceremony. The ceremony included the performance of a history pageant, followed by main remarks by Vice President Charles G. Dawes.[3][25] https://www.newspapers.com/image/243236382
After the November 26, stadium rededication ceremony, the student bodies of both academies were hosted at a reception organized by the Union League. That same night, a ball was held for the student bodies at the Drake Hotel, with hundred of young women from Chicago and elsewhere in the nation invited to attend and dance with the academy students. The ball ended with a midnight show.[18]
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Attendance and ticket sales
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More than 110,000 spectators attended the game.[20][29] Many sources considered this to have set a new single-game attendance record for American football.[20] Attendance in excess of 100,000 was anticipated prior to the game. The game was believed to first in American football attended by a crowd in excess of 100,00. The game was also believed to have been the second-largest sports attendance in all of United States sports history up to that point, behind only the Gene Tunney–Jack Dempsey boxing match held earlier that year in Philadelphia.[18]
When Chicago was awarded the opportunity to host, plans were to allot 80,000 of the tickets to the game. Of these, the Navy and Army sports programs were to each be allotted 30,000 tickets to distribute, and were each to receive the revenue generated by the sale of a further 10,000 tickets. 20,000 tickets were to be allotted for Chicago to repurchase.[21]
The South Parks Board responsible for the 20,000 tickets allotted for Chicago to repurchase and freely distribute. Due to the high demand for tickets, the Chicago Journal of Commerce observed that members of the South Parks Board "undoubtedly...made many enemies by the necessity for turning down hundred snd perhaps thousands of personal requests [for tickets]"[20] Illinois Congressman John J. Gorman lodged concerns how the board was distributing its tickets, complaining that he had received only 100 tickets to personally distribute while having gotten than 5,000 requests from friends wanting tickets. Kelly publicly dismissed Gorman's complaints, noting that 12,000 of the 40,000 tickets it could freely distribute were given to United States congressmen across the nation. Kelly also declared that the board might be losing money from its coffers on the hosting of the game, rather than receiving a net profit.[30]
Advance estimates placed likely official ticket revenue around $800,000[18][28] later growing to expectations of more $1 million as high ticket demand led to higher prices being charged.[15] This meant the event was expected to set new receipts record for the sport of American football,[18] which had never before seen a game draw more than $500,000 in receipets. Around that time, ticket sales for Major League Baseball's World Series often grossed $1 million across all games of a series.[15]
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Dignitaries in attendance
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Among the notable government figures who attended the game and other related functions in Chicago were the Vice President Dawes and Secretary of the Navy Wilbur;
governors Al Smith of New York, Richie of Maryland, and Blaine of Wisconsin; U.S. House Speaker Nicholas Longworth; Mayor Jimmy Walker of New York City and Frank Hague of Jersey City; Will Hays (motion picture head and former postmaster general); former U.S. senator Tom Taggart; as well as numerous incumbent U.S. senators and congressmembers.[18]
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The program for the game included portrait illustrations of both President Coolidge and Vice President Dawes.[31]
In addition to the president, many West Point academy officials were similarly unable to attend the game, and were also left listening to the radio broadcast.[22]
Crowd control
[edit]The game was attended by an enthusiastic crowd[20] of what was believed to be then-record size for an American football game.[18] The Chicago Journal of Commerce hailed the success of crowd control at the game,
As remarkable as the crowd was the handling of the crowd. Here were 111,000 people –the largest number who had ever gathered on such an occasion; and there was no pushing, no trampling, no breaking of police lines. Thoroughly, efficient work was accomplished by the police, the Legionnaires, the [Naval Station] Great Lakes sailors, and the others who did duty at and near the gates.[20]
With advance expectation of attendance in excess of 100,000, the game required 10,000 police, concessionaires, and ushers working in and around the stadium.[18]
Radio broadcast
[edit]The game was also broadcast nationally on radio, a notable early use of the rising medium.
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Stations broadcasting the game included:[32]
- Boston: WEEI[a]
- Buffalo:WGR[b]
- Chicago: WGN, WMAQ, WEBH
- Hartford: WTIC[c]
- New York City: WEAF
- Minneapolis–St. Paul: WCCO
Pre-game ceremonies and halftime performances
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Rosters for game
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Army lineup
[edit]The roster of Army players who took the field in the game was:[33][34][35]
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Army starters and substitutes (by position); pre-game predictions of starting lineup
[edit]Coach Jones made a heavily-scrutinized decision to start the game with a backfield starting roster featuring only second-string players.[36]
Army's captain, Orville Hewitt, was benched for the game, not being played as a starter and ultimately being un-needed as a subsitute.[15] Hewitt was considered to be an alternate for the 1926 team.[16]
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NY Daily News prediction[37] |
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| Quarterback | Arthur W. Meehan | Neil B. Harding | Neil B. Harding | Neil B. Harding | Neil B. Harding | W. F. Hall; C. W. Piper; D. Z. Zimmerman |
| Center | Maurice F. Daly | Maurice F. Daly | Maurice F. Daly | Maurice F. Daly | — | E. A. Kenny; B. R. Wimer |
| Fullback | Clyde A. Dahl | Orville Hewitt | John H. Murrell | John H. Murrell | John H. Murell | J.L. Bryson; J. K. Cunningham; A. E. Harris; Orville Hewitt; R. C. Hutchinson; K. M. Landon; E. O'Donnel |
| Left halfback | Joseph H. Gilbreth | Chris Cagle | Harry Wilson | Chris Cagle | Chris Cagle | |
| Right halfback | Thomas J. H. Trapnell | Harry Wilson | Thomas J. H. Trapnell | Harry Wilson | Harry Wilson | |
| Left end | Garrison H. Davidson | Norris B. Harbold | Charles Born | Norris B. Harbold | Norris B. Harbold | F. L. Anderson; G. E. Fletcher; H. L. Flood; W. L. Nave; S. I. Siminton; C. B. Tobin |
| Right end | Samuel Brenthall | Charles Born | Norris B. Harbold | Charles Born | Charles Born | |
| Left guard | Ernest G. Schmidt | Ernest G. Schmidt | Ernest G. Schmidt | Ernest G. Schmidt | — | J. Dibb; T. R. Lynch; A. W. Schermacker; F. G. Waldrop |
| Right guard | Lyle Seeman | Louis A. Hammack | Louis A. Hammack | Louis A. Hammack | Louis A. Hammack | |
| Left tackle | Bud Sprague | Bud Sprague | Bud Sprague | Bud Sprague | P. Elias | Howard G. Bunker; F. B. Connor; B. C. Muse |
| Right tackle | LaVerne G. Saunders | George W. Perry | LaVerne G. Saunders | LaVerne G. Saunders | George W. Perry | |
Navy lineup
[edit]The roster of Navy players who took the field during the game was:[33][34][38][35]
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While Hannegan played nearly the entire game at quarterback, it was disclosed the day after the game that he had been playing with a broken shoulder suffered two weeks prior in the team's game against Georgetown. He played the game with a shoulder brace, and was uinable to use his right arm. Coach Ingram, after the game, faulted this injury with failures by Hannegan to tackle either Cagle or Wilson on long runs on which those players scored touchdowns for Army.[39]
Navy starters and substitutes (by position); pre-game predictions of starting lineup
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| Quarterback | Edward A. Hannegan | Edward A. Hannegan | Maurice E. Goudge | Maurice E. Goudge | ||
| Center | Herbert L. Hoerner | H.C. Warren | Wendell G. Osborne | Herbert L. Hoerner | ||
| Fullback | Howard Caldwell | Howard Ransford | Howard Caldwell | Howard Caldwell | ||
| Left halfback | Tom Hamilton | Tom Hamilton | Alan Shapley | Tom Hamilton | ||
| Right halfback | Jim Schuber | Jim Schuber | Tom Hamilton | Edward A. Hannegan | ||
| Left end | Whitey Lloyd | Michael Peter Bagdanovich | Whitey Lloyd | Whitey Lloyd | Delbert Fred Williamson | |
| Right end | Hank Hardwick | Hank Hardwick | Hank Hardwick | Hank Hardwick | ||
| Left guard | John H. Cross | John H. Cross | Frank Wickhorst | Arthur S. Born | ||
| Right guard | Arthur S. Born | Arthur S. Born | Arthur S. Born | John H. Cross | ||
| Left tackle | Frank Wickhorst | Frank Wickhorst | John H. Cross | Frank Wickhorst | ||
| Right tackle | Daniel Thomas Eddy | Daniel Thomas Eddy | Daniel Thomas Eddy | Daniel Thomas Eddy | ||
Game officials
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Gameplay
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The game was considered to have exceeded its advance hype, being regarded as highly-exciting and competitive.[20] It ended in a 21–21 tie.
Walter Eckersdall of the Chicago Tribune wrote that the game was, "one of the greatest football games ever played" and was witnessed by "the largest crowd that ever saw a football game in this country".
The Chicago Journal of Commerce wrote that it was the most exciting football game of the 1926 season, observing,
Perhaps special credit should go to the Navy for the valiant spirit and cool ability it demonstrating in tying the score in the last quarter. A team which has established an early lead is psychologically handicapped if that lead is later surpassed by the opposing team. It is easier to come from behind if one has been behind all the time than it is to come from behind if one has been in the lead but has dropped back. Yet this psychological handicap was overcome by Navy.
It was overcome by a team which averaged a shorter football experience than the opposing eleven. Although both service schools accept studnets at an age beyond the average collegiate freshman, and the graduates of the service schools are more mature than college graduates, the navy comes closer than the army in maintaining college standards. It is noteworthy that the new army captain, now in his third year at West Point, had three previous years of varsity football.
The navy, coming from behind to tie the score accomplished the result that the crowd wanted to see. Except for the students themselves, practically all of the 111,000 spectators were not only pleased but overjoyed that the game ended in a tie. The crowd was in a singular mood of exuberant kindliness in which the defeat of either team would have been painful .The 21 to 21 score was regarded as a victory for both elevens.[20]
A 2001 writeup by the Naval Academy library recounted that with the 1926 game, "for once the game lived up to all of the pre-game hoop-la."[31]
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First quarter
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Second quarter
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The game had to end in a tie, as the sun was fast setting and there were no floodlights at stadium.[40]
Game statistics
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Aftermath
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Had Navy beaten Army, it likely would have become the front-runner for the eastern title (especially due to Notre Dame's unexpected defeat the same day), and would have been in a strong position to be named the consensus national champion. Navy's failure to defeat Army, as well as Brown's tie in its game against Colgate the same day left Lafayette as a the sole remaining undefeated eastern college football team. This Lafayette as the East Coast team with the strongest odds of becoming the consensus champion, with the Sanford and Alabama (respectively the Pacific and southern champions) also remaining as contenders (with it seen as possible that one would be eliminated from contention by the other in the 1927 Rose Bowl, in which they were set to face each other). https://www.newspapers.com/image/604274938
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However, the _____ retrospectively ranked
Navy has displayed a championship plaque for the 1926 season in a trophy case at Rickets Hall.[31]
After the game, Army players selected Wilson to be their captain for the following season, and Army plyaers selected E. A. Hannegan to be their's.[36]
Legacy
[edit]More than a decade after the game, the readers of Esquire magazine voted the game to have been the best football game of all time. Even recently, many have revered it as the greatest Army-Navy game ever played.
In 2023 and 2024 articles, CBS Sports ranked the game as the greatest in Army–Navy history, and noted that it is considered by many to be among the greatest games in the entire history of college football.[41] In 2018, Bleacher Report writer John Patton ranked it as the second-greatest in Army–Navy history, behind only the 1944 game.[42] In a 2022 article published by We Are The Mighty, writer Eric Milzarski ranked the game the third-greatest in Army–Navy history, behind only the 1973 and 2016 games.[43] In 2017, the outlet HERO Sports named the game among the "biggest and most notable" in Army–Navy history.[44]
Notes
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