Navy Football: Gridiron Legends and Fighting Heroes

Offers a lively history of football at the US Naval Academy. Chronological chapters detail 11 decades of the program, from the first game in 1879 to its resurgence in 1996. Separate chapters are devoted to college football's most talked about rivalry, the Army-Navy games, and to the nine bowl games in which Navy has played. Other highlights include descriptions of the fierce competition among service academies for the Commander in Chief's Trophy, and the historic 1996 Dublin game against the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. Includes play-by-play analysis of ten great Army-Navy games and profiles of significant players and coaches, plus some 200 b&w photos. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.