On October 25, 1947, college football witnessed one of its greatest upsets when the unranked Columbia Lions shocked the No. 6 Army Cadets with a dramatic 21-20 victory at Baker Field in New York. This game was monumental, as it snapped the Army’s incredible 32-game unbeaten streak, which stretched back four years and covered the

The college football contest between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Army Black Knights on October 18, 1924, at the Polo Grounds in New York City was a major sporting event that transcended the game itself, giving birth to arguably the most famous nickname in sports history. The Buildup and Action Coached by the

September 30, 1937 – Bill Carpenter was an end who played from 1957 through the 1959 season for Army. The website footballfoundation.org explains that Carpenter had a position developed by then-Army Coach Earl Blaik called the “lonely end.” In the scheme, ten Black Knight players would group in a customary huddle, while Carpenter would position

John Green, who played for Tulane in 1942 and then for the Army as a guard from 1943 to 1945, was born on September 15, 1924. Green, nicknamed “Jumbo” for his imposing size, was a two-way tackle who established himself as a dominant player for the Tulane Green Wave in the early 1940s. A celebrated