1965

Score: Army 7 - Navy 7 | Game played at J.F.K. Stadium
  Artist Crocket intended the 1965 program cover to reflect the program's theme of academy athletes who had gone on to greater glory in many fields of endeavor Artist Crocket intended the 1965 program cover to reflect the program's theme of academy athletes who had gone on to greater glory in many fields of endeavor. Some of that glory is depicted in the following picture. [689K; USNA]  

The Worlds Highest Beat Army RallyThe success and glory of Crocket's program theme is reflected in this image of the presentation of this plaque to USNA midshipmen, commemorating "The Worlds Highest Beat Army Rally" held in 1965 aboard the Gemini VI &VII spacecraft manned by three Naval Academy graduates (James Lovell, '52; Walter M. Schirra, '46; Thomas P. Stafford, '52) and one USMA graduate (Frank Borman, '50). The game was played at J.F.K. Stadium in Philadelphia that year and ended in a 7-7 tie. [#7754; 241K; USNA]

 
 

The football is in the air and the two teams scramble for it[682K; USNA]

 

 

 

 

   A shot of the scoreboard and crowd at JFK Stadium[406K; USNA]
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