The two teams met on the Plain on Nov. 29, 1890, with the much more experienced Navy team defeating the fledgling Army team.

In 1891, Army would avenge the defeat with a 32-16 win, and a rivalry was born. Pictured, Michie Stadium, named for Cadet Michie, circa 1924.

The 1916 Army-Navy game at the Polo Ground in New York City.

Army and Navy have met annually since 1930.

View the 1930 Army-Navy game newsreel.

The rally centers on a bonfire that burns a 20-foot boat representing Navy in effigy.

The rally is filled with music, cheers, and passing the game ball to the West Point Marathon runners who traditionally run the ball to Philadelphia.

The Patriot Games is a spectacular two-day competition between cadets and midshipmen.

The team with the most points wins bragging rights for the year and is presented with the Patriot Games trophy on the field during the Army-Navy game.

Before the start of the game, the USMA first captain will lead the midshipmen spending the semester at West Point to midfield, and the USNA brigade commander will bring out the West Point cadets.

USNA and USMA academy leaders exchange Patriot Game "prisoners" before returning to their seating sections, allowing cadets and midshipmen to cheer on their teams from friendly areas.

At the end of the game, both teams come together to sing each other's anthem. The losing team's anthem gets sung first in a sign of good sportsmanship

The Army-Navy game marks the end of the college football regular season and the third and final game of the season's Commander-in-Chief's Trophy series, which also includes the Air Force Falcons of the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA).

The Goat-Engineer flag football game is played between the top (academically ranked) half of the class and the lower half (the Goats) for that year's bragging rights.

The Corps of Cadets takes to the field to showcase these incredible young men and women who have stepped forward to serve their country.

The Corps of Cadets and the Army Black Knights show what the nation expects when they step onto that big field of the crucible of ground combat – they’re willing to lay it all on the line for their brothers and teammates.

A recent grad and former Army football player said, “We bleed together on the football field before we bleed together on the battlefield” –  willing to lay it all on the line for their Army family and teammates.

Most importantly, after the final play is run and the whistle is blown, both teams clasp hands and become part of a bigger team - America’s Team - and a greater brotherhood, standing shoulder to shoulder with each other in harm’s way and ready to stand in the gap to defend this great nation.