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48-663: The contest is one of 14 bowls produced by ESPN Events (previously ESPN Regional Television) and has been televised annually on ESPN since its inception. Armed Forces Insurance is the official Insurance Partner of the Armed Forces Bowl and has sponsored the Great American Patriot Award, presented at halftime at the bowl, since 2006. The bowl was first played in December 2003, featuring two ranked teams, No. 18 Boise State and No. 19 TCU . It

96-480: A college marketing division, which provides colleges all-in-one services for selling sponsorships, local media rights and other marketing campaigns. The University of South Florida , the University of Kansas and the University of Oregon are some of the clients that the division began representing in 2000. Army Black Knights football The Army Black Knights football team, historically known as

144-593: A source of live content for ESPN during the early weeks of bowl season, prior to the larger, traditional games in proximity to New Year's Day (such as the New Year's Six games of the College Football Playoff , which are also broadcast by ESPN). This strategy has been successful for ESPN, although it has in recent years contributed to an oversaturation of bowl games that have prevented them from all being populated by bowl-eligible teams. ESPN also runs

192-643: Is based in nearby Grand Prairie . In December 2018, Lockheed Martin extended its sponsorship though 2025. The bowl's partnership with the Big 12 Conference ended with the 2005 season. From 2006 to 2009, the Mountain West Conference was signed to provide a team to face either a team from the Pac-10 or Conference USA (C-USA), depending on the year; Pac-10 teams would play in odd number years while C-USA teams would play in even numbered years). As such,

240-518: Is competed as a non-conference matchup after the conference championship game and therefore does not affect conference standings. Army has won five national championships from NCAA-designated major selectors, including twice ( 1944 , 1945 ) from the AP Poll . The Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy (known as the Lambert Trophy ), established in 1936, is an annual award given to the best team in

288-470: Is mandatory at football games and the Corps stands for the duration of the game. At all home games, one of the four regiments marches onto the field in formation before the team takes the field and leads the crowd in traditional Army cheers. Two of the regiments are tasked with performing the morning parade while the last regiment is tasked with ancillary stadium duties. For many years, Army teams were known as

336-554: Is named after the first Army football head coach, Dennis Michie . In 1999, the field was renamed Blaik Field at Michie Stadium in honor of former coach Earl Blaik . In 1999, Sports Illustrated ranked Michie Stadium the third-best sports venue of the 20th century. Songs Alma Mater is the Army's school song. Army's fight song is " On, Brave Old Army Team ". Army also plays other organized cheers; Army Rocket Yell, Black, Gold, and Gray, and USMA Cheer. Mascot Army's mascots are

384-707: The SEC Network brand. The original business of ESPN Regional Television began to grow obsolete with the launch of dedicated networks dedicated to specific conferences, including the Big Ten Network , Pac-12 Network , and the ESPN-operated SEC Network , since they largely assumed rights to the game packages that ESPN had previously syndicated. As such, the division pivoted to focusing solely on organizing events, particularly within college football and basketball. ESPN Plus used to hold

432-558: The 2013 football season , the Armed Forces Bowl signed multi-year agreements with the American Athletic Conference (The American), Big Ten Conference , Big 12 Conference , Mountain West Conference, Army and Navy to set bowl match-ups for the next six seasons (Navy later joined The American, and Army committed to do so beginning with the 2024 football season). In December 2020, it was announced that

480-820: The Army Cadets , represents the United States Military Academy in college football . The Black Knights team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the American Athletic Conference . The Black Knights play home games in Michie Stadium with a capacity of 36,000 at West Point, New York . The Black Knights are coached by Jeff Monken , who has held

528-595: The Army Mules . While dating back to 1899, they were officially adopted as mascots by USMA in 1936. The following 4 individuals have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as coaches. The following 24 individuals have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as players. Daly and McEwan also served as Army's head coach. President of the United States and General of

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576-825: The Camping World Kickoff , Advocare Texas Kickoff , and FCS Kickoff . ESPN Events is also involved in college basketball, operating early-season events such as the AdvoCare Invitational , the Champions Classic , the Jimmy V Classic , the NIT Season Tip-Off , and the Phil Knight Invitational . The company's success with college tournament operation and broadcasting led ESPN Regional Television to form

624-701: The Celebration Bowl in Division I FCS , which is played between the champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) — the two prominent conferences of historically black colleges and universities . ESPN Events operates the following 17 bowl games, which ESPN televises: ESPN Events also organizes several opening weekend games, such as

672-718: The Duke's Mayo Bowl . It agreed that it would serve as the primary backup for the bowl and would have the opportunity to accept an invitation to the game twice during the six-year cycle. The Duke's Mayo Bowl's primary tie-ins for the 2020–2025 cycle are the ACC (all years), the SEC (odd years), and the Big Ten (even years); if any of those conferences were unable to place a team into the bowl during any of those years, Army would be extended an invitation to fill their place. The opponent conferences for

720-684: The East in Division I FBS (formerly I-A) college football and is presented by the Metropolitan New York Football Writers. Army has won the Lambert Trophy nine times; seven times under head coach Earl "Red" Blaik in the 1940s and 1950s, and twice under head coach Jeff Monken in 2018 and 2020. Army has played in ten bowl games. They have a record of 7–3. The NCAA's football oversight committee determined

768-571: The Las Vegas Bowl from Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority . ESPN Regional did so to help partner conferences that had bowl qualified teams but no bowl available. The company bought four more bowls and started two others. In August 2008, ESPN reached a 15-year, $ 2.25 billion broadcast rights agreement with the SEC . As part of the deal, ESPN also assumed the syndicated package of games previously held by Raycom Sports ; beginning in 2009, ERT syndicated SEC football and basketball under

816-527: The "Cadets." In the 1940s, several papers called the football team "the Black Knights of the Hudson." From then on, "Cadets" and "Black Knights" were used interchangeably until 1999, when the team was officially nicknamed the Black Knights. Individual cadets as well as groups of cadets to include the entire team are still often referred to as "Cadet" or "The Cadets" with regard to athletic events. Between

864-563: The 1998 and 2004 seasons, Army's football program was a member of Conference USA , but starting with the 2005 season Army reverted to its former independent status. Army competes with Navy and Air Force for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy . In 2024, Army began competing in the American Athletic Conference . While Air Force competes in a separate conference, Navy also competes in the AAC. The regular season matchup between Army and Navy

912-524: The 2006 and 2008 games featured C-USA teams Tulsa and Houston , respectively, whereas California represented the Pac-10 in 2007. The Pac-10 was unable to send a representative to the game in 2009, so C-USA sent Houston to the game for a second consecutive year. In 2010, since the Mountain West did not have enough eligible teams and Army was bowl eligible, Army played SMU in the bowl. Following

960-520: The 2013 edition. During this time, the 2010 and 2011 Armed Forces Bowl were held at Gerald J. Ford Stadium on the campus of Southern Methodist University in the Dallas enclave of University Park , while Amon G. Carter Stadium was undergoing a major renovation. The game returned to Amon Carter Stadium in Fort Worth in 2012, after construction on that stadium was completed. Alltel was to assume

1008-724: The 2020 game would be played between teams from the Pac-12 and SEC , following cancellation of the ESPN Events -owned Las Vegas Bowl (which would have been featuring those tie-ins for the first time) due to complications relating to the COVID-19 pandemic . However, due to a lack of available teams from the Pac-12, Tulsa of the American Athletic Conference was ultimately selected to face Mississippi State of

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1056-528: The Army Dwight D. Eisenhower and General of the Army Omar Bradley were on the 1912 Army football team. Eisenhower was injured and his football career was over by 1913, when the two future generals were juniors. Bradley, a star of the Army baseball team for four years, was on the field in 1913 when Notre Dame upset Army in a historic college football game in which the forward pass was used for

1104-582: The Army–Navy game, which is also a part of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy. This series is one of the oldest and traditional rivalries in the NCAA. They first met in 1890, and have played each other annually since 1930. The games are generally played at a neutral site. Navy leads the series 62–55–7 through the 2023 season. Notre Dame is a rivalry which some feel has fallen into obscurity. In much of

1152-492: The Cadets had 57 wins, 3 losses and 4 ties. During this time span, Army won three national championships. Army produced a third Heisman trophy winner in 1958 when Pete Dawkins took the honors. Past NFL coaches Vince Lombardi and Bill Parcells were Army assistant coaches early in their careers. The football team plays its home games at Michie Stadium , where the playing field is named after Earl Blaik. Cadets' attendance

1200-640: The Commander-in-Chief's Trophy. Air Force leads Army 38–19–1 through the 2023 season. In a shocking upset Army defeated Air Force on November 4, 2023, in Denver at Empower Field. Air Force was nationally ranked and undefeated going into the game. Army prevailed 23–3. After the Navy–Notre Dame game was canceled in 2020, the Army–Air Force game became the longest uninterrupted intersectional rivalry in college football. Army and Navy play each other annually in

1248-597: The December 2023 edition (21 games, 42 total appearances). Source: The bowl has been televised on ESPN since its inception. Radio coverage was initially on ESPN Radio, and is currently carried nationally via Bowl Season Radio. ESPN Events#Events ESPN Events is an American multinational sporting event promoter owned by ESPN Inc. It is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina , and shares its operations with SEC Network and formerly with ESPNU . The corporation organizes sporting events for broadcast across

1296-462: The ESPN family of networks, including, most prominently, a group of college football bowl games and in-season college basketball tournaments. ESPN Events previously operated primarily as a syndicator of college sports broadcasts; the company was founded as Creative Sports, a sports programming syndicator that merged with Don Ohlmeyer 's OCC Sports in 1996. After ESPN purchased the merged company,

1344-522: The Independence Bowl were announced to be the Pac-12 and the American on January 30, 2020. The Duke's Mayo Bowl can extend an invitation to Army once during the even years (2020, 2022, 2026) and once during the odd years (2021, 2023, 2025) to fill a vacancy as part of a secondary tie-in. ESPN Events operates the following 16 bowls that Army could be invited to during odd years of

1392-823: The SEC. Games marked with an asterisk (*) were played in January of the following calendar year. Rankings are based on the AP Poll prior to the game being played. Source: From inception through the 2022 edition, an MVP was named for each team. The 2023 game summary published on the bowl's official website only mentions a single MVP. Source: Updated through the December 2023 edition (21 games, 42 total appearances). Won (9): Boise State , BYU , Cincinnati , Kansas , Louisiana Tech , Mississippi State , Rice , Tulane , Utah Lost (10): Baylor , James Madison , Marshall , Middle Tennessee , Missouri , Pittsburgh , San Diego State , SMU , Southern Miss , TCU Updated through

1440-471: The college football regular season. The three major service academies—Army, Navy, and Air Force —compete for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy ; Army has won the award ten times, most recently in 2023. Army's football program began on November 29, 1890, when Navy challenged the cadets to a game of the relatively new sport. Navy defeated Army at West Point that year, but Army avenged the loss in Annapolis

1488-535: The conference rights and overflow formerly held by the company. The company traces its history to Creative Sports, Inc., a North Carolina -based sports syndicator owned and founded by Bray Cary . ESPN Inc. purchased Creative Sports, Inc. and OCC Sports, Inc. in the mid-1990s. On July 22, 1994, ESPN Regional Television was incorporated in Delaware . ESPN Regional Television was formed in 1996, through ESPN Inc.'s combination of Creative Sports and OCC Sports, under

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1536-560: The cycle: † Dennis Michie coached 1 game in 1890, and then coached a full season in 1892. Air Force, Army, and Navy have played each other every year since 1972 for the Commander-in Chief's Trophy. Air Force leads the FBS service academies with 21 victories, Navy has 16 victories, and Army has 10 victories, with the trophy being shared 5 times. Army is the current holder of the trophy. Air Force and Army meet annually and vie for

1584-615: The direction of Chuck Gerber and Loren Matthews. In January 2000, Loren Matthews left ESPN Regional Television for an executive position at sister division ABC Sports . By February 2000, ERT acquired the production rights to the Arena Football League ; this included responsibilities for AFL broadcasts on The Nashville Network , which had ESPN retain duties for the events in lieu of its own unit, World Sports Enterprises. In 2001, ESPN Regional Television moved beyond broadcasting college football bowl games , when it purchased

1632-500: The division was renamed ESPN Regional Television ( ERT ), which distributed telecasts for syndication on broadcast stations and regional sports networks ; these telecasts were also available on the ESPN GamePlan and ESPN Full Court out-of-market sports packages . Most of ERT's broadcasts were presented under the on-air branding ESPN Plus (not to be confused with ESPN+ , the current subscription service), but this name

1680-636: The early 20th century, Army and Notre Dame were considered football powerhouses, and met 34 times between 1913 and 1947. Though the rivalry has slowed down, they last met in 2016. Many media members considered the 1946 contest to be the " Game of the Century ". Notre Dame leads the series 39–8–4 through the 2018 season. Michie Stadium , which opened in 1924, is the home stadium of the Army Black Knights in West Point, New York . The stadium

1728-542: The first time. Bradley played end opposite the legendary Knute Rockne , the Notre Dame end who later coached the Irish to national championships before dying in a plane crash near Bazaar, Kansas, on Easter Friday in 1931. Schedules as of September 21, 2023. Army has games against Tulsa in 2025 and BYU in 2032 with dates yet to be announced. Radio rights are held by Learfield through Army West Point Sports Properties,

1776-506: The following year. The academies still clash every December in what is traditionally the last regular-season Division I college-football game. Army's football team reached its pinnacle of success during the Second World War under coach Earl Blaik when Army won three consecutive national championships in 1944, 1945 and 1946, and produced two Heisman trophy winners: Doc Blanchard (1945), Glenn Davis (1946). From 1944 to 1950,

1824-418: The game ten times. Contractual tie-ins with the American Athletic Conference (home of Navy), the Mountain West Conference (home of Air Force) and the independent Army assures that one of those schools could appear in the game every year, if bowl-eligible and not already committed to another bowl. The 2018 game, between Army and Houston , was the first sellout in the bowl's 16-year history. The bowl game

1872-568: The number of primary bowl tie-ins for each FBS conference and FBS independent for the 2020–2025 bowl cycle using eligibility data from the 2014–2017 seasons. The Black Knights received one guaranteed tie-in per year. On October 24, 2019, the West Point Athletic Department announced that they had agreed to a contract that placed their team, if eligible, in the Independence Bowl for three of the six years, with

1920-473: The position since 2014. Army claims five national championships , including two AP Trophies in 1944 and 1945 . Army has produced 24 players and four coaches in the College Football Hall of Fame , 37 consensus All-Americans, and three Heisman Trophy winners: Doc Blanchard (1945), Glenn Davis (1946), and Pete Dawkins (1958). With the exception of seven seasons (1998–2004) where

1968-405: The remaining years being contracted to an ESPN Events -owned bowl. The contract includes a clause that allows Army the ability to accept a bid from a different bowl game once during the three-year agreement with the Independence Bowl and once during the three-year agreement with ESPN Events. Aligning with this, on November 5 Army announced that it had agreed to a secondary contractual tie-in with

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2016-739: The rights to Conference USA football and basketball, Mountain West Conference football and basketball, and Big Ten Conference football and basketball, but has lost them as detailed below: ERT acquired its first bowl game in 2001, with its purchase of the Las Vegas Bowl from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority . The company moved into the area as it saw that some of their conference partners had teams that were bowl-eligible , but with no bowl available to take them. By 2013, ERT had founded two new bowl games and purchased four additional games. The games primarily serve as

2064-453: The season-opening Camping World Kickoff and Texas Kickoff football games. All ESPN Events are broadcast by ESPN's networks. ESPN Regional Television began to wind down its syndication operations in the 2010s, as the proliferation of competing outlets (including other sports channels, conference-specific networks such as ESPN's own SEC Network, as well as digital services such as ESPN's own ESPN3 and WatchESPN platforms) took over most of

2112-529: The team was a member of Conference USA , Army competed as an independent , meaning that they had no affiliation with any conference. They started to compete in the American Athletic Conference as a football-only member in 2024. For all other sports Army is primarily a member of the Patriot League . Army competes with their historic rivals Navy in the Army–Navy Game , traditionally the final game of

2160-715: The title sponsorship and naming rights to the game beginning in 2014, which would have been titled the Alltel Wireless Bowl to promote its mobile division, but the deal fell through. Instead, Lockheed Martin became the game's sponsor. The company has a major presence in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex : the company's Lockheed Martin Aeronautics division is based in Fort Worth while its Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control division

2208-594: Was inaugurated in 2003 as the PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl, reflecting the sponsorship of PlainsCapital Bank . The bank's sponsorship ended after the 2004 edition, and the 2005 game was staged without corporate sponsorship. In 2006, Fort Worth based Bell Helicopter Textron took over sponsorship, and thus the game became officially known as the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. The Bell sponsorship ended after

2256-594: Was later phased out in favor of dedicated on-air brands for each package, such as SEC Network (later renamed SEC TV as to not be confused with the then-upcoming SEC Network cable channel). Following its acquisition of the Las Vegas Bowl in 2001, ERT began to double as an organizer of sporting events. The subdivision, which later began to operate under the name ESPN Events, would acquire and establish other bowl games to provide additional post-season opportunities for bowl-eligible teams. ESPN Events also organizes several pre-season tournaments in college basketball, as well as

2304-412: Was the only edition to include a ranked team (per the AP Poll ) until No. 22 Army played in December 2018. In 2010 and 2011 when Amon G. Carter Stadium underwent a reconstruction project, the bowl was moved to Gerald J. Ford Stadium in nearby University Park, Texas . Through the December 2018 playing, one of the three FBS-playing service academies ( Army , Navy , and Air Force ) has appeared in

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