This past weekend was the Navy v. Air Force football game. Multiple competitions accompanied the football game. Navy came out on top in almost every category.

Football: Navy BEAT Air Force 16-13 in overtime!!!

Men’s Rugby: Navy BEAT Air Force 54-16

Women’s Rugby: Navy BEAT Air Force 67-3

Boxing: Navy BEAT Air Force 7-4

The Navy Drum and Bugle Corps BEAT Air Force and Coast Guard in a drill off.

Sprint Football BEAT Cornell 18-13

Navy Men’s Cross Country placed 4th of 42 teams at the Paul Short Invitational

The above photo is of the sprint football game, Navy v. Cornell. The quality isn’t great, but the play was awesome. A tip caused a jump-ball in which Navy came down for the touchdown despite Cornell’s engulfing presence. Later, Navy’s defense would also cause a safety.

Air Force week itself was mild compared to previous years. Perhaps the institutionalization of the week’s festivities has slowed the shenanigans of the plebes (click here to read about last year’s Army Week.) Whether or not the plebes squirt ketchup all over the walls and drench the stairs with spoiled milk, the competitive spirit to BEAT EVERYONE (especially Air Force and Army,) lives forever. The Navy-Air Force Football game had a packed stadium, and the Mids cheered for the entire game. When Air Force missed the field goal to give Navy a victory, the stands erupted with body slams, stinging pats on the back, and rowdy cheers.

Ten years from now plebes will probably ask their upperclass what it was once like to slap a firstie in the face with a pickle,  pour a pitcher of water on someones head, or lather a zoomie’s (Air Force exchange cadet) shoes with peanut butter, but hopefully they will never have to ask what it was like to cheer on the teams as they beat Air Force and Army year after year.