Navy will end its season like it always does in 2026, with the traditional matchup against Army that transcends sports.
Army-Navy is a living, breathing thing that plays out every December in some chosen locale, and this year it’ll be MetLife Stadium that hosts the Black Knights and Midshipmen for a 3 p.m. ET kickoff on CBS. The 2 service academies will hold down their traditional spot on the calendar in the Dec. 12 clash, for 1 more year anyway thanks to College Football Playoff expansion.
On Thursday, just a few days after Army revealed what it would be wearing for the 127th meeting, it was Navy’s turn to tell its fans, the college football world and the United States in general exactly what it would be wearing exactly a month later in the matchup that drips with tradition.
Navy Athletics and Under Armour revealed the Midshipmen’s uniform that will honor “the extraordinary history, heritage and sacrifice of the men and women of Naval Special Warfare (NSW), including the Navy SEALs, Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen (SWCC) and the pioneering Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT) that laid the foundation for modern Naval Special Warfare.”
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On the day of the uniform reveal, the Navy Football social media account also released a riveting and inspiring 1-minute, 5-second video that not only gives fans a look at what the Midshipmen will be wearing but also should fire up Navy fans and really all college football fans — yes, even fans from Army.
Here is the video, with a call to order as the headline: “There is a standard and it isn’t given, it’s earned”
According to Navy’s release on Thursday, the uniform it will be wearing “incorporates distinctive elements inspired by Naval Special Warfare’s maritime heritage, including a tonal blue camouflage pattern, specialized stencil typography, the Navy SEAL Trident, the SWCC Master Warboat insignia and symbols honoring the legacy of the original Underwater Demolition Teams.”
Navy will don those uniforms at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J., in 1 month, doing it with honor and with the annual message to “Beat Army” as it tries to build on its all-time series advantage over the Black Knights. Going into the 2026 meeting, Navy holds an all-time edge of 64-55-7.
Now, everybody knows exactly how the Midshipmen players will look as they try to add another victory onto that series ledger.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
