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Navy football welcomes challenge of beating Army in true road game

First Navy football team to play Army, November 29, 1890. Standing left to right: Charlie Macklin, Martin Trench, Noble Irwin, Rufus Lane, Henry Ward, Harry Smith. Second Row: Powers Symington, Charley Emrich, Moulton Johnson, Renwick Hartung. Seated: Henry Pearson, George Laws, Adelbert Althouse, John Beuret. (Special Collections & Archives D/HANDOUT)

Senior Cameron Kinley was initially upset when he learned the Army-Navy game would be played at Michie Stadium on the campus of West Point instead of Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

Kinley, along with fellow captains Billy Honaker and Jackson Perkins, reflected the overall attitude of the Navy football team that it did not seem fair for the biggest game of the season to be played in enemy territory instead of a neutral site as usual.