President Donald Trump is rumored to be attending the 2018 National Championship game in Atlanta, Georgia between the Georgia Bulldogs and Alabama Crimson Tide. This will be the second college football game that Trump has attended as president, his first was back in November of 2016 at the Army vs. Navy game. Most of the games on the list are Army vs. Navy since, at least one high-level executive branch member (President, Vice-President, Secretary of State or Defense) attends every year.
Here is the list of every college football game attended by a sitting President:
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Donald Trump
Jan. 8, 2018, Alabama vs. Georgia, Playoff National Championship
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
(expected)
Dec. 10, 2016: Army vs. Navy
M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore
Barack Obama
Dec. 10, 2011: Army vs. Navy
FedEx Field, Landover, Maryland
George W. Bush
Dec. 6, 2008: Army vs. Navy
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
Dec. 4, 2004: Army vs. Navy
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
Dec. 1, 2001: Army vs. Navy
Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
Bill Clinton
Sept. 27, 1997: Arkansas vs. Louisiana Tech
War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock, Arkansas
Dec. 7, 1996: Army vs. Navy
Veteran’s Stadium, Philadelphia
Jimmy Carter
Jan. 1, 1981: Georgia vs. Notre Dame, Sugar Bowl
Superdome, New Orleans
Nov. 12, 1977: Navy vs. Georgia Tech
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland
Gerald Ford
Oct. 23, 1976, South Carolina vs. Notre Dame
Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, S.C.
Oct. 9, 1976, Texas vs. Oklahoma
Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas
Nov. 11, 1974: Army vs. Navy
John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia
Richard Nixon
Dec. 6, 1969: Texas vs. Arkansas
Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, Arkansas
John F. Kennedy
Jan. 1, 1963: Alabama vs.. Oklahoma, Orange Bowl
Orange Bowl Stadium, Miami
Dec. 1, 1962: Army vs. Navy
Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia
Dec. 2, 1961: Army vs. Navy
Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia
Dwight Eisenhower
Nov. 30, 1957, Army vs. Navy
Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia
Harry Truman
Nov. 29, 1952, Army vs.. Navy
Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia
Dec. 2, 1950, Army vs. Navy
Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia
Nov. 26, 1949, Army vs. Navy
Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia
Nov. 27, 1948, Army vs. Navy
Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia
Nov. 29, 1947, Army vs. Navy
Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia
Nov. 30, 1946, Army vs. Navy
Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia
Dec. 1, 1945, Army vs. Navy
Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia
Calvin Coolidge
Nov. 27, 1926, Army vs. Navy
Soldier Field, Chicago, Ill.
Woodrow Wilson
Nov. 29, 1913, Army vs. Navy
The Polo Grounds, New York
William Howard Taft
Nov. 16, 1909, Tulane vs. Ole Miss
New Orleans
Oct. 30, 1909, LSU vs. Sewanee
New Orleans
Theodore Roosevelt
Dec. 2, 1905, Army vs. Navy
Osborne Field, Princeton, N.J.
Nov. 29, 1902, Army vs. Navy
Franklin Field, Philadelphia
Nov. 30, 1901, Army vs. Navy
Franklin Field, Philadelphia
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