Navy will be hosting service academy rival Air Force in one of the biggest football games of the season on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States.
Navy athletic officials already have settled on an underlying theme for the day: Honoring all the alumni from the Air Force Academy and Naval Academy who perished on 9/11.
“Unfortunately, both institutions have a number of alums that were victims of that tragedy,” Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk said. “Everything surrounding the Navy-Air Force football game will be about paying tribute to families of those alumni that were lost on that tragic day.