Against All Odds, Army, Navy Football Teams Both Thriving

Service academies are unbeaten and ranked for the first time since 1945.

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Head coach Jeff Monken of the Army Black Knights. Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images

Super Bowl champion and former New York Giant Phil McConkey is feeling a wave of nostalgia these days, thanks to the Navy football team, which along with Army, has accomplished something that hasn’t been done in 79 years.

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