The season-long competition to decide the 51st edition of the Commander-in-Chief’s trophy heads into its next game on Saturday as Army and Air Force meet in Arlington, Texas, in the 2022 Commander’s Classic. For the Falcons, the game vs. the Black KLnights presents a chance to clinch the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy for the 21st time after defeating Navy in a 13-10 thriller last month in Colorado Springs.
Accomplishing that feat may prove difficult, however, as this leg of the competition has gone Army’s way in recent years. Jeff Monken’s Black Knights have won four of the last five in this series, including a 21-14 overtime victory last season that prevented the Falcons from winning the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy outright. Army would go on to fall to Navy at the end of the season, resulting in just the fifth shared trophy in the history of the competition (Army officially “retained” the trophy).
Air Force has the most Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy wins with 20, ahead of Navy with 15 and Army with nine, but the Falcons have not won the competition since 2016 in part because of the recent shortcomings in this game. With the neutral site of Globe Life Field as the backdrop, the trophy will be on the line for Air Force’s taking on Saturday while Army looks to get its first Commander-in-Chief’s rivalry win of the season and set up an opportunity to win the trophy outright on Dec. 10 in Philadelphia vs. Navy.
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How to watch Army vs. Air Force live
Date: Saturday, Nov. 5 | Time: 11:30 a.m. ET
Location: Globe Life Stadium — Arlington, Texas
TV: CBS | Live stream: CBSSports.com, CBS Sports App (Free)
Army vs. Air Force: Need to know
Air Force looking to match CiC success with conference success: While the Falcons have not won the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy since 2016, Troy Calhoun has built this program into one of the powers in the Mountain West Conference in recent years. Air Force tied for the Mountain Division title in 2021 with a 6-2 record and finished second in the division with a 7-1 record in 2019. When you exclude the COVID-shortened season of 2020, this Air Force program is 26-8 over the last three seasons, and with a win will be bowl eligible for the 13th time in the last 16 seasons.
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