Overview
- The United States Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy announced Monday that the 128th Army‑Navy Game will move from Dec. 11 to Dec. 4, 2027 and will still be played at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.
- The date change responds to the College Football Playoff expanding to 24 teams, which schedules a first‑round slate beginning Dec. 9 and removes conference championship games, creating a calendar conflict for early December.
- CBS and Paramount+ will carry the game as planned, and organizers say the new date preserves Army‑Navy’s exclusive national time slot that draws broad TV and fan attention.
- City and stadium officials worked with the academies to accommodate the new date, and athletic directors Michael Kelly and Tom Theodorakis released statements thanking partners and highlighting the move’s potential to protect and grow the game’s economic impact.
- The shift returns Army‑Navy to the first Saturday in December, a date it has held many times historically, and signals broader scheduling ripple effects across college football as the expanded CFP reshapes the late‑season calendar.