Voting Open For Top Moments in Football History

WEST POINT, N.Y. – In celebration of 125 years of Army football, the Army Athletic Association will countdown the top 10 moments in program history.

Input from Army football fans is a priority and below is a survey where supporters can vote for their top moments. Each day until Oct. 5, fans can select up to 10 moments or write in a suggestion at the bottom of the survey.

Once voting concludes, each Wednesday we will reveal one moment as we countdown the top 10, beginning with selection number 10 on Wednesday, Oct. 7. The top moment will be revealed on Wednesday, Dec. 9, prior to the 2015 Army-Navy Game presented by USAA.

In recognition of 125 years of Army football, below are the 125 of the best moments in program history. Select as many as 10 moments each day until Monday, Oct. 5.

1890 – Dennis Michie organizes the first Army West Point football team

1890 – Army-Navy (first Army-Navy game, Navy wins 24-0)

1891 – Army's registers first shutout win over Schuylkill Navy (6-0)

1891 – Army vs. Fordham (Cadets defeat Fordham 10-6 for program's first-ever win)

1891 – Army posts its first road win, which coincidentally was over Navy in Annapolis, a 32-16 victory

1894 – Thales "Tilly" Ames becomes Army 's first All-American

1898 – Charles Romeyn is first Army player to earn first team All-America honors with selection to Craig Whitney's list in Harper's magazine

1899 – Charlie Wesson returns a punt 100 yards (on a 110-yard field) for a touchdown vs. Syracuse.

1902 – Paul Bunker is first and only Army player to make Walter Camp's All-America team at two positions – tackle (1901) and halfback (1902)

1903 – Ed Farnsworth is only individual to play in five Army-Navy contests (1899-1903)

1906 – George S. Patton Jr. is a member of the 1906 team

1911 – Army's 100th win is a 12-6 victory over Colgate on Nov. 18 at West Point

1913 – Cadets win 22-9 in first Army-Navy game at New York-Polo Grounds

1914 – Army finishes a perfect 9-0, shutting out six opponents

1915 – Elmer Oliphant sets Army-Navy record for punt returns (11)

1916 – Army vs. Villanova (Elmer Oliphant sets Army West Point records - 6 TDs, 45 pts in 69-7 win)

1919 – Charles Daly founded and became first president of American Football Coaches Association

1920 – Army sets Academy record for points in 90-0 win over Bowdoin on Nov. 13.

1924 – First game at Michie Stadium, Army 17, Saint Louis 0

1924 – Edgar Garbisch sets Army-Navy record for field goal attempts (8) and made four in 12-0 victory

1925 – Army beats Notre Dame 27-0 in first trip to Yankee Stadium

1927 – Team captain Harry "Lighthorse" Wilson scores both touchdowns in 14-9 win over Navy

1938 – Charles "Monk" Meyer completes 11 of 15 passes for 172 yards to beat Columbia and QB Sid Luckman

1941 – Earl "Red" Blaik hired as head coach

1943 – Casimir Myslinski receives Knute Rockne Award for "Outstanding Lineman of the Year"

1944 – Army wins National Championship

1944 – Glenn Davis wins Maxwell Award

1945 – Army-Navy Game: No. 1 Army beats No. 2 Navy 32-13 in "Game of the Century" to win National Championship

1945 – Doc Blanchard wins Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award

1945 – Army wins second consecutive National Championship

1946 – Glenn Davis wins Heisman Trophy

1946 – Army-Notre Dame Game (0-0 tie, greatest college football game ever played)

1946 – Army wins third straight National Championship

1947 – Army vs. Colorado (Cadets win 47-0 and cap undefeated streak at 29 games)

1947 – Rip Rowan sets Army-Navy record for rushing with a 92-yard run

1947 – Arnold Tucker wins Sullivan Award

1947 – Joe Steffy wins Outland Trophy

1949 – Army-Navy Game (Army defeats Navy 39-0)

1949 – Army finishes 9-0 and undefeated for fifth time in six years

1949 – Quarterback Arnold Galiffa named to five different postseason All-America teams

1950 – Lt. John Trent posthumously receives "Football's Man of the Year" award by the Football Writers' Association of America

1951 – First time Army-Navy game shown on live television

1953 – A dramatic tackle seals a 14-13 Army win over Duke at Polo Grounds

1953 – Red Blaik named Coach of the Year after leading Cadets to a 7-1-1 record

1954 – Tommy Bell becomes Army's first 1,000-yard rusher

1955 – Led by quarterback Don Holleder, Army wins Army-Navy Game 14-6

1956 – Former Army head football coach Gar Davison (1933-37) returns to West Point as Superintendent

1958 – Pete Dawkins compiles 330 all-purpose yards in 26-0 win over Villanova

1958 – Army debuts "The Lonesome End" with Bill Carpenter

1958 – Pete Dawkins wins Heisman Trophy

1958 – Bob Novogratz wins Knute Rockne Award as nation's top lineman

1958 – Army finishes 8-0-1 in Red Blaik's final season

1959 – Army and Air Force play to 13-13 tie in first-ever meeting (game played at Yankee Stadium)

1962 – Army beats Syracuse 9-2 in final appearance at Polo Grounds

1963 – Army-Navy Game (Army falls short 21-15 just weeks after President Kennedy's death)

1964 – Army defeats Navy and quarterback Roger Staubach, 11-8, in Army-Navy Game

1964 – Lawrence Jones elected to Helms Foundation Hall of Fame and to Nebraska Football Hall of Fame

1966 – Rookie head coach Tom Cahill named national Coach of the Year after leading Army to 8-2 record

1968 – Charlie Jarvis sets single-game rushing record in a 58-25 victory over Boston College

1969 – Lynn Moore sets Army's Army-Navy Game record with 206 rushing yards

1970 – Joe Albano sets Army record with 13 pass receptions in game vs. Syracuse

1971 – Michie Stadium attendance record crowd of 42,765 in 22-6 Army win over Missouri

1972 – Army defeats Texas A&M 24-14 in College Station, Texas, despite being a 30-point underdog

1976 – Leamon Hall sets Army season record with 2,174 passing yards

1977 – Leamon Hall sets Army record with 5 touchdown passes vs. Massachusetts

1977 – Greg King sets record with 97-yard touchdown run in 48-7 win over Holy Cross

1977 – Army holds off Navy 17-14 in freezing conditions at the Army-Navy Game

1981 – Joe Sartiano sets Army-Navy record for highest average per punt (min. 5) of 57.6 as Cadets tied Navy 3-3

1983 – Army-Navy Game played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

1984 – Army wins its first game with triple option offense, beating Colgate

1984 – Army plays heavily favored Tennessee to a 24-24 tie

1984 – Army sets NCAA record with four 100-yard rushers and a team record with 679 yards on offense in a 45-31 win over Montana in Tokyo, Japan

1984 – Army's wins its first-ever bowl game, 10-6 vs. Michigan State in the Cherry Bowl

1985 – Craig Stopa connects on the longest field goal in Army history, 53-yards against Yale

1985 – Peel Chronister's two interceptions and defended two-point conversion helps Army to 31-29 win over Illinois in the Peach Bowl

1986 – Army upsets the heavily favored Tennessee Volunteers, 25-21, in Knoxville, Tenn.

1988 – Army falls just short against Alabama, 29-28, in the Sun Bowl

1990 – 100th Anniversary of the Army-Navy Game, Army wins 30-20 as Willie McMillian carried 35 times for 195 yards and a touchdown

1990 – Mike Mayweather sets Army West Point season and career rushing marks

1992 – Army overcomes a 17-point second-half deficit to defeat Navy, 25-24, for the largest comeback in the series

1993 – Navy misses late field goal and Army wins Army-Navy Game 16-14

1994 – Kurt Heiss sets Army-Navy Game record with a 52-yard field goal in 22-20 victory

1995 – Army's two-point conversion comes up short as Notre Dame wins 28-27

1995 – Army drives 99 yards in 19 plays for a game-winning touchdown to win the Army-Navy Game 14-13

1996 – Army beats Air Force 23-7 for its first 9-0 start since 1949

1996 – Army overcomes 21-3 deficit to win Army Navy Game, 28-24, and earned Independence Bowl bid

1996 – A furious Army rally comes up short as Auburn holds on to win Independence Bowl 32-29

1996 – Bob Sutton named Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year

1998 – Army defeats Cincinnati 37-20 in school's first ever Conference USA contest

1999 – Blaik Field dedication, Army beats Ball State 41-21

1999 – Army tops Louisville 59-52 in double overtime, marking the first overtime game in Army history

1999 – Army battles Navy for 100th time

2001 – Army defeats Navy, 26-17, in Army-Navy Game months after Sept. 11 attacks

2003 – ESPN College GameDay comes to West Point for Army-South Florida game on Sept. 27

2003 – Army ends losing streak at Air Force with a 27-24 victory

2003 – Zac Dahman breaks 27-year old academy record with 2,234 passing yards

2004 – Army announces first national television partnership with ESPN

2004 – Blaik, Blanchard, Davis, Dawkins and Olipahnt among charter class inducted into Army Sports Hall of Fame

2004 – Highly successful NFL head coach Bobby Ross hired as head coach

2004 – Zac Dahman thows 93-yard touchdown to Tielor Robinson against Cincinnati, the longest in Army history

2004 – Carlton Jones sets academy record with 5 rushing touchdowns in 42-35 win at South Florida

2004 – Army's final season as a member of Conference USA

2005 – Army returns to Independent status

2005 – Army uses a late turnover to upset Air Force 27-24

2006 – Army falls just short against favored Texas A&M, 28-24, in San Antonio, Texas

2008 – Collin Mooney sets Army West Point record with 1,339 rushing yards

2007 – Kevin Dunn to Mike Wright on Hail Mary on final play to beat Tulane in overtime

2008 – Caleb Campebell becomes first Army player selected in National Football League Draft in more than 10 years

2009 – Army announces national television partnership with CBS Sports

2010 – First football game in new Yankee Stadium, Notre Dame wins 27-3

2010 – Army defeats SMU in Armed Forces Bowl for first bowl win in 25 years

2011 – Andrew Rodriguez wins Campbell Trophy

2012 – Andrew Rodriguez wins Sullivan Award

2012 – Andrew Rodriguez and Zach Watts are named Academic All-Americans, marking the first time since 1957 Army had two Academic All-Americans

2012 – Spring game played at Fort Benning

2012 – Trent Steelman scores a touchdown in final minute, Army tops Boston College 34-31

2012 – Trent Steelman sets program record with 212 rush yds by a quarterback at Eastern Michigan

2012 – Army dominates Air Force 41-21

2012 – Trent Steelman ties NCAA record with 5 straight 100-yard games by a quarterback versus Temple

2013 – Terry Baggett rushes for 304 yards and four touchdowns, Army beats Eastern Michigan 50-25

2014 – First-year head coach Jeff Monken wins season opener as Larry Dixon rushes for 174 yards against Buffalo

2014 – Army beats Connecticut 35-21 at Yankee Stadium as Chris Carnegie seals the win with a 99-yard interception return for a touchdown

2014 – ESPN College GameDay visits Army-Navy Game for first time

2015 – Army announces first game against Ohio State, set for 2017 in Columbus, Ohio

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