Will 13 stripes equal 13 straight wins over Army?
The Navy Midshipmen are counting on it, debuting new Under Armour uniforms for Saturday's Army-Navy game in Baltimore based on the First Navy Jack, known by some as the "Don't Tread on Me" flag.
The First Navy Jack theme carries throughout the new Navy football gear.
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The design includes a new "N" helmet logo featuring a snake; red and white stripes on the jersey, pants, gloves, socks and base layer; and the "Don't Tread on Me" motto in several locations, including the back of the helmet and the side of the jersey. Players' names will be on the back of the jersey, according to the Navy athletics Twitter account.
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Under Armour will make its Army-Navy game debut Saturday with new gear for the Midshipmen.
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It's the Army-Navy debut for Under Armour, which signed a deal in January to outfit all Naval Academy varsity intercollegiate teams. Previously, both Army and Navy were under contract with Nike.
Army will go with an all-black look, announced Monday via Twitter:
The Nike uniforms are similar to what the Black Knights wore in Yankee Stadium on Nov. 8, when they beat Connecticut 35-21, but will drop the camouflage-pattern numbers in favor of gold.
Army wore black-on-black last month in a win over Connecticut at Yankee Stadium, but won't bring the camo numbers to Baltimore, going with gold instead.
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Kevin Lilley is the features editor of Military Times.
