Yale game is on Army's 2014 schedule

Talk of Yale and Army meeting in a 2014 game in the Yale Bowl has been going on for a few years. Now it is more than just talk as Army included a Sept. 27, 2014 game at Yale on the future schedules it released today.



Five of the 10 largest crowds for a Yale game at the Bowl featured Army from 1923-30, but the teams have not played since Army won 39-13 at Yale on Oct. 5, 1996.

Yale and Army had orally agreed to play in New Haven in 2014 as a way to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Yale Bowl.



Army was interested in coming to New Haven as a signature game during the historic 2014 season, but there was concern whether the game would count towards making the Cadets bowl eligible since Yale plays at the Football Championship Subdivision level.

Yale director of athletics Tom Beckett said no waiver has been signed, but Army is planning to honor the contract regardless of whether or not the game counts towards being bowl eligible.



Beckett said the NCAA doesn’t normally review waiver requests until 1½ years before the game is played, which means that would not happen until the winter of 2013.



“We’re hoping we are viewed as a countable opponent and will go through the waiver process,” Beckett said. “They have agreed to come and we are honored they are coming to New Haven.”