The 2011 Army/Navy football game has been officially awarded to Washington, D.C., to be played at the nearby FedExField in Landover, Maryland. The Greater Washington Sports Alliance, state of Maryland and the Washington Redskins worked in concert to secure the game.
The December 10, 2011 will be the first Army-Navy game ever to take place inside the immediate Washington, D.C. area. Five of the next eight Army-Navy games will still take place at the usual site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania while the 2014 and 2016 games will return to M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland.
Overall, the Army/Navy site selection comes off with something of a pro Navy tilt with three games in proximity to the Naval Academy while none come near the U.S. Military Academy.
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