Days of pomp end with Navy sinking Army

Longtime Army-Navy goers Paul and Kathleen Withington were torn this year: Their son Jeff is a junior at the Naval Academy, while their other son, Mark, is a plebe at West Point.

But when Navy took the clear lead in the second quarter of yesterday's game, the West Chester, Pa., couple made an executive decision.

"We're rooting for Army now, to balance it out," Mr. Withington said, even though he himself served in the Navy.

But that balance didn't descend to the gridiron at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. The midshipmen scored their first touchdown just three minutes in, and by the...