The Army-Navy Game (M*A*S*H)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| M*A*S*H episode | |
|---|---|
| “The Army-Navy Game” | |
 |
|
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 20 |
| Writer(s) | Sid Dorfman |
| Director | Gene Reynolds |
| Production no. | J322 |
| Original airdate | February 25, 1973 |
| Episode chronology | |
| ← Previous | Next → |
| The Longjohn Flap | Sticky Wicket |
"The Army-Navy Game" was episode twenty of the first season of the TV series M*A*S*H. It originally aired on February 25, 1973; its repeat on September 9, 1973 was the last official telecast in M*A*S*H 's first season on CBS.
The characters spend much of the day listening, or trying to listen, to the Army-Navy Game on Armed Forces Radio. On the show, Army blows a 14-0 lead and Navy wins, 42-36. This does not match the score of any actual Army-Navy Game ever played, whether before, during, or after the war (although Navy did win the 1951 game 42-7). Had such a game actually been played, it would have been the highest-scoring Army-Navy game ever, with the two teams combining for 78 points. The highest-scoring Army-Navy Game in real life thus far was Navy's 58-12 win in 2002, with a total of just 70 points. The only Army-Navy Game in which each team scored 30 or more points was the 1998 game, a 34-30 Army win.
[edit] Notes
The play-by-play announcer heard on the radio throughout the episode is game show host Tom Kennedy, who was hosting Split Second at the time that this episode aired. Kennedy is not listed in the end credits for this episode.
| Preceded by: "The Longjohn Flap" |
M*A*S*H episodes | Followed by: "Sticky Wicket" |
| M*A*S*H | |
|---|---|
| Film: | MASH |
| TV series: | M*A*S*H | Trapper John, M.D. | AfterMASH | W*A*L*T*E*R |
| Characters: |
Hawkeye Pierce | Trapper John McIntyre | Duke Forrest | B.J. Hunnicutt | Henry Blake | Sherman T. Potter | Frank Burns | Margaret Houlihan | Charles Winchester | Radar O'Reilly | Father Mulcahy | Maxwell Klinger | Igor Straminsky | Luther Rizzo | Sidney Freedman | Col. Flagg | Spearchucker Jones | Ugly John | Walter Koskiusko Waldowski | Ho-Jon | Lieutenant Dish | Donald Penobscot |
| Episodes: | Season 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Books: | M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors | M*A*S*H Goes to Maine |
| Related material: | Guest stars | Differences between book, film and TV versions of M*A*S*H | Suicide Is Painless |
