Navy won the game and attributed the luck to the goat. And in 1893, as part of the fourth Army-Navy clash, a live goat was officially made the academy’s mascot.

Bill the Goat joins a row of U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen on the field during the start of the 113th Army-Navy football game on Dec. 8, 2012. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D ...

A Navy goat mascot on the sideline of a football game between the Naval Academy and the University of South Florida in 2019. Credit... Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images.

The Midshipmen will take the field during December's Army-Navy game in new uniforms inspired by their 125-year-old mascot, Bill the Goat. Naval Academy Varsity Athletics image ...

Navy has used a goat as its mascot since 1893. (Photo courtesy of United States Naval Academy) By Jake Russell. Bill XXXV, one of Navy’s real-life mascots, died at the age of two, ...

Bill XXXIII (33), the Naval Academy goat mascot affectionately known as “Blue Eyes” and who played a central role in an Army-Navy prank gone too far nine years ago, has died, the Naval Academy ...

Rather, they had grabbed retired Navy mascot Bill No. 34, and not the current one: Bill No. 37. Bill No. 37 is just that: the 37th in the line of goats of various breeds to hold the prestigious ...

For one of the most highly anticipated games on the college football schedule — the Army-Navy game on December 8 — the Midshipmen will wear alternate uniforms inspired by their famous mascot ...

The Navy has used a goat as its mascot since 1893. (Courtesy of U.S. Naval Academy) By Dana Hedgpeth. Welcome Bill, the goat. Specifically, Bill 37. And he’s arrived at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Bill 36, the Naval Academy's goat mascot, has recovered from an illness and will be ready to go for the Army-Navy game this Saturday. Bill got sick from eating some "toxic vegetation." From ESPN ...

Since 1890, 37 goats named "Bill" have served as the mighty Midshipmens' mascot. Since 1890, ...

The goat mascot from 1906 to 1912 was named “Three-to-Nothing Jack Dalton” in honor of the Navy kicker who won two successive Army-Navy games 3-0. ... with the Navy goat mascot and the Army mule.