Notre Dame-Navy: The world the last time the two didn’t meet (before 2020)

What was the world like last time Notre Dame and Navy didn’t play (previous to 2020, anyway)

Notre Dame and Navy have been playing football against each other for a very long time.  The two met every year from 1927-2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic wound up ultimately costing the two their annual meeting last fall.

Previous to 2020, the last year Notre Dame and Navy didn’t play football against each other was all the way back in 1926.  Here are a variety of things that were going on in the world in 1926: