Then there’s Cmdr. Colby Chester, the Commandant of Midshipmen from 1891 to 1894, who was fond of goats and recruited a ship’s goat known as “El Cid” to serve as the mascot for the 1893 ...

Officially, mascot stealing is forbidden by a high-level formal agreement signed in 1992, after Navy midshipmen cut phone lines and zip-tied six Army employees while stealing West Point’s mules ...

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.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The United States Naval Academy has announced that goat mascot Bill 33 has died. The Capital Gazette reports that the announcement was made Thursday. The fuzzy Angora goat was… ...

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

Then there’s Cmdr. Colby Chester, the Commandant of Midshipmen from 1891 to 1894, who was fond of goats and recruited a ship’s goat known as “El Cid” to serve as the mascot for the 1893 ...