Traveling 'in style’: Patriots lend airplane to Navy football team
by Madison Dibble
| December 26, 2019 01:42 PM
The New England Patriots lent their team’s airplane to the Navy’s football team ahead of their college bowl game in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Navy’s team, which consists of midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, earned their spot to play the Kansas State Wildcats in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on New Year’s Eve. Naval Academy Athletic Association revealed on Tuesday that the team was going to be heading to Memphis aboard the Patriots private jet.
In a statement, Scott Strasemeier, the Navy’s senior associate athletic director, thanked Patriots owner Robert Kraft for letting the team use the jet for the bowl game.
“The NAAA and the New England Patriots have a longstanding relationship, which certainly did not hurt our ability to work out an agreement with the Patriots," Strasemeier said. "We are extremely grateful for the support and the cooperation we received from Mr. Kraft and his staff."
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