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<p>Academy lets students celebrate off campus after football team’s win over Notre Dame</p>

<p>[Navy</a> victory earns Mids a free day – baltimoresun.com](<a href=“http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.navy05nov05,0,3878461.story]Navy”>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.navy05nov05,0,3878461.story)</p>

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First-year midshipmen, or plebes, were allowed off campus yesterday, a break from rules that typically keep them in their dorms or at the library on Sundays, and classes today are canceled - all in recognition of the Naval Academy’s thrilling football victory over the University of Notre Dame.</p>

<p>Such reprieves come at a time when the academy has made headlines for cutting back on Mids’ free time, canceling pep rallies and scaling back incentives for attending out-of-town football games.</p>

<p>Then again, Saturday’s game wasn’t just another victory: The Navy football team snapped a 43-game losing streak against the Irish in a triple-overtime shootout in South Bend, Ind., defeating a down-on-its-luck Notre Dame squad and tilting one of the most lopsided rivalries in college sports…

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