The Army-Navy Game (M*A*S*H) down, Father Mulcahy wins the football pool, having placed the only bet on Navy. The Army-Navy Game (M*A*S*H) "The Army–Navy Game" is episode #20 of the first season of the TV series "M*A*S*H", originally airing on February 25, 1973; its repeat on September 9, 1973 was the last official telecast in "M*A*S*H"s first season on CBS. The episode was co-written by cast member McLean Stevenson ("Lt. Col. Henry Blake"). Excitement runs high in the camp on the day of the Army-Navy football game, with several members of the 4077th putting money into a betting pool. As the game starts, the
M*A*S*H (TV series) Larry Linville, Wayne Rogers and Gary Burghoff. Series co-creator and joke writer Larry Gelbart departed after Season 4, the first featuring Mike Farrell and Harry Morgan. This resulted in Farrell and Morgan having only a single season reading scripts featuring Gelbart's masterful comic timing, which defined the feel and rhythm of Seasons 1–4 featuring predecessors Rogers and Stevenson, respectively. Larry Linville (the show's comic foil) and Executive Producer Gene Reynolds both departed at the conclusion of Season 5 in 1977, resulting in "M*A*S*H" being fully stripped of its original tight comedic foundation by the beginning of Season 6 — the