Air Force’s football game at Navy on Saturday will take place with or without a funded and operating government, The Gazette was told Tuesday.

All other Falcons athletic events, home and away, will also go on as scheduled.

Air Force officials could not comment on the record, but multiple conversations with representatives at Air Force and Navy indicated the football game on CBS at 10 a.m. MT Saturday in Annapolis, Md., would not be jeopardized by a government shutdown that was to go into effect at 10 p.m. MT on Tuesday if it is not averted.

Though confirmation was given that all athletic events would go on, no timeline was given for how long that might be the case if the situation becomes prolonged.

Navy will not be impacted, as its athletic department is nearly self-sufficient behind its nonprofit athletic corporation and operates with minimal government funding.

Air Force has moved to a similar model for athletics funding, but that did not prevent Falcons athletic events from being canceled during a January 2018 government shutdown.

In Octobert 2013 Air Force nearly canceled a football trip to Navy because of a shutdown, with funds provided by U.S. Automobile Asssociation at the last minute allowing the game to be played.