At the Fenway bowl; I’ve never seen my beloved ballpark as a football field before. Go huskies!
December 28, 2024
At the Fenway bowl; I’ve never seen my beloved ballpark as a football field before. Go huskies!
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It used to host football back in the 40s through the 60s with the Boston Redskins, Boston Yanks, and the Boston Patriots playing there.
Went for Yale-Harvard a few years back. It was cool to see it there once as a “check it off the list” thing, it felt like once was enough. Fun for a few photos and we had nice weather. But the sightlines for football aren’t great.
Also the poor quality of the turf resulted in a few nasty injuries which soured it. (Harvard QB got a severe hip dislocation and needed to be rushed to the hospital).
The Fenway Bowl is now going on three straight years of terrible weather, but at least it should be a very fun matchup
That is pretty cool. My company had the holiday party at the EMC club a few years back, January 2017, but it was while the rink was on the field for Frozen Fenway. Not game night but it was all lit up and different people were skating around, it was one hell of a scene, besides the awesomeness of the setting in general. I wish they’d get that place again, the championship trophies were out and everything.
Doesn’t look like the bathroom lines will be long
I saw football there years ago when my old high school played there for Thanksgiving week I think. I’d like to catch a hockey game there if the winter classic ever returns, or if college hockey gets a game there.
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It used to host football back in the 40s through the 60s with the Boston Redskins, Boston Yanks, and the Boston Patriots playing there.
Went for Yale-Harvard a few years back. It was cool to see it there once as a “check it off the list” thing, it felt like once was enough. Fun for a few photos and we had nice weather. But the sightlines for football aren’t great.
Also the poor quality of the turf resulted in a few nasty injuries which soured it. (Harvard QB got a severe hip dislocation and needed to be rushed to the hospital).
The Fenway Bowl is now going on three straight years of terrible weather, but at least it should be a very fun matchup
That is pretty cool. My company had the holiday party at the EMC club a few years back, January 2017, but it was while the rink was on the field for Frozen Fenway. Not game night but it was all lit up and different people were skating around, it was one hell of a scene, besides the awesomeness of the setting in general. I wish they’d get that place again, the championship trophies were out and everything.
Doesn’t look like the bathroom lines will be long
I saw football there years ago when my old high school played there for Thanksgiving week I think. I’d like to catch a hockey game there if the winter classic ever returns, or if college hockey gets a game there.
39 degrees.
Was confused why UW was playing in Boston
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Love this old picture of Fenway from the Patriots era.
Note the Pru is still under construction and the uprights are in *front* of the end zone like the CFL.
[Source](https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/sports/football/early-patriots-were-a-comical-traveling-sideshow.html?unlocked_article_code=1.k04.GpMh.0M5LNHyDaaFu&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&tgrp=on)
Went to the Notre dame vs. BC game like 7-8 years back. Never a bad day at Fenway.
UConn!!!
Couldn’t make it today but I go most years. Love old timey parks as football fields.
At least for today, the Grandstand 7 seats were actually facing the game.
I like football, but man, Fenway just looks *wrong* with a football configuration.
I was there today too. The right field seats finally make sense pointing you toward the 40 yard line. Go UCONN.