RockstarBuckeye
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RockstarBuckeye;1814927; said:
Ha Ha Ha! Two negative rep dings for this comment. Good thing I give a shit less about what others think!
Doesn't change the fact, it was a good idea gone bad.
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Ha Ha Ha! Two negative rep dings for this comment. Good thing I give a shit less about what others think!
Doesn't change the fact, it was a good idea gone bad.
cincibuck
You kids stay off my lawn!
Saw31;1815011; said:
The Bears played lots of games at Wrigley. The Cardinals (Chicago - St. Louis - Phoenix) used Comisky Field. In fact the Bears won more than one NFL Championship game at Wrigley. Briggs Field (listed here as Detroit Stadium), Polo Grounds, Griffith Stadium. Yankee Stadium were also used by NFL teams. Blessed are those of us who can remember players having to deal with pitcher's mound at Municipal stadium until the Indian's season was over and the Browns permitted to remove it.
Season Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location Attendance Television
1933 Chicago Bears† (3) 23–21 New York Giants* Wrigley Field 26,000
1934 New York Giants* (2) 30–13 Chicago Bears† Polo Grounds 35,059
1935 Detroit Lions† 26–7 New York Giants* University of Detroit Stadium 15,000
1936 Green Bay Packers† (4) 21–6 Boston Redskins* Polo Grounds (2) 29,545
1937 Washington Redskins* 28–21 Chicago Bears† Wrigley Field (2) 15,870
1938 New York Giants* (3) 23–17 Green Bay Packers† Polo Grounds (3) 48,120
1939 Green Bay Packers† (5) 27–0 New York Giants* Wisconsin State Fair Park 32,279
1940 Chicago Bears† (4) 73–0 Washington Redskins* Griffith Stadium 36,034
1941 Chicago Bears† (5) 37–9 New York Giants* Wrigley Field (3) 13,341
1942 Washington Redskins* (2) 14–6 Chicago Bears† Griffith Stadium (2) 36,006
1943 Chicago Bears† (6) 41–21 Washington Redskins* Wrigley Field (4) 34,320
1944 Green Bay Packers† (6) 14–7 New York Giants* Polo Grounds (4) 46,016
1945 Cleveland Rams† 15–14 Washington Redskins* Cleveland Municipal Stadium 32,178
1946 Chicago Bears† (7) 24–14 New York Giants* Polo Grounds (5) 58,346
1947 Chicago Cardinals† (2) 28–21 Philadelphia Eagles* Comiskey Park 30,759
1948 Philadelphia Eagles* 7–0 Chicago Cardinals† Shibe Park 36,309 ABC
1949 Philadelphia Eagles* (2) 14–0 Los Angeles Rams† Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 27,980
1950 Cleveland Browns* 30–28 Los Angeles Rams† Cleveland Municipal Stadium (2) 29,751 ABC
1951 Los Angeles Rams† (2) 24–17 Cleveland Browns* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (2) 57,522 DuMont
1952 Detroit Lions† (2) 17–7 Cleveland Browns* Cleveland Municipal Stadium (3) 50,934 DuMont
1953 Detroit Lions† (3) 17–16 Cleveland Browns* Briggs Stadium 54,577 DuMont
1954 Cleveland Browns* (2) 56–10 Detroit Lions† Cleveland Municipal Stadium (4) 43,827 DuMont
1955 Cleveland Browns* (3) 38–14 Los Angeles Rams† Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (3) 85,693 NBC
1956 New York Giants* (4) 47–7 Chicago Bears† Yankee Stadium 56,836 NBC
1957 Detroit Lions† (4) 59–14 Cleveland Browns* Briggs Stadium (2) 55,263 NBC
1958 Baltimore Colts† 23–17 (OT) New York Giants* Yankee Stadium (2) 64,185 NBC
1959 Baltimore Colts† (2) 31–16 New York Giants* Memorial Stadium 57,545 NBC
1960 Philadelphia Eagles* (3) 17–13 Green Bay Packers† Franklin Field 67,325 NBC
1961 Green Bay Packers† (7) 37–0 New York Giants* "New" City Stadium 39,029 NBC
1962 Green Bay Packers† (8) 16–7 New York Giants* Yankee Stadium (3) 64,892 NBC
1963 Chicago Bears† (8) 14–10 New York Giants* Wrigley Field (5) 45,801 NBC
1964 Cleveland Browns* (4) 27–0 Baltimore Colts† Cleveland Municipal Stadium (5) 79,544 CBS
1965 Green Bay Packers† (9) 23–12 Cleveland Browns* Lambeau Field (2) 50,777 CBS
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Onebuckfan
classof76
I know I'm old and mean..hell play the game the way it was..practice both teams there and walk through..when the Bears played there the field ran the other way and there was a Nine yard endzone..no one died there. The game of football is a dangerous and violent game..players will be hurt and suffer debilatating injuries. Instead of trying to make it perfectly safe highlight the very high risks and then let parents and adults decide if they want to assume those risks. The Game will lose its popularity if its two hand touch. In our PC world we try somehow to assure people we can live in a risk free world. Football is violent..people die..in ILL we routinely argue over helmet laws for motorcyclists..we dont have any because the rider takes the risk himself they want their freedom. What is worse is downplaying the risks and highlighting safety..gives people the allusion that football is safe..
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JBaney45
Hall of Fame
Onebuckfan;1817172; said:
Didn't the adults in this case the coaches mutually decide not to take the risks?
The wall was too close, what the bears did in the 70s is whatever..they did a lot of things back then that they wouldn't do today. I mean a 9 yard end zone? Come on. The way that football is played today made the wall unacceptable, it's against NCAA rules even to have the wall that close
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Saw31
High Seas Rogue
cincibuck;1817154; said:
This is all before $200 million lawsuits. Happy things went fine in this game, but it's not the way it used to be. Good or bad, that stadium was not meant for football. Love the history though...Seriously, love it. Back when we weren't pussies...
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cincibuck
You kids stay off my lawn!
Saw31;1817530; said:
But the real fact is that if you had to be making accommodations such as the ones made then you had no business playing the game there. This game had bowl implications for both teams and for the conference and to turn it into a gimmick game was a crime.
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cincibuck;1817588; said:
Who cares....it's Northwestern without the QB that got them there against Zook. if the field wasn't the problem, that certainly would have been...
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Saw31
High Seas Rogue
cincibuck;1817588; said:
Well, I think that's why a lot of people question the Big Ten+2 for having it there. Awesome idea, but if the field doesn't fit and it may actually be dangerous to run into the one endzone, why have it there to begin with...
The one goalpost wasn't a goal post at all. They bolted half a goal post to the wall! It didn't even look like it was at the endzone end line, but a foot or so inside the end line. Again, I love the idea, but if you can't pull it off, do Soldier Field or something that still gives you the gimmick...Just my imo. Definitely want to take advantage of Chicago, what a great city...
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Northwestern wants to play another football game at Wrigley
Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips, who told the Tribune on Monday that there is ?absolutely potential to do another. This was a wonderful event, it captured a national audience and from the responses I?ve received, there truly was a bowl-like atmosphere.? OK, but what about the field? Shrink-wrapping won?t do the trick. ?I don?t know,? Phillips replied. ?Maybe you could take off some seats down the third-base line or shift the field a little more toward the home dugout.? Cubs President Crane Kenney was in meetings Monday and unavailable to comment, but it?s believed the Cubs would like to make Wrigley football-friendly during the team?s proposed renovation.
Entire article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...tern-wrigley--20101122,0,3037128,print.column
Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips, who told the Tribune on Monday that there is ?absolutely potential to do another. This was a wonderful event, it captured a national audience and from the responses I?ve received, there truly was a bowl-like atmosphere.? OK, but what about the field? Shrink-wrapping won?t do the trick. ?I don?t know,? Phillips replied. ?Maybe you could take off some seats down the third-base line or shift the field a little more toward the home dugout.? Cubs President Crane Kenney was in meetings Monday and unavailable to comment, but it?s believed the Cubs would like to make Wrigley football-friendly during the team?s proposed renovation.
Entire article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...tern-wrigley--20101122,0,3037128,print.column
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jimotis4heisman
Banned
cincibuck;1817154; said:
could you imagine the nflpa allowing a mound to be in place for a game today? no way. none. granted i think football is a better for not having the turf monster, a la the vet in philly, jump up and bite guys and end careers.
Onebuckfan;1817172; said:
ScriptOhio;1818352; said:
both of these tend to jive together, shrink the endzones a bit, or hell play on a 98 yard field.
all that being said after seeing the field in game action one most wonder who the hecks idea it was. how that field was not staked out and measured is beyond me... note good life experience, if you are going to buy a lot and have a floor plan design, stake out the perimeter of the house...
granted, then again i think wrigley could gain from modifications in the upcoming renovation to make this happen again. as noted before some of the now permanent box seats used to be temporary.
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