Opened
in 1895 for the Penn Relays, Franklin Field is the
oldest sports stadium in use in the United States.
The part-time home of the Philadelphia Stars when
scheduling conflicts occurred over Veterans Stadium,
Franklin Field normally was the University of
Pennsylvania's home for football, lacrosse, track and
field, field hockey, soccer and intramural sports as
well.
Franklin Field today seats approximately 52,500, and
from 1958 to 1970 was the home of the Philadelphia
Eagles, where in 1960 the team defeated Vince Lombardi
and the Green Bay Packers, 17-13, to win the city's last
NFL championship. It's also the place where a man
in a Santa Claus costume was pelted with snowballs, and
where Howard Cosell got loaded during a 1970
Eagles-Giants game, vomiting on Don
Meredith.
1970 would be the last year the Eagles played at
Franklin, moving to Veterans Stadium - but strangely
enough, Franklin Field continues on today, hosting the
Penn Relays and other Penn events... while "The
Vet" has been torn down and replaced.
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