On September 16, 1950, the Cleveland Browns, playing their first season in the NFL after dominating the defunct All-America Football Conference (winning all four league titles), played their first NFL game against the two-time defending NFL Champion Philadelphia Eagles as a prelude to what would eventually in time become the NFL Kickoff Game. Eastern Airlines Boeing 767 336ER (N703KW, #A960A9) as U.S. Transportation Command flight #CMB543 at 34000 ft heading north west bound OTT Le Champ-prs-Froges . April 17, 1988: In the first professional soccer game in DC in over 4 years, the new Washington Diplomats lost 21 to the, August 13, 1988: In their first-ever home playoff game in the ASL, the Diplomats top the, August 21, 1988: In the first game of the. The districts K-12 population grew by nearly 26% between the 2015-16 and 2020-21 school years. (Hamilton won, 24-18, in what remains the only regular-season CFL game played between two Canadian teams outside of Canada.). STANDING 100 YARDS APART from one another at the main entrance to RFK Stadium are tributes to Robert Francis Kennedy and George Preston Marshall. The stadium played host to the Monsters of Rock Festival Tour, featuring Van Halen, Scorpions, Dokken, Metallica and Kingdom Come, on June 11, 1988. November 10, 2001: In the only college football game at RFK to go into overtime, Frostburg State beat Salisbury 3024 to win the 3rd Regents Cup. The first win in the stadium came at the end of the season on December 17, over its future archrival, the struggling second-year Dallas Cowboys. In 2004 they played an exhibition against Nottingham Forest, which they won 80. [58] Along with Udall, Kennedy threatened to revoke the team's lease at the federally owned stadium until it promised to sign African American players. From 1961 to 1964 they played road games in September, and in 1965 and 1966 they played at high school stadiums in Arlington and Alexandria, Virginia. John F. Kennedy was a big fan of the game and often was in attendance after his decorated Naval career. Bob Dylan / Madonna / Eric Clapton / The Beach Boys / Santana / Neil Young / Bryan Adams / Duran Duran / Phil Collins / Daryl Hall & John Oates / Lionel Richie / Black Sabbath / Kool & The . [25], In 1961 and 1962, D.C. Stadium hosted the annual city title game, matching the D.C. public school champion and the winner of the area's premier Catholic league, played before capacity crowds on Thanksgiving Day. going to work in the stadium where she attended Redskins games with her late father, Edward. [175] On August 14, 2018, DC Events announced the DC Events Kickoff Classic, a football tripleheader featuring six Washington, D.C., high schools, with games between Dunbar and Maret, Archbishop Carroll and Woodrow Wilson, and Friendship Collegiate Academy and H. D. The district intends to fund the project through a 30-year bond worth approximately $241 million, which voters will approve or deny in a Jan. 25 municipal election. JFK Stadium Concert History - Concert Archives Adding to the outdoor options already available at the Fields, a state-of-the-art Sports and Recreation Complex will invite you in for family, youth and amateur sports, fitness and fun. The Redskins' first game in D.C. Stadium was its first event, a 2421 loss to the New York Giants on October 1, 1961. [84] On January 19, 1967, the decision became official. The Bob Welch and Steve Miller sets were marred by PA system problems. The new venue opened for football even though construction was not completed until the following spring. The Philadelphia Flyers won their second Stanley Cup on May 27, 1975, and celebrated with a parade down Broad Street the next day that ended at the stadium. May 5 - May 6. [7] As of May2022,[update] demolition is expected to begin in 2023 "at the earliest. 1970s AERIAL VIEW VETERANS STADIUM THE SPECTRUM AND OLD JFK STADIUM ALL DESTROYED AND REPLACED PHILADELPHIA PA USA. "You should have seen it in its heyday," says 84-year-old Charlie Brotman, the long-time PA announcer for the Senators, as well as the Opening Day escort for several Presidents. September 16, 2016 The last Howard University game at RFK, a 347 loss to Hampton. The Colonials were forced to play their first three games on the road to allow the stadium to be completed. The team went 414 in 1983 and 315 in 1984, averaging 7,700 fans. John F. Kennedy Stadium (formally Philadelphia Municipal Stadium) was an open-air stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that stood from 1925 to 1992. U.S. Bowl (1962) A college all-star game that lasted only one season. [214][215], The venue saw a return to racing in 2014 with the Global Rallycross Championship. Some attendees recall tipped-over Porta-Potties, "heads dosing each other with spray bottles" of LSD, and "flabbergasted" Philly cops. President Kennedy threw out the ceremonial first pitch in front of 44,383 fans, who watched the Senators defeat the Detroit Tigers 41 and Senators shortstop Bob Johnson hit the first home run. JFK Stadium Philadelphia in its Final Days Fall of 1993. A space-age curved roof to rival Dulles airport's. Parking lots so vast, the stadium was later called "a National Park dedicated to asphalt." Back then, RFK had it alland crucially, could host it all. Irrelevant' pick on Toledo's Johnson, Chargers go all-in on TCU with Duggan pick in 7th, 10 fantasy football breakout players for 2023, Will Levis opens up about emotional draft day, Steelers' first draft under Omar Khan was 'aggressive' and achieved high marks, After hoopla of going No. [80] Perhaps their biggest win was the 1964 upset of Villanova, which came to Washington with a 61 record. "Liberty Bell" used to hang from center-field roof on fourth level - hit by Greg Luzinski on May 16, 1972. [8], The stadium hosted Philadelphia's City Title high school football championship game in 1939 and 1978. The Diplomats of the NASL, racked up an impressive 6029 (.674) record at RFK, the best winning percentage of any RFK home team, and were 11 in the playoffs.[75][73]. Washington Redskins former home, RFK Stadium, has rich history - ESPN Some of RFK's quirks endear the venue to fans and players. Pink Floyd performed a concert here on June 1, 1988, as part of their A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour and two concerts on July 9 and 10, 1994, as part of their The Division Bell Tour. October 24, 1970 First Howard University game at RFK, a 247 victory over Fisk. 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