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Re: Packers in the Astrodome
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 7:49 am
by rhickok1109
BD Sullivan wrote:Citizen wrote:Houston was also the site of the Packers' first game in a dome, also in 1972.
Prior to their August 1972 date in Houston, they also played exhibition games on fake grass at Riverfront Stadium in 1971 and the Orange Bowl in 1972.
Of course, the Pack were the only team that didn't take part in the NFL-AFL exihibitions that took place from 1967-69. The first AFL-based team they faced was the Raiders in Oakland in 1970.
The only AFL team that St. Vince ever faced was the Bills in Buffalo in 1969--when he was HC of the Skins.
Except for beating the Chiefs and Raiders in the first two Super Bowls, of course
Re: Packers in the Astrodome
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 3:48 pm
by BD Sullivan
rhickok1109 wrote:BD Sullivan wrote:Citizen wrote:Houston was also the site of the Packers' first game in a dome, also in 1972.
Prior to their August 1972 date in Houston, they also played exhibition games on fake grass at Riverfront Stadium in 1971 and the Orange Bowl in 1972.
Of course, the Pack were the only team that didn't take part in the NFL-AFL exihibitions that took place from 1967-69. The first AFL-based team they faced was the Raiders in Oakland in 1970.
The only AFL team that St. Vince ever faced was the Bills in Buffalo in 1969--when he was HC of the Skins.
Except for beating the Chiefs and Raiders in the first two Super Bowls, of course
I thought about that afterwards, but then he actually wanted to play those games. I'm sure he was impressed with War Memorial Stadium.
