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Re: NFLgames postponed or moved due to weather
Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 12:11 pm
by smith03
Two Vikings home game were moved due to Twins World Series
1965 Oct 10 (Sunday) moved back to Saturday night Oct 9 vs Giants
1987 Oct 25 (Sunday) moved up to Monday night Oct 26 vs Broncos
plus the home and road dates with Tampa in 1987 were switch home Oct 18 switch with road Nov 15
Re: NFLgames postponed or moved due to weather
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:46 am
by Citizen
Also, the Vikings' 10/5/69 home game against Green Bay was moved to Memorial Stadium at the University of Minnesota due to the Twins using the Met for their ALCS game against the Orioles.
Re: NFLgames postponed or moved due to weather
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:07 pm
by smith03
I did some research a while back (mpls tribune newspapers of that time) on the 1969 green bay game. the game was schedule at memorial stadium as early as august 1969 due to the possibility of the twins making the playoffs. I understand from the newspapers that even if the twins had not made the playoffs. the Viking game would have stayed at memorial stadium. It may have been a test run at a possible move to memorial stadium due to the nfl rule of having a stadium with at least 50, 000 seats.
Re: NFLgames postponed or moved due to weather
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:15 pm
by smith03
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2 ... 39,4570172
left side towards the middle newspaper is from aug 12 1969