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Football use
of baseball stadiums
(and vice versa)


The stadiums on this page are listed in chronological order according to when they were first used by a professional football team. In some cases this was many years before or after they were used in major league baseball. Many of the thumbnail images on this page show the football configuration; eventually, all of them will. To see thumbnail images, roll the mouse cursor over the stadium names.


Early: 1920s-1940s


Stadium name City 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Wrigley Field ChicagoBears
(1921-
BearsBearsBearsBears
-1970)
to Soldier Field   
Polo GroundsNew YorkGiants (1922-GiantsGiantsGiants -1955)Titans (1960-63)to Yankee Stadium / Shea Stadium   
Comiskey ParkChicagoCardinals (1922-25)Cardinals (1929-CardinalsCardinals -1959)to Busch Stadium I    
Braves / "Nickerson" Field #Boston Braves (1932)to Fenway Park Patriots (1960-62) 
Baker Bowl #Philadelphia Eagles (1933-35)to Municipal Stadium / Shibe Park   
Forbes FieldPittsburgh Steelers (1933-Steelers *Steelers *Steelers -1963) * 
Fenway Park Boston Redskins (1933-36)to Griffith Stadium Patriots (1963-68)to Foxboro Stadium
Griffith StadiumWashington Redskins (1937-RedskinsRedskins -1960)to RFK Stadium    
Cleveland Municipal Stadium # Cleveland Rams
(1937-
Rams
-1945) *
Browns
(1946-
BrownsBrownsBrownsBrowns
-1995)
to Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
Tiger Stadium Detroit Lions
(1938-
LionsLionsLionsLions
-1974)
to Silverdome  
Shibe Park #Philadelphia  Eagles
(1940- *
Eagles
-1957)
to Franklin Field    
Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles

SUPER BOWLS: 1967, 1973

Rams
(1946-
RamsRamsRams
-1979)
Raiders (1982-Raiders -1994)to Anaheim Stadium / Oakland Col.

Middle: 1950s-1960s


Stadium name City 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Memorial Stadium Baltimore   Colts
(1953-
ColtsColtsColts
-1983)
CFL Stallions
& Ravens
to Hoosier Dome / M&T Bank Stadium
Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee   Packers (1953- *Packers *Packers *Packers *Packers -1994) *Lambeau Field
Yankee Stadium New York   Giants (1956-GiantsGiants -1973)to Giants Stadium  
Exhibition Stadium #Toronto(CFL)Argonauts (1959-ArgonautsArgonauts -1990)to Skydome 
Busch Stadium ISt. Louis Cardinals (1960-65)to Busch Stadium II   
Mile High Stadium Denver Broncos (1960-BroncosBroncosBroncos -2000)to Invesco Field
Metropolitan Stadium Minnesota Vikings (1961-Vikings -1981)to Metrodome  
Candlestick Park San Francisco    Raiders (1961)49ers
(1971-
49ers49ers49ers
Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Washington    Redskins (1961-RedskinsRedskinsRedskins -1996)to FedEx Field (Eagle Bank Bowl)
Municipal Stadium Kansas City    Chiefs (1963-71)to Arrowhead Stadium   
Shea Stadium New York    Jets
(1964-
Jets *Jets
-1983)
to Giants Stadium 
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Atlanta    Falcons (1966-FalconsFalcons -1991)to Georgia Dome 

Late: 1960s-1980s


Stadium name City 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Busch Memorial Stadium (II) St. Louis    Cardinals (1966-CardinalsCardinals -1987)to Sun Devil Stadium 
Oakland Coliseum Oakland    Raiders (1966-Raiders -1981)to Memorial ColiseumRaiders (1995-Raiders
Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego

SUPER BOWLS: 1988, 1998, 2003

 Chargers (1967-ChargersChargersChargersChargers
Astrodome Houston    Oilers
(1968-
OilersOilersOilers
-1996)
to Liberty Bowl (temp.)
Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh  Steelers (1970-SteelersSteelers -2001)to Heinz Field
Riverfront Stadium Cincinnati  Bengals (1970-BengalsBengals -1999)to Paul Brown Stadium
Veterans Stadium Philadelphia  Eagles (1971-EaglesEaglesEagles -2002)
Olympic Stadium #Montreal  (CFL)Alouettes (1977-Alouettes *Alouettes -1997?)to McGill Molson Stadium
KingdomeSeattle     Seahawks (1977-SeahawksSeahawks -1999)to Husky Stad. (temp.)
Anaheim / Angels Stadium Los Angeles      Rams
(1980-
Rams
-1994)
to [Trans World Dome]
H.H.H. Metrodome Minnesota

SUPER BOWL: 1992

    Vikings (1982-VikingsVikings
Dolphin / "Land Shark" Stadium #Miami

SUPER BOWLS: 1989, 1995, 1999;
ORANGE BOWLS: 1996 to date

Dolphins (1987-DolphinsDolphins
Rogers Centre Toronto      (CFL)Argonauts (1991-Argonauts
Recent NON-pro football use
Chase Field #Phoenix        (Insight Bowl)
Safeco Field #Seattle        (Seattle Bowl, 2001)
AT&T Park* San Francisco      XFL Demons, 2001
(Emerald Bowl)
KEY
Stadiums built for baseball
Stadiums built for football
Dual-use stadiums

Number signs (#) indicate that the diagrams for that stadium are subject to revision.

Note that the classifications of stadiums are based on the primary intended use in the stadium's FINAL configuration, if there were major modifications.

Stadiums are generally counted as "in use" by a football team for a particular decade if games were played there for at least three years.

Names used on this page are the ones normally used for most of the time during which the stadium was used for football, and may differ from the "standard" names at the top of the respective stadium pages.

* (ASTERISK): There was some irregularity or discontinuity in the usage of the stadium; see the particular stadium page for details.

CFL = Canadian Football League, eh?


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"Football" stadium diagrams

Diagrams are © by Andrew G. Clem. All rights reserved.


 

SOURCE: The 1999 ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac, Gerry Brown and Michael Morrison, eds. (New York: Hyperion Books, 1998); Web sites of respective NFL teams, etc.


Updated: (First posted: November, 2003)

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