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Posted by Wallyhorse on Mon Oct 8 03:20:07 2018, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 7, posted by Keeping the RAPID in Rapid Transit on Sun Oct 7 23:29:51 2018. Point was, the Jets *did* play football games in October at Shea after the Mets season ended. Steve's post said it had not seen that level of activity in October since the World's Fair closed.I do remember reading that about the Jets not being allowed to play home games until the Mets season ended, and for good reason: Grass fields back then were very poorly maintained and often fizzled completely and became dirt by the time December rolled around (the famed 1958 NFL Championship "Greatest Game Ever Played" was played on what by then was a dirt field at Yankee Stadium). The Jets only were finally allowed to play September home games at Shea in the final years there starting with the 1980 season (after one home game was actually moved to Giants Stadium in 1977). In 1969, the Jets actually played seven straight home games after the Mets season ended and in 1973 (when the Mets again made the World Series), one home game had to be moved to Pittsburgh because Shea was needed for baseball and the original Yankee Stadium had closed to begin work on its rebuild. That was why many stadiums starting in the late 1960's went to AstroTurf after the successful test case at the AstroDome. It was only when Prescription Athletic Turf came about in the early 1980's (the 49ers were the first team to go from AstroTurf to grass in the NFL for the 1979 season after the baseball Giants became the first MLB team to return to grass). |
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