The first regular season NFL game at Gillette Stadium was played September 9, 2002 between the Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Patriots won 30-14.
If at the end of 4 quarters the game is tied, the game goes into overtime where the first team to score wins. A coin flip determines who gets the ball first. If the game is still tied at the end of the 15 minute overtime period, the game ends in a tie. If it is the playoffs, the game will be played until there is a score.
Since the tradition was began by Taft in 1910, Jimmy Carter was the only president who never threw out an opening day pitch . He did throw out the first pitch at a World Series game in 1079.
William Howard Taft, on April 14th 1910. He threw the first pitch to the Washington senator's pitcher to begin the game, then stayed to watch the rest of it, enjoying himself so mucht hat every president since has done the same thing.
Historical events in 1902: Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first president to ride in an automobile The first Rosebowl game was played The Carnegie Institution, an organization established to support scientific research, is founded in Washington.
23 people On September 8, 1916, the New York Yankees came to Philadelphia to play the hapless Athletics. The fans sitting in Shibe Park for the rain-delayed game were outnumbered by the men in uniform. In fact, when the Yankees were at bat, they had more players on the bench than fans in the seats. After an 8-2 win over the Yankees, for the only time in major league history, a team was two games back for every fan in attendance. 46 games back of the first place Red Sox and an announced attendance of 23. That is not considered the official record in many circles, however.Post Script: The 23 brave fans saw another record that day. Philadelphia outfielder Wally Schang, a switch-hitter was the first major leaguer to hit home runs in consecutive at bats from different sides of the plate.In many circles, the official record occurred on September 22, 1966 when the Chicago White Sox were at the original Yankee Stadium to play the Yankees in what will forever be the smallest announced crowd in MLB history as the game was played in front of just 413 paying fans.That game is memorable because Red Barber, then an announcer for the Yankees had the cameras pan out to show the entire stadium showing the tens of thousands of empty seats (the game was believed to be televised locally on WPIX-TV, Channel 11 in New York though there is no known existing footage of that game). Barber was fired shortly after that, allegedly for showing the empty seats.Post Script: Three members of that 1966 White Sox team played three years later in the 1969 World Series: Don Buford for the Orioles and both Tommie Agee and Al Weis for the "Miracle" Mets, who won that championship in the first year of the division era. Also on that '66 White Sox team was Tommy John, whom the surgery many pitchers have today is named for and after having it in 1974 and missing the '75 season would pitch for 14 more years through the 1989 season.The division-era (since 1969) record unofficially was set on August 24, 2011. The head count, done by a tweeter, was 347 at a Reds-Marlins game at Sun Life Stadium. Hurricane Irene caused a large evacuation of the already-miniscule Marlins fanbase. The official attendance is far higher, as it is based on tickets sold, which are much more than 347. http://espn1420.com/record-low-attendance-at-marlins-game/ .Officially, the division-era record also involves the A's. On April 17, 1979 only 653 people watched the hapless A's (they would lose 108 games in 1979) play the Seattle Mariners (who would lose 95 games that year). The A's won that game, too: 6-5.Just for the record, the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (where the A's play, and one of the last multipurpose stadiums in MLB) has the lowest capacity at 35,000 because most of the seats are tarped off (capacity was 50,000+ in 1979 when the record was set as seats were not tarped off then). The A's also have some of the cheapest tickets, and Cisco Field (the long-awaited replacement) will only house 34,000. Considering the A's have won 10 World Series, it seems to be that they just have a hard time selling tickets. The crosstown Giants have much greater fanfare, especially with their recent World Series win.
Gillette Stadium can hold 68,756 people during a Patriots game.
The Denver Broncos are playing the New England Patriots tonight at 8:00 pm on the Patriots home field, Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
The first stadium The New England Patriots played in was Nickerson Field at Boston University. They played at Nickerson Field for the 1960, 1961 and 1962 seasons.
The Patriots ticket averages $130.70 per game. Gillette Stadium holds 65,878 people. $130.70 * 65,878 = $8,610,254.60 per game, gross. This does not include revenue generated by concessions, parking and souvenirs, programs, etc.
The Patriots former stadium has gone by several names: * Foxboro Stadium 1989-2002 * Sullivan Stadium 1983-1989 * Schaefer Stadium 1971-1983 Foxboro Stadium opened August 15, 1971 and the final game was played January 19, 2001. The stadium was replaced by Gillette Stadium, which opened in 2002. Foxboro Stadium was demolished in 2002.
Thru week 4 of the 2009 NFL Season, the New England Patriots have sold out 184 straight games. This streak includes every preseason, regular season and playoff game played at Foxboro Stadium (1994-2001) and Gillette Stadium (2002-Present).
There is a single train going to Gillette Stadium on game days. Click the link below to see the schedule.
September 19, 1971 vs. the Oakland Raiders. The Patriots won 20-6.
The New England Patriots are playing the Atlanta Falcons in 2009. The game will be played in New England at Gillette Stadium. The when hasn't been determined yet. The NFL usually releases its full schedule in April.
If the New England Patriots beat the New York Jets on January 16th, than the AFC championship will be at Gillette Stadium Foxborough Massachusetts. If the Pittsburgh Steelers win and the Patriots lose, than the AFC championship will be at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. If both the Steelers and the Patriots lose, than the game will be at M&T Bank stadium in Baltimore Maryland. The game will be played on January 23 at 4:30 Eastern
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