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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
Harvard Stadium? The Patriots played there while Foxboro was being built I think.
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Nope.
But you are teaching me neat things:
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When colleges were discussing how to make the game of football less bloody Yale's Walter Camp proposed the field be widened by 40 feet so as to spread out the game and lessen the danger. Harvard Stadium's permanence, however, ensured that the field would not be widened. Instead, the forward pass was legalized.
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