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The college football standard, which was the previous standard in the NFL (from 1945 to 1971), is 40 feet apart (20 yards from the sidelines), [7] instituted in 1993. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Previously, the college width was the same as the high school standard, at one-third of the width of the field (53 1 ⁄ 3 feet).
The majority of current NFL stadiums have sold naming rights to corporations. Only 3 of the league's 30 stadiums — Arrowhead Stadium, Lambeau Field, and Soldier Field — do not currently use a corporate-sponsored name. Though the Chiefs sold naming rights of the football field to GEHA, the team retain stadium branding under the Arrowhead ...
On August 4, 2012, Heinz Field hosted the Women's Football Alliance's National Championship Game, becoming the first NFL stadium to host a title game for any women's football league. [ 58 ] The quickest score in NFL history occurred on September 8, 2013, in the Steelers season opener against the Tennessee Titans , when the Steelers scored a ...
In 1970, the NFL ruled that all teams must play in stadiums that seated more than 50,000 fans, and the Bears were forced to leave Wrigley Field. Ultimately, a deal to play permanently at Dyche Stadium fell through, forcing the Bears to return to Wrigley for the remainder of the 1970 season.
The majority of these stadiums are used for American football, either in college football or the National Football League (NFL). Most of the others are Major League Baseball (MLB) ballparks or Major League Soccer (MLS) stadiums. Rows shaded in yellow indicates stadium is home to an NFL, MLB, MLS, or National Women's Soccer League franchise.
The following is an incomplete list of current American football stadiums in the USA ranked by capacity. All stadiums in the list are located in the United States. The list contains the home stadiums of all 32 professional teams playing in the NFL as well as the largest stadiums used by college football teams in the NCAA. The largest stadium ...
Site of first NFL game. [9] [10] Bosse Field: Evansville Crimson Giants: Evansville, Indiana: 1921 1922 [11] [12] Hagemeister Park: Green Bay Packers: Green Bay, Wisconsin: 1921 1922 [13] [14] Cubs Park/Wrigley Field: Chicago Bears, Chicago Cardinals: Chicago, Illinois 1921, 1931 1970, 1937 Until 2003, Wrigley Field had hosted more NFL games ...
The lower-to-upper proportion improved for the Redskins with end-zone seats. The first ten rows of the football configuration were nearly at the field level, making it difficult to see over the players. The baseball diamond was aligned due east (home plate to center field), and the football field ran along the first baseline (northwest to ...