NFLgames postponed or moved due to weather

[oldecapecod11]

NWebster » Sat Nov 22, 2014 8:44 pm
"I don't think Tampon Bay would've worked very well."

You need only attend a game at Steinbrenner Field, George M., that is, formerly Legends Field, and see the display
of Giants and Jets paraphernalia mixed with that of the Yankees and you would get an idea of the number
of New York followers in the area.
However, if the Buccaneers balked at the penetration of their dwindling fan base, just about 90 minutes to the East
they might have used the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl.
Many an NFL star has displayed his talent on this field. such as: Willie Lanier, Cris Collinsworth, and Peyton Manning.

The point you miss is that rather than play in an entirely fan-starved area they might have generated some revenue
where they could sell tickets.

[TodMaher]

Here is my list of NFL games that were postponed and played at a later date due to weather and other reasons (such as all the 1982 games due to the player's strike). There are also quite a few games from 1920s and 1930s that were postponed and then later canceled.


10/12/1922 roc @ akr Postponed from 10/8
12/2/1923 day @ col Postponed from 11/29
12/9/1923 can @ col Postponed from 12/2
11/3/1925 buf @ nyg Postponed from 10/25
11/15/1925 kc @ ri Moved from Kansas City; Postponed from 11/1
11/21/1925 cle @ fra Postponed from 11/15
12/6/1925 can @ cle Postponed from 10/25
12/20/1925 fra @ cle Postponed from 11/15
11/6/1929 chic @ pro Postponed from 11/3
10/16/1930 chic @ nyg Postponed from 10/15
10/30/1930 new @ nyg Postponed from 10/29
10/22/1934 bkn @ det Postponed from 10/21
11/19/1935 chic @ bkn Postponed from 11/17
10/1/1946 nyg @ bos Postponed from 9/30
1/2/1983 atl @ no Postponed from 10/31
1/2/1983 buf @ ne Postponed from 11/14
1/2/1983 chib @ tb Postponed from 11/14
1/2/1983 cin @ hou Postponed from 11/14
1/2/1983 cle @ pit Postponed from 10/24
1/2/1983 den @ sea Postponed from 11/7
1/2/1983 gb @ det Postponed from 11/14
1/2/1983 lari @ sd Postponed from 9/26
1/2/1983 larm @ sf Postponed from10/17
1/2/1983 mia @ bal Postponed from 10/24
1/2/1983 nyg @ phi Postponed from 10/25
1/2/1983 nyj @ kc Postponed from 10/24
1/2/1983 stl @ was Postponed from 9/26
1/3/1983 dal @ min Postponed from 9/26
11/9/2008 bal @ hou Postponed from 9/15*
12/13/2010 nyg @ min Postponed from 12/12; Moved from Minneapolis
12/28/2010 min @ phi Postponed from 12/26

*This caused the 11/9/2008 min@hou scheduled game to be moved up to 10/26/2008!

[TodMaher]

Postponed games in the early days were not that uncommon. Don't have the detail in front of me, but I think a Lions-Dodgers game in 1934 was postponed a day due to weather. I think two games on the same day in 1935 involving Eagles-Redskins and Dodgers-Cardinals were postponed due to heavy rain. I think the 1939 Pro Bowl (played in 1940) was postponed a week. I think the Miami Seahawks' first ever game was postponed due to hurricane.

There are many others.

1935 games were scheduled for November 17th. The Dodgers-Cardinals was postponed and played on November 19th. The Eagles-Redskins games was first postponed and then canceled.

[conace21]

Excellent list. But shouldn't it include all the games that were scheduled for September 16 and 17, 2001? They were all tacked on at the end of the regular season.

[LJP]

The Staley's game with the Canton Bulldogs on 30-Oct-1921 at Wrigley Field was called off because of a "sea of mud" and played on 11-Dec-1921 instead, in wet & muddy conditions.

The Chicago Bears at Chicago Cardinals game at Wrigley Field on 06-Oct-1936 was postponed because of the MLB World Series game 5 between the Cubs and Tigers. The game was played at the end of the season (08-Dec-1936) instead. The two teams also played the week before (01-Dec-1936) at Wrigley Field, a Bears home game.

Baseball also got in the way of the Chicago Bears at Miami Dolphins game at Pro Player Stadium on 26-Oct-1997. The World Series between the Marlins & Indians went to game 7, forcing a MNF double header on 27-Oct-1997.

[luckyshow]

All of the AFL games 51 years ago on the Sunday following the JFK assassination on 11/22/1963

[luckyshow]

A few more, most not on list above

10/25/1925 Buffalo at Giants, pp to 11.3 (rain)
10/31/1926 Bk Lions at NY Giants pp [rain] played 11/28 v Bk Horse-Lions
11/28/1926 Hartford Blues at NY Giants canceled
12/5/1026 Bears at Giants canceled due to 3 inches of snow and attendance of 300
11/13/1927 Buffalo at Giants canceled as Bisons withdrew from league
exhibition game:
1/22/1928 Giants v LA Wildcats, at San Francisco [wet grounds]
12/14/1928 Giants at Stapes, canceled
exhibition g:
10/1/1930 Giants v College Point FC, at Dexter Park, can.
10/22/1930 Dodgers at Giants, scheduled Polo Grounds night game, postponed to 11/30 because Giants preferred not to play at night!
exhib. game:
12/10/1932 Giants at Portsmouth Spartans, at McLean Stadium, Lexington, Kentucky, pp to 12/13 due to weather
exhib. game"
11/28/1937 Giants at Paterson Panthers, Hinchcliffe Stadium [rain]
10/3/1943 Giants at Redskins, pp because Griffith Stadium "not available" and the U.S. Navy wouldn't let them use Baltimore Municipak stadium. Game played 12/12
9/20/1946 Giants v EAstern College All-Stars, canceled in Spring 1946 due to "lack of probable talent" from the colleges.
9/30/1946 Giants at Boston Yanks, Braves Field, postponed to 10/1 fue to rain (night game)

10/28/1931 Dodgers at Stapes, night game pp, rain ro 10/29
10/29/1931 Dodgers at Stapes, night, pp again due to rain, played 11/4 (they had a game 11/1 against Cardinals)
11/15/1931 Dodgers v Frankford Yellow Jackets, home game canceled as Frankford folded the week before
exhib. game:
9/22/1934 Dodgers at Freeport Bulldogs canceled
11/17/1935 Dodgers v Cardinals pp, rain to 11/19 (became night game)
ex. g:
9/14/1938 Dodgers at Cedarhurst Giants, canc. because Cedarhurst thought it was scheduled for 9/16
ex game:
9/10/1939 Dodgers at Union City Rams canceled [no reason found]
11/5/1939 Dodgers v Pitts. Pirates pp, rain to 11/6 and became a night game
pre-season:
8/29/1942 Packers at Dodgers, pp due to rain, played 8/30 at night
As Bk Tigers:
10/2/1944 exh. game Bklyn v Cleveland Rams at Buffalo canceled
10/2/1944 exh. game Bklyn v Camp Kilmer canceled so Dodgers could play All-Service Aall_Stars
Dodgers in AAFC:
11/1/1946 Dodgers at Chicago Rockets pp by rain to 11/2

11/16/1930 Minneapolis Redjackets at Staten Island Stapletons canceled [rain storm]
12/21/1930 Memphis Tigers at Stapes, canc by Memphis, Stapes play Giants at Polo Grounds in exhibition game, isntead

10/9/1926 Columbus Tigers at Hartford Blues, postponed, but never played [o reason]
10/17/1926 Providence at Hartford rained out, reched to 11/6, not played
12/4/1926 Pottsville at Hartford cance;led
12/5/1926 Prov at Hartford canceled [don't ask, they didn't seem to]
12/5/1926 Hartford at Prov. snowed out

10/6/1951 Det at NY Yanks, postponed and moved to Detroit on 10/8, due to World Series at Yankee Stadium
9/29/1950 same thing for Lions at Yanks, except date stayed the same, but game moved to the Polo Grounds.

eck. g: 8/25/1962 NY Titans v Patriots, at Atlanta canceled
10/5/1962 Patriots at Titans (night) pp to 10/6
exh g.: Jets v RAiders at Mobile, Ala. RAiders players protest playing at segragated stadium. Game moved to Oakland 8/25
Due to JFK assassination 11/24/1963 Jets-Chiefs game moved to 12/1. 12/1 Jets-Bills game to 12/14, 12/14 Jats at KC game to 12/22
*The 12/14 game was last sporting even held at the Polo Grounds
9/14/1975 exhib. game Jets v Patriots at the Yale Bowl canceled due to players strike
Due to strike: canceled:
9/26/1982 Jats at Balt
10/3/1982 Oilers at Jets
10/10/1982 Denver at Jets
10/18/1982 Bills at Jets
10/31/1982 PAtriots at Jets
11/7/1982 Jets at Bills
11/14/1982 Jets at Pittsburgh
postponed:
10/24/1982 Jets at KC, played 1/2/1983

12/5/1926 Duluth Eskimos at Brooklyn Horse-Lions, canceled, snow.

[TodMaher]

Excellent list. But shouldn't it include all the games that were scheduled for September 16 and 17, 2001? They were all tacked on at the end of the regular season.

You are correct.

[TodMaher]

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The Chicago Bears at Chicago Cardinals game at Wrigley Field on 06-Oct-1936 was postponed because of the MLB World Series game 5 between the Cubs and Tigers. The game was played at the end of the season (08-Dec-1936) instead. The two teams also played the week before (01-Dec-1936) at Wrigley Field, a Bears home game.

The year was 1935 not 1936.

[luckyshow]

11/27/1921 Giants v Philadelphia All-Stars, at Ebbets Field canccceled (rain)
12/4/1921 Giants v Cleveland Tigers at Ebbets, canceled (rain)
12/11/1921 Giants v Cleveland Tigers, at Ebbets Field, canceled due to rain

These Giants, the "Brickley Giants, aka 1st NY Giants, vut called locally the Brooklyn Giants for these gaames.
A replacement game 12/11 against the Harway AA of Brooklyn also cancceled due to muddy field at Ebbets.
Only the Cleveland games were APFL

The Giants did play some games in Brooklyn, all non-league, at Ebbets and at Commercial Field.

The Giants and Cleveland did play a game at the Polo Grounds on 12/3. The 12/4 game at Ebbets was advertised. metioned in Brooklyn newspapers and reported as postponed due to a rain storm. Playing two days in a row was not uncommon, for instance, Frankford Yellow Jackets did it often in the 1920s.