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As Boston, they had won their division in 1936 and continued their winning ways in Washington, capturing their first NFL championship in that first season. They continued as perennial contenders all through the war years. Griffith Stadium was the location of 1940 and 1942 NFL Championship Games.
Walter Johnson (1929–1932) Joe Cronin (1933–1934) The Washington Senators were one of the American League 's eight charter franchises. Now known as the Minnesota Twins, the team was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1901 as the Washington Senators. The team was officially named the "Senators" during 1901 – 1904, the Nationals during 1905 ...
Griffiths Stadium. / 52.126986; -106.629772. Griffiths Stadium is a stadium located on the grounds of the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The current stadium was opened on 23 June, 1967, to host the Saskatchewan Huskies football team. There was previously a Griffiths Stadium 200 metres to the east of the current location ...
The stadium opened in autumn 1961 as District of Columbia Stadium, often shortened to D.C. Stadium. The new venue opened for football even though construction was not completed until the following spring. [23] Its first official event was an NFL regular season game on October 1, ten days after the final MLB baseball game at Griffith Stadium.
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium(in full Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium),[5]popularly known as "The Swamp", is a footballstadiumon the campus of the University of Floridain Gainesvilleand the home field of the Florida Gators footballteam. It was originally known as Florida Fieldwhen it opened as a 22,000-seat facility in 1930 ...
Nationals Park is a baseball stadium along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball 's Washington Nationals. Since its completion in 2008, it was the first LEED -certified green major professional sports stadium in the United States.
World Series. 1926 →. The 1925 World Series was the championship series of the 1925 Major League Baseball season. A best-of-seven playoff, it was played between the National League Champion Pittsburgh Pirates and the American League Champion Washington Senators. The Pirates defeated the Senators in seven games to win the series.
The 1961 Washington Senators season was the team's inaugural season, having been established as a replacement for the previous franchise of the same name, which relocated to the Twin Cities of Minnesota following the 1960 season, becoming the Minnesota Twins. The Senators finished in a tie for ninth place in the ten-team American League with a ...