Editing Franklin Field (section)

{{Short description|Sports stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA}}
{{For|other uses, including airports with this name|Franklin Field (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name      = Franklin Field
| nickname          = 
| logo_image = Penn_Quakers_logo.svg
| logo_size = 90
| image             = Franklin Field aerial.jpg
| image_size        = 250
| caption           = An aerial view of Franklin Field in November 2008
| address           = S.<!--outh--> 33rd and Spruce Streets
| location          = [[University of Pennsylvania]]<br>[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]<!--, U.S. 19104 -->
| image_map         = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=250|zoom=10|type=point}}
| pushpin_map       = USA#Pennsylvania
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the [[United States]]##Location in [[Pennsylvania]]
| pushpin_mapsize   = 250
| pushpin_label     = Philadelphia
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_relief    = yes
| broke_ground      = 1895
| built             =
| opened            = {{start date and age|April 20, 1895|br=y}}
| closed            =
| demolished        =
| owner             = University of Pennsylvania
| operator          = 
| surface           = <u>Field</u><br>Natural grass (1895–1968)<br>[[AstroTurf]] (1969–2003)<br>Sprinturf (2004–present)<!-- autumn for football--><br><u>Track</u><br>[[Cinder track|Cinder]] (1895–1987)<br>[[Running track#Surfaces|Rekortan]] (1988–present)
| construction_cost = $100,000 (1895)<br>(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|100000|1895}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}}<!-- dollars-->{{inflation-fn|US}})
| architect         = [[Frank Miles Day|Frank Miles Day & Brother]]<br>[[Charles Klauder]]
| general_contractor= [[Turner Construction]]<br>(permanent structure in&nbsp;1922)
| former_names      =
| tenants           = [[Penn Quakers]] ([[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]) (1895–present)<br>[[Philadelphia Eagles]] ([[National Football League|NFL]]) (1958–1970)<br>[[Philadelphia Bell]] ([[World Football League|WFL]]) (1975)<br>[[Philadelphia Atoms]] ([[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|NASL]]) (1976)<br>[[Philadelphia Spinners]] ([[Major League Ultimate|MLU]]) (2012–2014)<br>[[Philadelphia Fury (2011–2019)|Philadelphia Fury]] ([[National Independent Soccer Association|NISA]]) (2019)
| seating_capacity  = 52,958 (2003–present)
'''Former capacity''':
{{collapsible list|
* 30,000 (1895–1922)
* 50,000 (1922–1925)
* 78,000 (1925–1958)
* 60,658 (1958–1970)
* 60,546 (1970–1989)
* 52,593 (1989–2002)
}}
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|website = {{URL|https://www.facilities.upenn.edu/maps/locations/franklin-field|upenn.edu/franklin-field}}
}}
'''Franklin Field''' is a sports stadium in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], at the eastern edge of the [[University of Pennsylvania]]'s campus. Named after Penn's founder, [[Benjamin Franklin]], it is the home stadium for the [[Penn Relays]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facilities.upenn.edu/maps/locations/franklin-field|title=Franklin Field|date=December 20, 2012|website=University of Pennsylvania Facilities and Real Estate Services|language=en|access-date=April 13, 2020}}</ref> and the university's venue for [[Penn Quakers football|football]], [[track and field]], and [[lacrosse]]. Franklin is also used by Penn students for recreation, [[intramural]] and [[college athletics|club sports]], including [[touch football (American)|touch football]] and [[cricket]]; it&nbsp;is also the site of Penn's commencement exercises, weather permitting.

Franklin Field is the oldest still operating [[college football]] stadium in the nation. It was the first college stadium in the United States with a [[scoreboard]] and the second with an upper deck of seats. In 1922, it was the site of the first radio broadcast of a football game on [[WTEL (AM)|WIP]], as well as of the first television broadcast of a football game by [[KYW-TV|Philco]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pennathletics.com/page/franklin-field | title=Franklin Field | access-date=June 3, 2017 | archive-date=June 6, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606055924/http://www.pennathletics.com/page/franklin-field | url-status=dead }}</ref>

From [[1958 Philadelphia Eagles season|1958]] through [[1970 Philadelphia Eagles season|1970]], Franklin Field was the home of the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stadiumsofprofootball.com/stadiums/franklin-field/|title=Franklin Field - History, Photos & More of the former NFL stadium of the Philadelphia Eagles|website=Stadiums of Pro Football - Your Ticket to Every NFL Football Stadium|language=en-US|access-date=April 13, 2020}}</ref> It&nbsp;hosted the [[History of the National Football League championship|NFL Championship Game]] in December [[1960 NFL Championship Game|1960]], as the [[1960 Philadelphia Eagles season|Eagles]] defeated the [[1960 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]] by four points.