Historic Fenway Park, home of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox, is in the process of being converted into a football field for the first time in nearly 50 years.

Take a tour with ESPN Images through the metamorphosis from baseball to football field, and check out the final product when Boston College takes on No. 4 Notre Dame this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Grounds Crew gets a wave

Michael Breedlove, left, build foreman for Spartan, waves to Boston Red Sox Grounds Crew on Nov. 6. Jamie Cotten for ESPN

On Saturday, Boston College and Notre Dame will play in the first football game at Fenway since the Boston Patriots hosted their final home game in the AFL against the Cincinnati Bengals on Dec. 1, 1968.

Topdressing sod

Adam Steward, left, and Derek Gauger of Boston Red Sox Grounds Crew "topdress" or manually spread sand over freshly-laid sod to flatten it at Fenway Park on Nov. 6. Jamie Cotten for ESPN

Even though this game is being played in Boston, it is officially a Notre Dame home game as part of its Shamrock Series, an annual game that Notre Dame hosts in venues across the country.

Rolls of sod

Rolls of sod lay in wait along the edge of the Fenway Park field. Jamie Cotten for ESPN

Expect a predominant Notre Dame crowd. BC only got the usual 5,000 tickets allotted to the visiting team.

More manicuring

A Boston Red Sox Grounds Crew member "back-pack blows" or "fluffs" the freshly-laid sod. Jamie Cotten for ESPN

Boston College used to play its home games at Fenway Park, first hosting two contests there in 1914. During the next 44 years, Boston College played 101 games at Fenway Park. But in 1956, then-Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey told Boston College officials they were no longer allowed to play football there because they did too much damage to the field.

Time to water

David Mellor, left, Boston Red Sox director of grounds crew with service dog "Drago" at his side, tells crew members Paul Brand, center, and Derek Gauger, right, that the freshly-laid sod at Fenway Park needs to be watered. Jamie Cotten for ESPN

BC officials considered dropping football, but a group of alumni got together and raised $350,000 to build a new on-campus stadium. To achieve this, BC filled a municipal reservoir just enough to build Alumni Stadium between Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue.

Crane work

Noah Carlson, center, attaches equipment to a crane for the upcoming Boston College and Notre Dame football game at Fenway Park. Jamie Cotten for ESPN

Though it has been 50 years since Fenway Park has hosted a football game, transforming a baseball field is not entirely new. Yankee Stadium hosts the New Era Pinstripe Bowl every year. AT&T Park in San Francisco hosted a bowl game between 2002-13, and the California Bears used it as a temporary home in 2011 while its own stadium was being renovated.

Net posts get installed

AmQuip Crane operator Steven Joubert, center, directs a fellow crane operator as the company installs goalposts and net posts in front of the visitors dugout. Jamie Cotten for ESPN

Wrigley Field hosted a game between Northwestern and Illinois in 2010, but there were logistical issues there. Because of the tight configuration of the field, only one end zone was used.

Watch for foul balls...?

Employees of Steelman Production Services, Inc. Hank Brancaccio, left to right, Noah Carlson and Joshua Daley watch as a goal post is checked after installation. Jamie Cotten for ESPN

There is enough room at Fenway for both end zones, but not for opposite sidelines. Both BC and Notre Dame will have to stand on the same side of the field -- it's the same configuration AT&T Park used.

Foundation is in

Boston Red Sox Grounds Crew water the sod as the football field begins to take shape. Jamie Cotten for ESPN

A company out of Wrentham, Massachusetts, called Sports Turf Specialties, laid "thick-cut, sand-based sod" over the infield dirt, according to their Facebook page.

Edge dressing

Sports Turf Specialties workers lay more sod along the edge of the field. The sod, once its job is done at the historic ballpark, will be recycled and potentially returned to its supplier. Jamie Cotten for ESPN

Tuckahoe Turf Farms provided the sod to cover the infield and areas around the dugouts and warning track.

Readjustment needed

Workers from Steelman Production Services, Inc. and Sports Turf Specialties readjust a goal post. The goal posts, although relatively light, are awkward to install. Jamie Cotten for ESPN

The goal posts were installed fairly early in the transformation process but had to be readjusted several times during the process.

Edge-to-edge

Sod is laid all the way up to the Red Sox dugout in preparation for the upcoming Boston College vs. Notre Dame football game at Fenway Park. Jamie Cotten for ESPN

How will the teams enter the field since there are no tunnels? Boston College is scheduled to come in through the left field wall.

Baseball diamond no more

A heavy roll of sod is dragged onto one of the last remaining areas of dirt as signs of the baseball field disappear. Jamie Cotten for ESPN

Notre Dame plans to enter through the first base dugout and then gather behind home plate before running onto the field.

End zone gets painted

As finishing touches are applied to the field, a Northeast Turf painter paints the end zone with Notre Dame colors. Jamie Cotten for ESPN

Notre Dame and Boston College have a long history. They first competed in 1975 in Foxboro, Massachusetts, and have played 22 times since. The Irish lead the series 13-9. The winner of the matchup takes home bragging rights and the Ireland Trophy.

Green Monster window

A turf painter, viewed from inside the Green Monster, walks across the grass. Jamie Cotten for ESPN

Fenway also wants to take advantage of its iconic Green Monster, turning it not only into a scoreboard for the game, but also using it as an out-of-town scoreboard. There also are some logistical issues that relate more to football games than baseball games.

Ready for the Shamrock Series

The Shamrock Series logo gets final touch ups as fans are used to dry the paint on Nov. 17, four days prior to the Boston College vs. Notre Dame game at Fenway Park. Jamie Cotten for ESPN

Previous Shamrock Series games have been held at Yankee Stadium in New York (2010), FedExField in Washington, D.C. (2011), Soldier Field in Chicago (2012), AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas (2013) and Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis (2014).

Home-field advantage 900 miles away

Workers walk by the updated scoreboard at Fenway Park that shows a poster of Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly. Jamie Cotten for ESPN

"We have such a strong following in the Boston area, and we love to be able to take these games into iconic venues, and there isn't a better place than to bring it to Fenway Park and bring it to a very strong fan base that we have in the New England area," said Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly. "That's really the allure and the draw for us in coming out East."

Ready for kickoff