It didn’t take the coaches or veteran players long to realize, however, the conditions on the field were far from pristine.

“It was horrible and there were some holes in the field, but we played in it,” said Billy Ray Barnes, a Philadelphia halfback.

He went on to say that players didn’t complain about the conditions of the field because they “just wanted to play football. We played an exhibition game and made 50 bucks, what the heck. That was a good night.”

For some, the facility didn’t matter much.

“That was my rookie year with the Redskins and I was trying to make a name for myself and do this and do that,” said Jim Cunningham, a fullback. “I was just looking for good things to happen no matter where we were playing.”

There weren’t any serious injuries sustained by either side, even though one incident remains in Baughan’s memory bank.

“They put a cyclone fence, a chain-link fence around the field and it was very close to the sideline,” Baughan said. “Ralph Guglielmi was one of the quarterbacks for the Redskins and he scrambled one time and got pushed up under that fence and it was like razor blades. It just about cut his uniform off.”

As for the game itself?