Expo ‘74 and preseason NFL football
The game was not played at Riverfront Park, of course.
But on this date in 1974, Spokane hosted a preseason NFL game. The Denver Broncos beat the New England Patriots (who had changed their name from Boston Patriots just a few years before). According to what I’ve read, the score of that Saturday night contest was 27-21.
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