Football stadium roster

Ok, it ain't nearly so complete as my ballpark roster, but here is what my list of football stadium visits looks like through the end of 2013:

Year	Date	Home team	Stadium	Opponent and score
1988		Giants / Jets	Giants	Many Giants/Jets home games
1990	11/4	Browns	Municipal	BUF42-CLE0
	11/5	Colts	Hoosierdome	NYG24-IND7
1991	9/8	Bengals	Riverfront	HOU30-CIN7
	9/15	Bears	Soldier Field	CHI20-NYG17
1993	12/11	Redskins	RFK	NYJ3-WAS0
1997	12/7	Ravens	Memorial Stadium	BAL31-SEA24
1998	11/1	Redskins	Jack Kent Cooke (Fedex)	WAS21-NYG14
2000	11/19	Ravens	PSINet	BAL27-DAL0
	12/3	Chargers	Qualcomm	SF45-SD17
2001	12/2	Dolphins	Pro Player	MIA21-DEN10
2002	10/20	Saints	Superdome	NO35-SF27
2003	10/12	Packers	Lambeau Field	KC40-GB34 OT
2006	11/12	Raiders	McAfee Field	DEN17-OAK13
2007	10/14	Seahawks	QWest Field	NO28-SEA17
2008	11/9	Falcons	Georgiadome	ATL34-NO20
2009	10/4	Patriots	Gillette	NE27-BAL21
	11/15	Titans	LP Stadium	TN41-BUF17
2010	10/24	Panthers	Bank of America Stadium	CAR23-SF20
	11/28	Giants	New Meadowlands Arena	NYG24-JAC20
2011	9/24	Rams	Edward Jones Dome	BAL37-STL7
	11/6	Bills	Ralph Wilson Stadium	NYJ27-BUF11 (day)
		Steelers	Heinz Field	BAL23-PIT20 (night)
2012	9/9	Vikings	Mall of America Field	MIN26-JAC23 OT
	9/30	Cardinals	Phoenix Stadium	ARZ23-MIA20 OT
	11/18	Chiefs	Arrowhead	CIN28-KC6
2013	11/3	Jets	MetLife	NYJ26-NO20
	12/12	Broncos	Sports Authority Field	SD27-DEN20

As mentioned in my last post, I've now seen 25 of the 32 teams play at home, and have seen football games in 28 stadiums (more or less; counting gets tricky when teams share a venue). Further, I have seven teams left to see (Jaguars, Texans, Cowboys, Eagles, Lions, Bucs, and 49ers), and an additional three stadiums to see (the new turfs of the Bengals, Browns, and Colts), though that number will surely grow as new stadiums keep popping up. I've italicized those teams where I've visited their new stadium too.

That's it for this year. I had ideas of sneaking into enemy territory this coming Sunday if the Eagles were tanking. I figure the fans would be so busy booing Santa that they wouldn't notice me not rooting for them. But, with a very important game for them and the Bears, this is an expensive ticket and will likely be a rowdy game. Some other time, Philly. It's more likely that I may only ever go to an Eagles or Cowboys game when they play each other; this way I can vehemently root against the road team without rooting for the one hosting.

As for next year, depending on the schedule and location (i.e., not if it's their London game), getting to a Jaguars game--vs the Giants--is likely. But, please start praying to the schedule gods now. I don't need to look for September alignments where I can get to a ballgame and football game in the same city, but I would like to knock off multiple football venues in a single weekend. So, let there be a day-night setup like there was on 11/6/2011 above, so I can make it to games in Cincy and Indy on the same day. Or, make it a trifecta and let the Browns or Lions be home that Monday night. Or a superfecta where all four have home games from Thursday night through Monday night. Likewise, having Tampa home the Thursday or Monday night when the Giants play in Jacksonville would be swell. Or, yeah, getting to the two Texas teams in one weekend would work too.

Then again, the Broncos game last week combined with skiing in CO worked out rather nicely. Maybe next December I can get to a Niners game and then head to Tahoe. Hmmm.

Well, that's it for this year. No Giants postseason this winter. The only football thing that I can look forward to is that 2014 schedule release in mid April...