[News Clip: Football at Turnpike Stadium]

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Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the first football game being played at Turnpike Stadium in Arlington between Texas Professional Football League teams the Fort Worth Texans and the Sherman-Denison Jets. The stadium was previously the home of the Dallas Fort Worth Spurs baseball team. League commissioner George Schepps is interviewed about the status of the league, plans for expansion, and the relationship with the National Football League (NFL). There is no known script associated with this story.

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1 film (2 min., 48 sec.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) September 15, 1967.

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  • Main Title: [News Clip: Football at Turnpike Stadium]
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Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the first football game being played at Turnpike Stadium in Arlington between Texas Professional Football League teams the Fort Worth Texans and the Sherman-Denison Jets. The stadium was previously the home of the Dallas Fort Worth Spurs baseball team. League commissioner George Schepps is interviewed about the status of the league, plans for expansion, and the relationship with the National Football League (NFL). There is no known script associated with this story.

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1 film (2 min., 48 sec.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.

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  • Preferred Citation: NBC 5/KXAS Television News Collection (AR0776), University of North Texas Special Collections

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  • September 15, 1967

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Clip: Football at Turnpike Stadium], video, September 15, 1967; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc944388/: accessed June 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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