John F. Kennedy Stadium (Philadelphia) 13,855, while the paid attendance for the second game was only 6,200—and many of "those" tickets were sold well below face value. The "Papergate" scandal made the Bell and the WFL look foolish, and proved to be a humiliation from which neither recovered. The team played at Franklin Field in 1975. On September 23, 1926, an announced crowd of 120,557 packed the then-new Stadium during a rainstorm to witness Gene Tunney capture the world heavyweight boxing title from Jack Dempsey. Undefeated Rocky Marciano knocked out Jersey Joe Walcott at the stadium in 1952 to win boxing's heavyweight championship. On June
Effects of Hurricane Floyd in New Jersey saturated soils knocked down many trees across North Jersey, causing outages to utilities. About 37,000 homes lost phone service for four days, and nearly 1 million people lost long-distance phone service. Urban flooding closed roads and entered basements. Two people drowned in their cars in Bergen County. Two people also drowned in Passaic County. A police lieutenant in Cranford in Union County took his life after working for nearly 48 hours coordinating floodwater rescues. In Morris County, strong winds knocked down hundreds of trees, which damaged dozens of homes. This was some of the worst wind damage in the state.