Artificial Turf: Change From the Ground Up

SI Staff | May 21, 2014

Artificial Turf: Change From the Ground Up

On Oct. 20, 1968, Sports Illustrated photographer Neil Leifer set up his camera high above the astroturf in Houston, when the Jets played the Oilers at the Astrodome in just the fourth pro game played on the new synthetic surface.

On Oct. 20, 1968, Sports Illustrated photographer Neil Leifer set up his camera high above the astroturf in Houston, when the Jets played the Oilers at the Astrodome in just the fourth pro game played on the new synthetic surface

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