[2] Manning Bowl, a WPA project, opened on November 24, 1937 for the annual Thanksgiving Day football game between English and Classical.

[3] On September 18, 1945, the Boston Yanks defeated the defending National Football League champion New York Giants 14-3 in an exhibition game at the Manning Bowl.

The Yanks defeated the Long Island Indians of the American Football League 27-0 in front of 10,000 spectators.

At halftime, Dancewicz was presented with a radio, watch, and a pen and pencil by Mayor Albert Cole.

On September 26, 1953, the Manning Bowl was leased out for a college football contest that was nationally televised on NBC.

10,000 spectators and an estimated 80 million television viewers watched Holy Cross defeat Dartmouth 28–7.

The Manning Bowl hosted memorials following the deaths of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy.

The Manning Bowl was the home stadium for the Boston Rovers during the United Soccer Association's only season.

In 1985, the Manning Bowl hosted 2 World Class Championship Wrestling Events In 1978, Eddie Feigner hurled one of his 930 no-hitters in a game played on makeshift diamond.