List of Events at Yankee Stadium (1923) - 1970s

1970s

• September 23, 1973: In the last National Football League game at the stadium, the Giants and Philadelphia Eagles play to a 23–23 tie.
• September 30, 1973: the Detroit Tigers defeat the Yankees 8–5 in the final game prior to the stadium's renovation.
• September 28, 1976: with police officers demonstrating outside the stadium as a part of a labor action, Muhammad Ali comes from behind to defeat Ken Norton. It is the last boxing match to be staged at Yankee Stadium.
• October 14, 1976: Yankees player Chris Chambliss hits a "walk-off" home run to win Game 5 of the 1976 American League Championship Series by a score of 7–6 and clinch a World Series berth for the Yankees. As Chambliss rounded the bases, thousands of fans stormed the field in celebration, impeding Chambliss' trip to home plate.
• October 21, 1976: the Cincinnati Reds defeat the Yankees 7–2 to win the 1976 World Series, four games to none.
• October 18, 1977: the Yankees defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8–4 to win the 1977 World Series, four games to two. Reggie Jackson hits three home runs on three consecutive pitches, including a third home run that reached "the black" section in the center field bleachers.
• August 6, 1979: in a nationally televised game, the Yankees defeat the Baltimore Orioles 5–4. The game was the same day as the funeral for departed Yankees captain Thurman Munson. The team attended the funeral in Canton, Ohio earlier in the day and flew to New York for an emotional game. Bobby Murcer drove in all five runs for the Yankees, including a "walk-off" two-run single.
• October 2, 1979: during the first of his many Pastoral Trips during his Papacy, Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass at the Stadium for World Justice and Peace.