# Football field lenght, July 26 Spruce Goose

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-field-lenght-july-26-spruce-goose/120935>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [July 26, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-field-lenght-july-26-spruce-goose/120935 "2002-07-26T14:24:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![BZ00000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-field-lenght-july-26-spruce-goose/120935/1 "2002-07-26T14:24:41Z")

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In the recent column about the Spruce Goose, it was stated the Spruce Goose was 320 feet, 20 feet longer than a football field. A football field is 360 feet, there are two 30 feet end zones that are part of the field.

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**Author:** ![BZ00000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-field-lenght-july-26-spruce-goose/120935/2 "2002-07-26T14:47:50Z")

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Can this be removed. It is an accidental double post?

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-field-lenght-july-26-spruce-goose/120935/3 "2002-07-26T22:47:13Z")

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Duplicate thread closed.