Up with foreign relations
Published: October 24th, 2008 | Tags: International Series, New Orleans Saints, Wembley Stadium
The Saints play the Chargers at Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday, but they’ve been there before — in 1990. In fact, the Saints have competed outside the United States three times, and they’ve won every time. The Times-Picayune reporter Mike Triplett traced the Saints’ longest three road trips to date.
“When the Saints made their previous trip to London’s Wembley Stadium in 1990 to play a preseason game against the Los Angeles Raiders, the first thing kicker Morten Andersen did was lay down and kiss the grass,” Triplett writes. More…