Fenway Park Transforms Into Football Field For BC-Notre Dame Game (Photos)

The last time football was played at Fenway Park was Dec. 1, 1968, when the Boston Patriots played their last game at the historic ballpark. But football returns to Fenway on Nov. 21, and the Boston Red Sox grounds crew has been hard at work making sure the park is ready to go.

The 103-year-old park has undergone a complete transformation from a baseball diamond to a football field, and the amount of effort that went into it is impressive. Red Sox groundskeeper Dave Mellor has been giving updates on Instagram since Monday, and it’s definitely not the crew’s usual workload.

You can see some of the action in these videos:

Huge Thank You to Sports Turf Specialties (STS), General Maintenance and our crew for all the hard work and extra efforts today!!! Thank You to Tuckahoe Sod Farm for their teamwork too getting us outstanding sod delivered anytime when we need it #Teamwork #Thankyou #redsox #redsoxnation #fenway #fenwaypark #STS #SportsTurfSpecialities #NDvsBC #ND #BC #groundscrew #groundskeeping #stma #NDfootball #NotreDame #BostonCollege #BostonCollegeFootball #Tuckahoe #TuckahoeSod

A video posted by GSD Drago And David R Mellor (@davidrm3llor) on Nov 3, 2015 at 8:57am PST

#SportsTurfSpecialities #sportsturfspecialties #GeneralMaintenanceLandscaping #teamwork #redsoxnation #redsox #fenway #fenwaypark #NDvsBC #ND #BC #footballatFenway #groundscrew #groundskeeping #stma #sod #tuckahoe #Lawncare #lawns

A video posted by GSD Drago And David R Mellor (@davidrm3llor) on Nov 3, 2015 at 2:28pm PST

Concrete saw used to make nice clean cuts on the sod so seam are nice and tight. The first time I saw this being done was after I moved here and I was very impressed when saw Dennis Brolin (owner of Sports Turf Specialties) using it. I think it does a very nice cut and a quicker cut than other tools I've used or seen being used such as a knife, sod cutter or even a machete. #attentiontodetail #Creative #sportsturfspecialties #SportsTurfSpecialities #sts #fenwaypark #fenway #bostonredsox #boston #redsox #sod #tuckahoe #turfgrass #turf #sportsturf #groundskeeping #groundscrew #stma #Thankyou

A video posted by GSD Drago And David R Mellor (@davidrm3llor) on Nov 3, 2015 at 3:52pm PST

And there’s plenty more where that came from. You can check out photos of the grounds crew’s progress below.