"The Ice Bowl. The Fog Bowl. The Tuck Rule game.

Some of the most memorable games in N.F.L. history have been played in terrible weather. But on Sunday, the league made a different kind of history, postponing the Sunday night game between the Eagles and the Vikings in Philadelphia until Tuesday because of the blizzard in the Northeast.

Moving an outdoor N.F.L. game because of snow is exceedingly rare. The league said the last time it had happened was in 1932, when the championship game between the Chicago Bears and the Portsmouth Spartans was moved indoors to Chicago Stadium because of bitter cold and heavy snow. The N.F.L. has moved games before in anticipation of bad weather. Twice since 1987, games played in Miami were moved to earlier in the week because of forecast hurricanes. The snow also stranded several teams Sunday - the New England Patriots were spending the night in Rochester after their game in Buffalo; the Giants stayed in Green Bay, Wis.; and the Jets got stuck in Chicago."