URI Football Catches Surprise Flight on Patriots' Plane to Game Against Towson This Weekend
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URI Football Catches Surprise Flight on Patriots' Plane to Game Against Towson This Weekend
The team had expected to take a bus to their game on Saturday at Towson in Baltimore, Maryland, but head coach Jim Fleming had other ideas.
"Up until the week of the game, Fleming wasn't even sure how his team was going to make it to Baltimore. They had budgeted to take a charter flight to and from the game, a crucial call that would prevent the team for sitting on a bus for several hours before and after expending energy on the football field," wrote Angelique Fiske for the Patriots.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST"Fleming sent a 'Hail Mary' message, knowing the Patriots were away," Fiske continued. "He was prepared to use the team's budget to pay to use AirKraft, but within hours, he heard back with news he couldn't have expected."
"When the request got to Robert Kraft, he offered to not only let the URI football team use the plane, but to cover the costs entirely," she continued. "This isn't the first time Kraft lent the plane out to a local team. Just this summer, Kraft surprised the Boston Renegades by flying the team to the WFA Championship in Canton, Ohio, where they won their sixth title."
In 2017, the Patriots became the first NFL team with private planes, flying out of T.F. Green International Airport ever since.
And the URI football team took to social media -- to post their pics by the plane, as well as their thanks to the Patriots.
Game time Saturday against the 2-3 Towson Tigers is at 4 p.m. on Saturday.