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re: Historical SEC Stadiums of Years Past
Posted on 8/6/21 at 1:41 pm to DuckTalesLOL
Posted on 8/6/21 at 1:41 pm to DuckTalesLOL
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Arkansas still plays 1 game a year at this dump, but one of these days we will stop.
War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, AR
Arkansas is 7-7 (2-5) at War Memorial dating back to 2010.
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Posted on 8/6/21 at 1:50 pm to Tornado Alley
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Arkansas is 7-7 (2-5) at War Memorial dating back to 2010.
They've been slowing dialing their obligation to play there back the last 10 years or so. I believe they used to have to play 2 games a year there. Most recently, they amended their agreement again and are now only required to play a few non-conference games there through 2025, so they'll play Ark Pine Bluff there in 2021, Western Carolina in 2023, Ark Pine Bluff in 2024, and Ark State in 2025. They moved their games with Missouri in 2021/2023 and UAB in 2024 back to Fayetteville.
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They reowrked the deal to only play 1 game there each year instead of 2 back in 2013
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Longtime Razorback reporter Harry King is reporting this morning that Arkansas and War Memorial Stadium have agreed to make changes to their contract to only play one game per year in the old Little Rock stadium through 2018.
The Hogs had agreed to play two games per year at War Memorial through 2016, but starting next season, that will be cut back to one game in exchange for two extra years on the agreement.
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This post was edited on 8/6/21 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 8/6/21 at 1:58 pm to lsufball19
the oldest stadium of them all - McGee Field at Sewanee
Posted on 8/6/21 at 2:20 pm to Bama Bird
quote:I'm sure you're joking, but a lot of folks aren't aware of these two facts which heavily influenced where games were played back in the day:
Alabama and Georgia played nearly every year from 1901 to 1935 and did not play in Athens until 1935. Outside of Ponce de Leon Park in Atlanta from 1919-21, every game in the series was played in Alabama which shows how deep the REC roots truly go.
1. SEC did not set the schedule--teams could play whoever they wanted in conference, the only requirement was that they play a minimum number of SEC games to be eligible for the championship.
2. Home and visiting teams used to split the gate evenly, so a team with a small stadium would often be better off financially, travelling to play on the road, particularly at a neutral site that could accommodate a big crowd, then hosting a home game.
That's why Bama played so many home games in Birmingham--teams were willing to go there for the paycheck, but only State saw a trip to Tuscaloosa as being a good thing. Florida and Auburn played each other home and home because they were both backwaters that had trouble getting teams to come to them. Of course, the Mississippi schools played their big games in Jackson for the money. A&M played LSU at LSU every year because the extra 25000 seats in Baton Rouge meant it was a bigger payday than a home game a Kyle Field; they even did the same thing with Rice for 10 years (a Bear Bryant contract).
This post was edited on 8/6/21 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 8/6/21 at 2:36 pm to TeddyWestside
Rickwood Field is still standing and in pretty decent shape. Unfortunately, The Fairgrounds were torn down in 2009.
Rickwood Field
Rickwood Field
Posted on 8/6/21 at 2:40 pm to lsufball19
Hardy Athletic Field, State's home-field until they moved to what is now Scott Field in 1914. I have no clue where this was located maybe on present-day South Farm judging from the hills
Posted on 8/6/21 at 2:41 pm to theGarnetWay
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According to Wiki, Melton Field was where the current student union now sits. If that's true, then the building in the background is Woodrow College, which still stands on The Horseshoe to this day.
I'm almost positive it was where the Cooper library and reflection pool is. That building in the background looks like Preston College's east wing more so than Woodrow. If memory serves, Woodrow is set further back off of Greene than Preston is.
Posted on 8/6/21 at 2:43 pm to MNW
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Hardy Athletic Field, State's home-field until they moved to what is now Scott Field in 1914. I have no clue where this was located maybe on present-day South Farm judging from the hills
Thought it looked like a baseball game and searched and found that this picture is, in fact, of an LSU/State baseball game. Pretty cool picture
Posted on 8/6/21 at 2:45 pm to RoyalAir
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I'm almost positive it was where the Cooper library and reflection pool is. That building in the background looks like Preston College's east wing more so than Woodrow. If memory serves, Woodrow is set further back off of Greene than Preston is.
I actually looked at both buildings closely to try to figure it out. The inner triangle on Woodrow is also present on the building of the Melton Field pic I attached. There's no inner triangle for Preston IIRC.
Posted on 8/6/21 at 2:47 pm to WAC13
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State Field has always been such an interesting place to me. Just to the southeast of the old Pentagon Barracks at the Downtown campus, nestled right up on the bank of the Mississippi.
Here's another picture I found from a 1902 game against Auburn at State Field
Posted on 8/6/21 at 2:50 pm to lsufball19
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Here's another picture I found from a 1902 game against Auburn at State Field
Wasn't this Auburn's last win in Baton Rouge?
Posted on 8/6/21 at 2:57 pm to DuckTalesLOL
Mizzou has given yall your annual spanking there once or twice!
shite stadium to match the product on the field
shite stadium to match the product on the field
Posted on 8/6/21 at 3:09 pm to lsufball19
Here are some cool old pictures of current SEC venues.
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
Neyland Stadium
Neyland Stadium
Bryant-Denny Stadium
Jordan-Hare Stadium
Kyle Field
DW Reynolds Razorback Stadium
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
Neyland Stadium
Neyland Stadium
Bryant-Denny Stadium
Jordan-Hare Stadium
Kyle Field
DW Reynolds Razorback Stadium
Posted on 8/6/21 at 3:10 pm to redeye
quote:The way I heard it Tulane thought using the Superdome would be a big recruiting tool, but it turned out students didn’t wanna go all the way downtown for a game and as their program sank it became an embarrassment to have 13,000 people in there.
Didn't it burn down in a massive fire?
Posted on 8/6/21 at 3:10 pm to Lou2theZou
The Miami Orange Bowl, although not SEC, has to be the most historic football stadium that no longer exists.
This post was edited on 8/6/21 at 3:12 pm
Posted on 8/6/21 at 3:19 pm to lsufball19
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Thought it looked like a baseball game and searched and found that this picture is, in fact, of an LSU/State baseball game. Pretty cool picture
The caption "Mississippi in the Field" makes a lot more sense now. I guess Hardy field pulled double duty back then.
Posted on 8/6/21 at 3:26 pm to NocaHomas Teepee
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1996
The "Peyton Who?" game, IIRC.
Pretty sure you're thinking of the game when Memphis beat UT with Peyton in '96
Posted on 8/6/21 at 3:51 pm to jchamil
quote:Maybe? My great grandmother lived just south of Memphis State's campus, so maybe I am thinking of something she had in her home that said "Peyton Who?".
Pretty sure you're thinking of the game when Memphis beat UT with Peyton in '96
Posted on 8/6/21 at 3:59 pm to jchamil
1894 Football Team
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1903 Drill Field (pre Kyle Field)
1911 Kyle Field - Lt Robert Fowler landed his plane on Kyle
1930 Kyle Field (baseball in the background)
1966 Plans for the Kyle Field of the Future
Ended up a little different.
1903 Drill Field (pre Kyle Field)
1911 Kyle Field - Lt Robert Fowler landed his plane on Kyle
1930 Kyle Field (baseball in the background)
1966 Plans for the Kyle Field of the Future
Ended up a little different.
Posted on 8/6/21 at 4:01 pm to MAROON
quote:Great dental school.
McGee Field at Sewanee
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