re: The sad decline of an SEC landmark - Legion Field

I guess you could have a different experience at every hospital depending on which floor you are on. Everyone my mom had while she was there was great. Took a lot of worry off our family knowing she had good staff there with her.

I hadn’t been in that area of B’ham for a long time. It looks pretty bad so I’m shocked tolls is all you had missing. I would expect you to tell me you had been mugged lol.

The last Bama game I watched at Legion Field was the game Bama lost to Souther Miss I think it was the year Bama won like 3 games all year. I have a cousin that was in the band at UAB and went to watch her once at Legion. That was the last time I ever stepped foot in the place.

It’s a common story across all of college football. It’s hard to explain how different life was before interstates and when on campus stadiums were relatively small compared to what they are now, so you’d meet at the most convenient large stadium at a decent midpoint until facilities and ease of travel caught up.

Yeah, my first cfb game was an Iron Bowl at Legion Field. I remember my dad and grandfather talking about how it was BS we still had to play Bama in Bham since we had gone to on-campus games with Tennessee and Georgia Tech since the late 70s or so.

They were beyond excited when the game got moved to JHS in the late 80s.

Dude give it a rest. You win this year, you lost last year.you won’t make the playoffs. You’re not even a has been, you’re a never was

It was just inevitable once the on campus stadiums caught up that Legion would wither. To our credit Auburn noticed it first and Bama did shortly thereafter and threw huge amounts of investment into Bryant-Denny and tapered off their home games in Birmingham eventually.

It’s a damned shame but Legion is a victim of modernity. UAB and the Magic City Classic weren’t gonna sustain it once the Tide and Tigers realized the economic impact home games was enormous.

Yeah it’s a damn shame but it is what it is. Neither the City of Auburn nor the City of Tuscaloosa would be dumb enough to surrender the economic impact of a home game to support a dying stadium out of sentimentality. It’s a dilapidated stadium that’s outlived its usefulness.

Attended several games there but mostly in the lower section….i was a little kid back then and that upped deck scared the shite out of me!! It would literally shake and grab my seat and hold on for dear life…lol

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I'm really tired of social media people acting like they've discovered old known things all time.

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Welcome to getting old. Everything old is new again.

Can you imagine all four of those fan bases at the same stadium?

On November 9, 1968, Birmingham's Legion Field hosted a historic college football double-header. In the afternoon opener, Alabama defeated LSU 16–7, followed three hours later by an upset nightcap where Auburn beat #5 Tennessee 28–14.

Event Breakdown

• Date: November 9, 1968
• Location: Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama
• Game One (Afternoon): Alabama 16, LSU 7
• Game Two (Nightcap): Auburn 28, #5 Tennessee 14

Key Highlights

• The "Greatest Saturday": Billed at the time as one of the most unique slates in Southern college football history, the single-ticket event allowed fans to watch four major SEC powerhouses in one stadium on the same day.
• Auburn's Upset: Unranked Auburn jumped out to an early 21–0 lead against Tennessee after the Vols lost star Richmond Flowers to an early injury, powered by running back Mike Currier.
• Unusual Uniforms: Auburn notably wore white jerseys as the designated visiting/neutral team for the night game.