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re: What did you school's home stadium look like in 1939?
Posted on 9/23/21 at 6:03 am to The Sultan of Swine
Posted on 9/23/21 at 6:03 am to The Sultan of Swine
Memorial Stadium 1930's
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Posted on 9/23/21 at 6:44 am to The Sultan of Swine
Posted on 9/23/21 at 7:10 am to dstone12
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Today’s Sanford Stadium looks like an ACC stadium. Sec big 6 stadiums shouldn’t see tree tops from field level.
The lower level is built in the bottom of a valley. A creek runs through a tunnel under the playing field. You can see trees and the buildings next door because they are on the top of the valley hill. Memorial Hall is no longer visible after the third deck was constructed on the north side. The Chemistry building is still visible over the south side of the stadium.
I think it looks cool as it was built into the contours of the land.
Posted on 9/23/21 at 7:48 am to Rex Feral
If you can have a big, nice stadium and still see trees, that seems ideal.
Posted on 9/23/21 at 8:02 am to LegendOfCobb
Approx. 1939
Posted on 9/23/21 at 8:29 am to The Sultan of Swine
Are we missing anybody?
Posted on 9/23/21 at 8:47 am to The Sultan of Swine
Memorial Stadium (renamed Kyle Field in 1956). Looked this way from 1929-1954, when the first part of the second deck was added. Capacity: 37,909:
This post was edited on 9/23/21 at 8:58 am
Posted on 9/23/21 at 8:54 am to The Sultan of Swine
Stoll Field. Opposite side of campus from where current stadium is
Also pic is from late 40s I think. Having difficulty finding one from earlier that isn't construction or just a patch of grass an dirt
Also pic is from late 40s I think. Having difficulty finding one from earlier that isn't construction or just a patch of grass an dirt
Posted on 9/23/21 at 8:55 am to UKat
And beat me to it 
Posted on 9/23/21 at 9:02 am to BigBro
That is pretty cool with the capitol building in the background. It's nice that y'all honored the University of Oklahoma by naming your stadium after one of our players. It was a nice gesture.
Posted on 9/23/21 at 9:07 am to gamecockhub
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Approx. 1939
I was too embarrassed to post South Carolina's after seeing all these others.
Wasn't our stadium a New Deal WPA funded project?
Look how sad it was when it opened in 1934.
This post was edited on 9/23/21 at 9:11 am
Posted on 9/23/21 at 9:07 am to thatguy45
old Vandy is impressive
we were at some Tenn high school state championship "Clinic Bowls" in the mid 90's, held at Vandy, and dozens of people walked to their cars after the games to find out we'd all had tires slit by little punks. Probably 50 or 60 cars/trucks with tires slit. Luckily the little tire slitter bitches only hit one tire per car, so most of us had one spare to get back on the road
we were at some Tenn high school state championship "Clinic Bowls" in the mid 90's, held at Vandy, and dozens of people walked to their cars after the games to find out we'd all had tires slit by little punks. Probably 50 or 60 cars/trucks with tires slit. Luckily the little tire slitter bitches only hit one tire per car, so most of us had one spare to get back on the road
This post was edited on 9/23/21 at 9:13 am
Posted on 9/23/21 at 9:10 am to The Sultan of Swine
Oklahoma in the 40's.
Posted on 9/23/21 at 9:33 am to Landmass
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And they still haven't updated the restrooms.
Hold it in, pussy
Posted on 9/23/21 at 9:38 am to Flablete
Wow, Tiger Stadium was massive considering the times
Posted on 9/23/21 at 9:52 am to dstone12
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Today’s Sanford Stadium looks like an ACC stadium.
Excuse me???
Sanford seats 93,000 (would seat 105,000+ if UGA ever decides to fully enclose the West endzone -- they won't -- or bring the 3rd level all the way around to the Suites -- they won't), almost 13,000 MORE than the biggest ACC stadium, Clemson. The ACC doesn't have anything that looks like Sanford or approximating its seating capacity.
Posted on 9/23/21 at 9:56 am to Rex Feral
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The lower level is built in the bottom of a valley. A creek runs through a tunnel under the playing field. You can see trees and the buildings next door because they are on the top of the valley hill. Memorial Hall is no longer visible after the third deck was constructed on the north side. The Chemistry building is still visible over the south side of the stadium.
I think it looks cool as it was built into the contours of the land.
I agree. I forgot to mention that our stadium is built into a valley...the lower portion is completely built into hillsides. This is why all the entrances into Sanford lead directly to the top breezeways of the lower decks! Oh, the stream, too, that flows underneath the playing field, etc.
Posted on 9/23/21 at 9:57 am to SpotCheckBilly
Early and long time SEC member Tulane Stadium
in the 1930's, with a seating capacity of
35-thousand, five-thousand more than Tulane's
new Yulman Stadium.
in the 1930's, with a seating capacity of
35-thousand, five-thousand more than Tulane's
new Yulman Stadium.
Posted on 9/23/21 at 10:11 am to The Sultan of Swine
Mizzou in 1929 (this was the structure from 1926-1948)
Inb4 “it looks the same today”
Inb4 “it looks the same today”
Posted on 9/23/21 at 10:26 am to The Sultan of Swine
Pic of Georgia Tech's Grunt Field in 1930's. Built in 1913, it is the oldest college football stadium in the FBS....
Today...
Today...
This post was edited on 9/23/21 at 10:28 am
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