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8 unusual facts about Memorial Stadium


Clemson–Florida State football rivalry

The first meeting in 1999 was the largest crowd ever to watch a game at Memorial Stadium at Clemson University with an attendance of 86,200.

Clemson–South Carolina football brawl

The incident took place on November 20, 2004 at the Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

Colorado–Nebraska football rivalry

#9 Colorado traveled to Memorial Stadium in Lincoln to play the #3 Cornhuskers yet again for the Big 8 Championship in 1990.

Lake Hartwell

The next challenge took place in late 1956 when Clemson College objected to the damage that would be done to its property as a result of the impounded water in the reservoir, including plans that would flood Memorial Stadium.

Memorial Stadium, Asheville

Memorial Stadium is not to be confused with the similarly named Asheville High School Memorial Stadium.

Missouri–Nebraska football rivalry

Historically, the rivalry was a favorite among fans of both teams, resulting in many of the record-setting crowds at both Faurot Field in Columbia and Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.

2 Beginning of the continuing NCAA-record sellout streak at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry

The 1923 game, only the fifth time these teams met, marked the first game played in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.


2006–07 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

17 January: Bristol City Council grant planning permission for a new 18,000 capacity all-seater stadium to be built on the site of the Memorial Stadium.

2011 Kansas Jayhawks football team

The Jayhawks were led by second year head coach Turner Gill and played their home games at Memorial Stadium.

Austin Marathon

The 2012 race starts on Congress Avenue, just a few blocks north of the Texas State Capitol, and touches well-known Austin landmarks and areas, such as downtown, the Colorado River, the 78704 zip code, Hyde Park, and the University of Texas at Austin campus, passing by Memorial Stadium.

Brian Maxwell

Located just north of UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium, the field serves as home to the university's hockey, football and lacrosse programs.

Coaches All-America Game

Lubbock won the bid to host the game over newer stadiums in larger cities, including Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee and San Diego Stadium in San Diego, after the AFCA was convinced that Lubbock's advantages as a college town without competing entertainment would fill the stands with existing college football fans from West Texas.

Deep South's Oldest Rivalry

In 1942, Georgia won the national championship with an 11-1 record, beating UCLA in the 1943 Rose Bowl, Georgia lone loss came to Auburn, falling 27-13 at Columbus's Memorial Stadium.

Illinois–Missouri football rivalry

For the majority of the history of the series, it had traded off between Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois, and Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri.

Kip Janvrin

Janvrin won the decathlon at the 1989 Olympic Festival with 7,863 points held at Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma.

Mesquite Tower

It stands between West Mesquite High School and Memorial Stadium.

Sam Gargan

He made his Football League and Brighton debut on 26 April 2008, coming on as an 85th minute substitute for Glenn Murray during the 2-0 away victory over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium.

Terry Don Phillips

He also promoted Dabo Swinney to head football coach and oversaw the "WestZone" expansion of Memorial Stadium in 2006.

Wally Bunker

So popular had Bunker become in his rookie season that Baltimore mayor Theodore McKeldin, prior to a June 17 game at Memorial Stadium, proclaimed the mound "Baltimore's Bunker Hill"—even christening it with a handful of earth from the actual Bunker Hill.

West Mesquite High School

Memorial Stadium, is on campus along with the Mesquite Tower which broadcasts the school district's own radio station, KEOM.


see also

American Legion Memorial Stadium

Memorial Stadium serves as the home field for the Charlotte MLL team.

Amtar Ground

Paddal Ground or Shaheed Krishan Chand Memorial Stadium is a cricket stadium in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello, Baltimore

The Memorial Stadium was discontinued by the Colts when they moved to Indianapolis in 1984 and only briefly afterwards used by several other teams such as the Canadian Football League's Baltimore Stallions and the transferred NFL franchise Baltimore Ravens from Cleveland in 1996 to 1998 and also by the Orioles when Oriole Park at Camden Yards was built in 1992.

Idaho State Bengals football

Following two playoff victories at home, the Bengals defeated Eastern Kentucky 34-23 at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Maryland Route 435

MD 435 curves to the east as it passes along the east side of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, the home stadium of the Navy Midshipmen football team.

Tightwad Hill

Green Day mentioned the hill's name in a song on their fourth album, Insomniac, but it is in reference to a hill that overlooks the football field at their high school and not the hill overlooking Memorial Stadium.