Memorial Stadium 1924 - 1992 - The Daily Gopher

Memorial Stadium 1924 - 1992

by GopherNation on Jul 14, 2009 9:41 PM CDT in Gopher Football Comment 1 comment

In lieu of the Nugz tomorrow, I want to pass along this from the University of Minnesota. Before we get to enjoy the bells and whistles of TCF Bank Stadium, it is a good idea to take a look back to the golden days of Golden Gopher football.

Here is the link to the U's Memorial Stadium website. While i want you to read the stuff I write (that's kind of the point) right now you should click on that link and ignore the rest of this post. But be prepared to spend considerable time there.

Look at this picture, specifically the scoreboard! That thing is TINY, not more than 10% of the stadium could even read that thing. Compare that to the new scoreboard going up at TCF, don't laugh outloud you'll look silly at work.

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And how about these videos! You can watch highlights from the 1932 thriller against Michigan. I don't want to ruin it for you but the Wolverines win 0-3!

Just the old pics and videos alone are outstanding but this site covers Memorial Staidum comprehensively. There is stuff about the construction, cheerleading, the band, scientific endeavors and even letters from alumni urging the U to keep Gopher football on campus. Before we get to more pics, be sure to go here and share your stories and memories from Memorial Stadium.

Here is a small sample of the pictures you will find. A great shot of the Jug, overhead next to the Barn, the marching band in Jug formation, a creepy Goldy, Tony Dungy and Bronco Nagurski.

slightly more after the jump...

This is Ray Christianson putting his request on paper. He was so right and fortunately Mr. Christianson will get to see Gopher football back on campus, where it belongs.

TCF is absolutely incredible, but this website looking back at what we once had is tremendous!

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Quite the change

That top picture really points out how different the stadium is going to be. Things that stand out -

- As you mention, the scoreboard
- The stadium rows look extremely flat which makes the seats from where the picture is taken a long way away from the field. You wouldn’t be able to follow the game at the other end at all from those.
- Looks like the stadium doubled as the track and field stadium meaning there is this big dirt runway all the way around and rounded ends making the distance from the field that much worse
- Of course it’s an all-bleacher facility – I’ll bet they didn’t charge $42/year to bring in a back though

I know there were/are plenty of people that wish we’d never moved to the Dome but in retrospect, there’s no way we’d have the incredible facility we are getting if Memorial were still there and TCF is going to be a much better fan experience (and recruiting tool).

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by FishingMN on Jul 15, 2009 6:03 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs