Vintage Photos of Your FCS Stadium!

[FlyYtown]

Here are some of YSU's Stambaugh Stadium!
This is right after the 4000 seats were added to the East Side.
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/457/aerial8lb0.jpg

and this one too:

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/4219/aerial5ok8.jpg

[rokamortis]

Is 2003 considered vintage? :o

[SCPALADIN]

Is 2003 considered vintage? :o

Yeah, vintage would be the old Steel Tire games back in the late 80's when all there were on the away side were a few metal bleachers. Depending on the weather, you'd quite literally "freeze your A$$ off". I didn't miss an Akron v. YSU game from 1988 to 1993...whether it was at Stambaugh or the Rubber Bowl. Those were some good football games...except for the Zips only winning two games during that period : smh : .
Cheers!

[Zoo]

Does YSU have artifical turf in the second photo?

Great pictures Fly, Stambaugh still has that general layout to this day, which is good, I think. xlolx

[GoGuins]

Yeah, vintage would be the old Steel Tire games back in the late 80's when all there were on the away side were a few metal bleachers. Depending on the weather, you'd quite literally "freeze your A$$ off". I didn't miss an Akron v. YSU game from 1988 to 1993...whether it was at Stambaugh or the Rubber Bowl. Those were some good football games...except for the Zips only winning two games during that period : smh : .
Cheers!

The Rubber Bowl is a dump. The only team I ever saw Tressel run the score up on was Gerry Faust and his Zips. No love lost there after Faust made some negative comments about YSU football.

One of my first YSU games was with Akron @ YSU in '90 when lightning delayed the game for about an hour.

Let's see some vintage photos of YSU's previous homes before Stambaugh was built in '82. Rayen & Fitch high schools

[letsgopards04]

Here is a page with lots of photos from Lafayette's Fisher Field as well as a webcam of the new rennovation.
http://goleopards.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/012406aad.html

They used to play (turn of the century) at March Field which is now a secondary quad surrounded by fraternities and dorms.

[GoGuins]

Does YSU have artifical turf in the second photo?


Yes, '82(new)-2001 it had AstroTurf

2002-current SprinTurf

[CSUBUCDAD]

Technically we don't have a stadium yet. Just a glamorous VIP condo with a pressbox and some metal bleachers on both sides. Beside 93 doesn't quiet qualify as vintage yet:D

[crunifan]

Here is UNI's old stadium

O.R. Latham Stadium

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c342/BrandoJac/ORLatham.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c342/BrandoJac/Latham.jpg

This first event in the UNI-Dome, UNI vs. Iowa

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c342/BrandoJac/UNIDome.jpg

[ChickenMan]

http://www.bluehenfootball.com/FrazierField.jpg


Delaware's 'Frazier Field'...


the Hens played there until the mid to late '40's

[gasouthern01]

From the 1989 National Championship game in Statesboro.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w33/gasouthern01/crowdatPaulson.jpg

[89Hen]

Here is UNI's old stadium

O.R. Latham Stadium
Look, you can see Cat and D1B in that game! :D

[bobbythekidd]

Look, you can see Cat and D1B in that game! :D
You can see them better in this angle.xlolx


http://news.georgiasouthern.edu/VisualResources/Buildings/images/PaulsonStadium1_jpg.jpg

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Lehigh's old Taylor Stadium. Picture was taken at the 1987 Lehigh-Lafayette game which was the last game played at Taylor. Lehigh won the game. Awesome place to watch a game, unless it was raining. :rotateh: Stadium was pretty big, about 20-21k.

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/5812/taylor21tj.jpg

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/1674/taylor106zw.jpg

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/6369/taylor51wt.jpg

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/4594/taylor16ou.jpg

[danefan]

That press box looks risky!!!!!

[TheBisonator]

Old Dacotah Field - Homecoming 1930

http://dp3.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/gpn/sports/glass_plates/b823a-lrg.jpg

I have never been able to find any decent pics of the Dacotah Field that we played at from 1952-1992.

[danefan]

wow, lights in 1930???
nice goal posts too.

[th0m]

Awesome pics by all! I want more!

[Franks Tanks]

This is the only picture I could find of old Fisher, all I can say is that it was taken after 1973 as the fieldhouse can be seen in the right corner. Before this was built the away side bleachers were larger. Since then an addition had been built forming a L shape around the field. Until this past year with the major renovations Fisher looked pretty much the same as in the picture.





ww2.lafayette.edu/.../special/survey/fisher.gif

[89Hen]

Henfan, where are you? He has pictures of the Tub before the East Side expansion. He sent them to me once, but I can't find them.

[FargoBison]

I have never been able to find any decent pics of the Dacotah Field that we played at from 1952-1992.

Here you go....


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/bisonfan2008/Clipboard02.jpg

[Zoo]

^^^ That's a nice field, even by today's standards.

[NDSUFREAK]

Here you go....


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/bisonfan2008/Clipboard02.jpg

That is and awesome picture! Just imagine what it would be like today...it would rival wa griz. REAALLY nice.

[The Sheriff]

Nice pictures of Dacotah Field. I played a high school game there (about a decade ago) and hated the turf. It literally felt like carpet laid over cement.

It's one of those "If walls could speak" stadium. There is a lot of tradition with that stadium.

[TexasTerror]

SHSU at Prichett Field (circa 1970s)...

Not the best picture...but not much changed. It was a stone stadium!

http://www.shsu.edu/thennow/1970/pictures/2otbal75.jpg

Here's another one...

http://www.shsu.edu/thennow/1980/pictures/2ftball82.jpg

An aerial shot from the 1920s...

http://www.shsu.edu/thennow/1980/pictures/2stadpa84.jpg

And lastly, 1984...

http://www.shsu.edu/thennow/1980/pictures/2stadpr84.jpg


Kats played there until 1980s when they moved from the 'old stone stadium' into Bowers Stadium.


SHSU womens' soccer started playing there in 2003. It doesn't meet SLC specifications, so they play OOC there and SLC play at an intramural field...press box came down...

[NDSUFREAK]

Nice pictures of Dacotah Field. I played a high school game there (about a decade ago) and hated the turf. It literally felt like carpet laid over cement.

It's one of those "If walls could speak" stadium. There is a lot of tradition with that stadium.

yeah. the turf was pretty hard, and that is the reason why real men played there. THE FALLS HURT SOO MUCH! probably the only thing wrong with the place. it is hallowed grounds...

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

What was the seating capacity for Dacotah? Looks like it has to be 20k+ from the picture. Awesome looking stadium. Why did NDSU stop playing there? Was is only because they wanted a dome?

[Gil Dobie]

This was posted on Bisonville a while back.

This is a 1908 postcard from NDSU (formerly NDAC)
http://www400.pair.com/bisonvil/photos/ndsu1903.jpg

[NDSUFREAK]

This was posted on Bisonville a while back.

This is a 1908 postcard from NDSU (formerly NDAC)
http://www400.pair.com/bisonvil/photos/ndsu1903.jpg

Kind of like where's waldo...

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I know it's not FCS but here's a picture of Temple's old Temple Stadium. I would kill for this stadium to still be around, it was demolished in 1997. It had a seating capacity of 34,412 and would be a huge asset to our program and university if it was still standing. It was built to the same specifications as Pitt Stadium the only difference is the one end wasn't finished. Pitt Stadium was finished in 1925, Temple Stadium in 1928.

http://ghosts.footballhistory.org/pic_Temple.jpg

[NDSUFREAK]

What was the seating capacity for Dacotah? Looks like it has to be 20k+ from the picture. Awesome looking stadium. Why did NDSU stop playing there? Was is only because they wanted a dome?

Something called October and November football in Fargo, North Dakota.

[Franks Tanks]

I know it's not FCS but here's a picture of Temple's old Temple Stadium. I would kill for this stadium to still be around, it was demolished in 1997. It had a seating capacity of 34,412 and would be a huge asset to our program and university if it was still standing. It was built to the same specifications as Pitt Stadium the only difference is the one end wasn't finished. Pitt Stadium was finished in 1925, Temple Stadium in 1928.

http://ghosts.footballhistory.org/pic_Temple.jpg


What part of town was this located in, I suspect Baghdad, oh I mean North Philly. Also when did they stop playing their since I remeber Temple in the vet since the early 80's. Philly really had a glut of football stadiums back in the day with the Vet, Franklin Field, Temple stadium, and the 100k seat JFK that was used pretty much only for Army-Navy and concerts.

[LeopardFan04]

What part of town was this located in, I suspect Baghdad, oh I mean North Philly. Also when did they stop playing their since I remeber Temple in the vet since the early 80's. Philly really had a glut of football stadiums back in the day with the Vet, Franklin Field, Temple stadium, and the 100k seat JFK that was used pretty much only for Army-Navy and concerts.


The stadium was at Mt. Pleasant & Cheltenham Aves., in the East Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia. I go by there quite often, it's now the site of a huge church. Temple stopped playing there in '75 and the field was actually still there until '02.

http://ghosts.footballhistory.org/stadiums.htm

[LeopardFan04]

This is the only picture I could find of old Fisher, all I can say is that it was taken after 1973 as the fieldhouse can be seen in the right corner. Before this was built the away side bleachers were larger. Since then an addition had been built forming a L shape around the field. Until this past year with the major renovations Fisher looked pretty much the same as in the picture.





http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~library/special/survey/fisher.gif


Fixed the link to the image...

[89Hen]

Nice pictures of Dacotah Field. I played a high school game there (about a decade ago) and hated the turf.
Is it still there? It could just be the wide angle lens, but the stands look awfully flat.

[NoCoDanny]

1890 until 1927

http://www.unco.edu/library/archives/images/arc_PhotoHist/pic_Cranford-Athletic-Field.jpg

1928 until 1995

http://www.unco.edu/library/archives/images/arc_PhotoHist/pic_Jackson-Field2.jpg

[Franks Tanks]

The stadium was at Mt. Pleasant & Cheltenham Aves., in the East Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia. I go by there quite often, it's now the site of a huge church. Temple stopped playing there in '75 and the field was actually still there until '02.

http://ghosts.footballhistory.org/stadiums.htm


Very interesting, also thanks for fixing my link I am cleary a moron. The whole history of JFK stadium fascinates me, a huge servicable stadium that was barely used. Even the Eagles didnt play there, at least not regularly

[Go...gate]

What part of town was this located in, I suspect Baghdad, oh I mean North Philly. Also when did they stop playing their since I remeber Temple in the vet since the early 80's. Philly really had a glut of football stadiums back in the day with the Vet, Franklin Field, Temple stadium, and the 100k seat JFK that was used pretty much only for Army-Navy and concerts.

Nice photo of this ballpark! :thumbsup:

[bainsey]

Alumni Stadium: UMaine. Before aluminum and turf, there was wood and grass.

C:\Documents and Settings\Jim\My Documents\My Pictures\alumni1.bmp
View of Grandstand '88 Graduation

C:\Documents and Settings\Jim\My Documents\My Pictures\scan.jpg
View from Mahaney Diamond

C:\Documents and Settings\Jim\My Documents\My Pictures\scan1.JPG
1986 Pregame

C:\Documents and Settings\Jim\My Documents\My Pictures\scan2.jpg
1986 view towards fieldhouse

C:\Documents and Settings\Jim\My Documents\ToshibaNetworkCamera\oneshot.jpg
2008 Newly completed turf. Real turf!

Note that the old stadium had the same design as the new one. The new stadium also brought lights, something that Mahaney had that Alumni didn't.

[bainsey]

Alumni Stadium, UMaine. Capacity 10,000. Before aluminum and turf, there was wood and grass.


View of grandstand 1988 graduation

http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scanwl0.jpg
View from Mahaney Diamond 1994

http://img512.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scan1mh0.jpg]http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/125/scan1mh0.th.jpg
Pregame 1986

http://img512.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scan2cs6.jpg
View towards Fieldhouse 1986

[IMG]http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/1647/oneshotgp0.th.jpg (http://img393.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oneshotgp0.jpg)
August 2008 New FieldTurf installed. Real Turf!

[bainsey]

Alumni Stadium, UMaine. Capacity 10,000. Before aluminum and turf, there was wood and grass.

http://img131.imageshack.us/my.php?image=alumni1fl5.png
View of grandstand 1988 graduation

http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scanwl0.jpg
View from Mahaney Diamond 1994

http://img512.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scan1mh0.jpg][IMG]http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/125/scan1mh0.th.jpg
Pregame 1986

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View towards Fieldhouse 1986

[IMG=http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/1647/oneshotgp0.th.jpg] (http://img393.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oneshotgp0.jpg)
August 2008 New FieldTurf installed. Real Turf!

[bainsey]

Alumni Stadium, UMaine. Capacity 10,000. Before aluminum and turf, there was wood and grass.

http://img131.imageshack.us/my.php?image=alumni1fl5.png
View of grandstand 1988 graduation

http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scanwl0.jpg
View from Mahaney Diamond 1994

http://img512.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scan1mh0.jpg][IMG]http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/125/scan1mh0.th.jpg
Pregame 1986


View towards Fieldhouse 1986

[IMG]http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/1647/oneshotgp0.jpg
August 2008 New FieldTurf installed. Real Turf!

[bainsey]

Alumni Stadium, UMaine. Capacity 10,000. Before aluminum and turf, there was wood and grass.

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2012/alumni1bb9.png
View of grandstand 1988 graduation

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/6980/scanof4.jpg
View from Mahaney Diamond 1994

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/300/scan1ba4.jpg
Pregame 1986

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/5434/scan2id1.jpg
View towards Fieldhouse 1986

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/1647/oneshotgp0.jpg
August 2008 New FieldTurf installed. Real Turf!

[bulldog10jw]

http://www.oldmapsbooks.com/WebPictures/June2002/june11/jun11yalebowl2.JPG

http://www.coachwyatt.com/HermanHickman-LeviJackson.jpg

http://members.aol.com/pcpage3/sports/yaletri.jpg

http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/dynamicimage/index.asp?strImage=contentImages/football/jwhimage.jpg

[YaleFootballFan]

Another Ivy classic.....Penn's Franklin Field:

Army vs. Navy at Franklin Field 1908:
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/e/ed/500px-ArmyNavy1908.jpeg

1926:
http://home.comcast.net/~ghostsofthegridiron/pic_Franklin-Field_1926.jpg

October 28, 1928:
http://www.hagley.org/library/images/franklinfieldfull.JPG

Yale at Penn 1933:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_bQ-9YGBlBzs/R8-drmaSfpI/AAAAAAAAAac/R7nmCsXv2yA/yale+penn+1933.jpg

Franklin Field today:
http://www.gammair.com/images/433_Penn_franklin_field_433.jpg

[MSUBear42]

What was then Briggs Stadium:
http://springfieldhistorymuseum.org/archives/images/1997-257.jpg

From the 30s:
http://springfieldhistorymuseum.org/archives/images/2000-206-110.jpg

http://springfieldhistorymuseum.org/archives/images/2000-17-86.jpg

[TbonZach]

Nice pictures of Dacotah Field. I played a high school game there (about a decade ago) and hated the turf. It literally felt like carpet laid over cement.


yeah. the turf was pretty hard, and that is the reason why real men played there. THE FALLS HURT SOO MUCH!

I guess Dakotah is being re-turfed in the near future. I was talking to one of the GSMB instructors and they said that it was.

*Probably the only reason that they would know that is that the band has their rehearsals there. Now we have to rehearse at one of the intermural fields until it's done.

[PantherRob82]

1945 OR Latham Stadium vs SoDakSt

[MSUBear42]

That's pretty cool! Do you ever think UNI would move out of a dome?

[UAalum72]

Early '70s at University Field, Albany
http://library.albany.edu/digitalpilotphotos/2787/3232%20.jpg
The hill could fill on a good day
http://library.albany.edu/digitalpilotphotos/1644/1829.jpg
http://library.albany.edu/digitalpilotphotos/9308/13076.jpg
Aerial view as it was from about '72 to 1985
http://library.albany.edu/digitalpilotphotos/14709/21469.jpg
Unfortunately, except for the visiting bleachers, lights, and a new locker room, not much has changed in the last 30+ years
http://www.ualbanysports.com/fls/15800/images/all-facilities-arial.jpg

[MSUBear42]

UA has one really interesting campus

[UAalum72]

UA has one really interesting campus
Not everybody (especially our crosstown rivals) like 'the concrete campus' but we've got variety if nothing else
http://www.anygivensaturday.com/forum/showpost.php?p=224006&postcount=65

[TheBisonator]

UA has one really interesting campus

Who designed that campus, The Borg???

[UAalum72]

Who designed that campus, The Borg???
Good guess. Famed architect Edward Durell Stone's "post-modernist" style has also been described by critics as "neo-fascist".

[furman94]

I love it! That post-modern design with the huge towers and fountains is awesome!

hmmm. I think we should revive this thread :D!

[Millwoch]

I can remember the wooden bleachers in Johnson Hagood Stadium. My dad used to take me to the games as a child and we would pay $2 to sit in the general admission section. We would have to pick the splinters out of our backsides before heading home. I believe the visitor's side had wooden bleachers up through the 90's.

[Dane96]

The piece in the center of the Podium Fountain-- "ROCKEFELLER'S ERECTION." Seriously, that is how it is affectionately known. The Podium is by far one of the greatest on-campus areas I have been to on a campus in Fall, Summer, and Late Spring.

Thankfully, the University has done much since the early-90's to spruce up the concrete jungle.

http://www.clevercitizen.com/therick2.jpg

http://www.atmos.albany.edu/campus_30.jpg

http://www.albany.edu/psy/autism/blue%20sky.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_oZ6yK4DwApk/R3MqD67a9WI/AAAAAAAAAOg/EKilwrdjAD4/maincampus01.jpg

[Millwoch]

And the new JHS

[Dane96]

That is one nice media/loge box structure!!!!

[elcid96]

And the new JHS

I cannot wait to get down there for the Princeton game on Sept 20th and see the new stadium.

[elcid96]

That is one nice media/loge box structure!!!!

2 Floors of the structure are 20 luxury boxes. (All of them are sold)

[jus10asu]

http://www.alumni.appstate.edu/blog/photos/campus/conradstadiumLG.jpg
This is a pic of Kidd Brewer c 1963

[Millwoch]

What you can't appreciate is the view of the Ravenel bridge and Charleston from the President's box. I will be in the new club level for the Weber Int. game(not my regular seats). It good to have friends in high places.

What is great about the new boxes is that it is a revenue generator. I hope they will stay sold out.

[appfan2008]

that vintage pic kbs did not work

[yosef1969]

http://www.alumni.appstate.edu/blog/photos/campus/conradstadiumLG.jpg
This is a pic of Kidd Brewer c 1963


Nitpicking a bit but it was Conrad Stadium at the time it was built. The funny thing is the stadium hadn't really changed all that much (other that the upperdeck on the home side) until about 5 years ago. Much different now though.

[elcid96]

What you can't appreciate is the view of the Ravenel bridge and Charleston from the President's box. I will be in the new club level for the Weber Int. game(not my regular seats). It good to have friends in high places.

What is great about the new boxes is that it is a revenue generator. I hope they will stay sold out.

I bought two lifetime seats in the Blue Section and thought I was rolling large. Nice job on landing great seats for the first game. Wish I could be there too.

[appfan2008]

you can buy a lifetime seat at the citadel?

that is sweet

[dystopiamembrane]

http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/eclips/history/images/multnomah.jpg
Multnomah Stadium (now PGE Park), 1933

[Millwoch]

Its a PSL...the seats are yours for life as long as you buy the tickets every year

[bostonspider]

Wish I could find a good vintage picture of UR stadium, but since it has not really changed much in the last 60 years, I imagine a picture of it now would suffice.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/University_of_Richmond_Stadium_panoramic.jpg/800px-University_of_Richmond_Stadium_panoramic.jpg

Here is the latest image of First Market Stadium, where the Spiders should be playing in 2 years. It might be smaller, 9K seats, and have a track, but it is on campus and should really be a boon for the program.

http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/aspgallery/pictures/Ad_3141_14.jpg

[813Jag]

Henderson Stadium (Alcorn State) basically the visitor's side wasn't very big. We spent most games on the home side.

http://www.alcorn.edu/admissions/map/seventy/seventy.jpg

http://www.alcorn.edu/admissions/map/seventy/seventyb.jpg

[furman94]

Wow.. Seating Capacity?

[ngineer]

The piece in the center of the Podium Fountain-- "ROCKEFELLER'S ERECTION." Seriously, that is how it is affectionately known. The Podium is by far one of the greatest on-campus areas I have been to on a campus in Fall, Summer, and Late Spring.

Thankfully, the University has done much since the early-90's to spruce up the concrete jungle.

http://www.clevercitizen.com/therick2.jpg

http://www.atmos.albany.edu/campus_30.jpg

http://www.albany.edu/psy/autism/blue%20sky.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_oZ6yK4DwApk/R3MqD67a9WI/AAAAAAAAAOg/EKilwrdjAD4/maincampus01.jpg

Hey, they didn't call his wife "Happy" for nothing!;) :D

[813Jag]

Wow.. Seating Capacity?
Here's a better view of Henderson Stadium. And it actually had a very nice field house. It was always full when Southern played there. Here's a better view:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa108/cdwells750/asu1.jpg

[furman94]

My HS Stadium was 2 times bigger than that!

[Hood]

http://www.alumni.appstate.edu/blog/photos/campus/conradstadiumLG.jpg
This is a pic of Kidd Brewer c 1963


that is beautiful.


Going start a foliage initiative at my home turf.

[813Jag]

My HS Stadium was 2 times bigger than that!
Most are, we always caught bad breaks there. And to top it off, bleachers were horrible and you could easily lose stuff. xlolx

[asknoquarter21]

I think most high schools are...that is crazy small


I think Mars Hill College seats more (only D2 game I have been to)

[813Jag]

Luckily they moved into a much better stadium, but as a kid that place was great. Running around the hills and playing football on the field after the games. xthumbsupx Alcorn is always a great place to tailgate, plenty of space.

[Borat]

When they were replacing the turf at Kidd Brewer in 2003.

[furman94]

The good ole days :D!

[YaleFootballFan]

Cornell's Schoellkopf Field:

1919:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Cornell_Beanies_at_Schoelkopf_Field.jpg

1924 (stadium is located in the top right)
http://football.ballparks.com/NCAA/Ivy/Cornell/oldinterior.gif

2001:
http://cfa.alumni.cornell.edu/images/fanscrescentbig.jpg

[dakotadan]

University of North Dakota's Memorial Stadium. 1927-2000

http://siouxsports.com/football/history/memorialstadium1.jpg

http://siouxsports.com/football/history/memorial_stadium.jpg

[DaBigBlue]

Foremen Field
http://www.rkpuma.com/ov/gggForeCrowd.jpg

This card says W&M in Norfolk, which ODU was a branch of.
http://www.rkpuma.com/ov/g4ForeField.jpg

What it will look like Sept 5, 2009.xthumbsupx
http://media.hamptonroads.com/cache/files/images/21861.jpg