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Memorial Stadium
Lincoln, NB

Every Saturday in the fall, over 80,000 fans travel to Lincoln to watch one of the most dominant football teams in country battle at Memorial Stadium. In the early 1920s, growing support emerged for the construction of a new football stadium. Construction began in early 1923 and was completed several months later. The Cornhuskers played their first game at Memorial Stadium on October 20, 1923, against Kansas. Memorial Stadium was named in honor of the citizens of Nebraska who fought in the Civil War, Spanish-American War and World Wars I & II. Originally, Memorial Stadium consisted of stands on both the east and west sides of the grandstand.

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FACTS & FIGURES

-Tenant: Nebraska Cornhuskers
-Conference: Big 12 (joins Big Ten in 2011)
-Capacity: 81,067
-Surface: Fieldturf
-Opened: October 20, 1923
-Cost: $430,000
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By 1946, the Schulte Field House was constructed on the north end of the stadium. The first main expansion of Memorial Stadium was prior to the 1964 season, when stands were constructed in the south end zone giving the stadium its horseshoe configuration. Within the next two years, additional stands were built on the north side of Memorial Stadium raising its capacity to 65,000 by 1966. A modern press box was built in 1967 and before the start of the 1970 season, the grass field was replaced by Astroturf.

In 1972, the stands in the south end zone were expanded increasing the capacity by 9,000 to 73,650. In the 1990s, two new video/scoreboards, known as HuskerVision, were installed in the stadium. A $36 million renovation and expansion of Memorial Stadium was completed by the 1998 season. This included the construction of the Don Bryant pressbox, that includes 42 luxury suites and 1,500 club seats. Various other renovations were completed including the Astroturf being replaced by FieldTurf. The latest expansion was completed before the 2006 season. This included the addition of 6,500 seats in the north endzone and the construction of the Osborne Athletic Complex. Memorial Stadium has the second largest video/scoreboard in college football. Today, with a capacity of just over 81,000, Memorial Stadium has sold out for every Cornhuskers game since November, 1962.

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Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs Nebraska Cornhuskers
Memorial Stadium
September 4, 2010
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-9/4 - WESTERN KENTUCKY
-9/11 - IDAHO
-9/18 - at Washington
-9/25 - SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
-10/9 - at Kansas State
-10/16 - TEXAS
-10/23 - at Oklahoma State
-10/30 - MISSOURI
-11/6 - at Iowa State
-11/13 - KANSAS
-11/20 - at Texas A&M
-11/27 - COLORADO

Famous Players: Ahman Greene, Eric Johnson, Erwin Swiney
School Traditions: School Songs, "March of the Cornhusker" and "Hail Varsity", the Blackshirts

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