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Memorial Stadium, nicknamed The Sea of Red, is an American football stadium located on the campus of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska. The stadium primarily serves as the home venue for the Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Ten Conference. Memorial Stadium was built in 1923 at a cost of $450,000 and a capacity of 31,080 ...
The Devaney Center opened in 1976 with a capacity of 13,595, replacing the Nebraska Coliseum as the primary home venue for Nebraska's men's and women's basketball programs. . Initially called the NU Sports Complex, it was later named for College Football Hall of Fame head coach Bob Devaney, who led Nebraska's football program to two national championships and served as athletic director for ...
The building that would become the Coliseum, located just east of Memorial Stadium, was designed by Ellery Davis and Walter Wilson, who also designed Memorial Stadium, Morrill Hall, and Love Memorial Library. [2] The first event at the arena was a 25–14 men's basketball loss to Kansas on February 6, 1926.
An attendance record of global proportions could be set Wednesday night when the University of Nebraska hosts a celebration of volleyball at Memorial Stadium. The event will feature an exhibition ...
Former athletic director Trev Alberts in 2022 announced an estimated $450 million project to update the 100-year-old stadium. The first phase would have temporarily removed nearly 25,000 seats for ...
The stadium's main seating area was a wooden grandstand on its south sideline with bleachers along both sides. Nebraska Field opened on October 23, 1909, a 6–6 tie between Nebraska and Iowa . The stadium's exact capacity is unknown, but the largest recorded attendance was an estimated 16,000 against Notre Dame on November 30, 1922, the final ...
The 1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. The team was led by eighth-year head coach Bob Devaney and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. In his first year as offensive coordinator, Tom Osborne instituted the I formation.
Memorial Stadium: 90,000 Lincoln: Nebraska: Nebraska Cornhuskers [12] [13] Ben Hill Griffin Stadium: 88,548 Gainesville: Florida: Florida Gators [14] Jordan-Hare Stadium: 88,043 Auburn: Alabama: Auburn Tigers [15] MetLife Stadium: 82,500 East Rutherford: New Jersey: New York Giants and New York Jets: Frank Howard Field at Clemson Memorial ...