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	Robertson Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John O'Quinn Field at Robertson Stadium is a football stadium in Houston, Texas at the University of Houston.
		The stadium was originally constructed as a joint project between the Houston Independent School District and the WPA.
		The school district renamed the stadium Jeppesen Stadium in 1958.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robertson_Stadium (238 words)

	Houston Texas Soccer Stadium
		In recognition of John and Julie O'Quinn's generosity and loyal support, the field at Robertson Stadium was named "John O'Quinn Field." The Cougars christened their new field with a 28-3 whipping of city rival Rice, in what was the renewal of the storied Bayou Bucket battle.
		Robertson Stadium, as it is known today, was originally constructed in 1941 as a joint project of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a federal agency created by Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.
		Smaller projects readied the stadium for home games in 1995 and 1996, including erecting the scoreboard, which sat in front of where Jeppesen Fieldhouse used to stand.
	www.soccernova.com /html/stadiums/soccer_friendly/houston.htm (596 words)

	Robertson Stadium - TheBestLinks.com - Jeppesen Stadium, American football, Houston, Texas, ...
		Jeppesen Stadium, Robertson Stadium, American football, Houston, Texas, 1964...
		John O'Quinn Field at Robertson Stadium is a football stadium in Houston, Texas.
		It is the current home of the football team of the University of Houston and also hosted the Houston Oilers from 1960-1964.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Jeppesen_Stadium.html (276 words)

	University of Houston Cougars - Official Athletic Site Traditions
		A massive renovation of Robertson Stadium took place in 1999, thanks to a $6 million gift from the John and Julie O'Quinn Foundation to the University of Houston.
		In recognition of John and Julie O'Quinn's generosity and loyal support, the field at Robertson Stadium was named "John O'Quinn Field." The Cougars christened their new field with a 28-3 victory over city-rival Rice, in what was the renewal of the storied Bayou Bucket battle.
		UH bought Jeppesen Stadium in 1970 and the stadium was rededicated as Robertson Stadium in 1980 to honor former UH Board of Regents member and Athletics Committee Chairman Corbin J. Robertson.
	uhcougars.collegesports.com /trads/hou-trads-robertson.html (605 words)

	Movin' on up... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The luxury boxes, part of Phase I to expand Robertson Stadium, were constructed over the summer, and provide a new tool for UH administrators to entertain potential and current donors during the games.
		The HISD school board renamed the stadium Jeppesen Stadium in 1958, and UH bought the facility in 1970 for $6.7 million cash to expand the campus westward.
		In 1980, the stadium was rededicated to honor former Board of Regents member Corbin J. Robertson, who chaired the board's athletics committee.
	www.stp.uh.edu /vol64/17/News3/176498/176498.html (1146 words)

	Reliant Astrodome
		It started a new generation of indoor stadiums such as the Superdome, Skydome, Silverdome, and the Alamodome.
		They haven't even left town yet, and voters are being asked to approve a referendum in two weeks that would appropriate $200 million to fix up the Astrodome for a prospective future football tenant.
		The Oilers would play in Memphis until their Nashville stadium is ready in 1999.
	football.ballparks.com /NFL/HoustonOilers (942 words)

	Chargers: History: Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Balboa Stadium is reminiscent of ancient Roman ruins as Chargers defeat Houston 27-14 on a 93-degree afternoon before paid crowd of 12,304 (total attendance estimated at 15,000) in first preseason game.
		Buffalo defeats the Chargers 23-0 in front of 30,361 persons in Balboa Stadium for the AFL championship; a new automobile, the "Charger," is introduced by Chrysler officials at halftime.
		San Diego Stadium is dedicated before a crowd of 45,988; Detroit defeats the Chargers 38-17 in San Diego's first meeting with an NFL team.
	www.chargers.com /history/chronology.cfm (1393 words)

	American Football League Stadiums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Jeppesen Stadium, home of the Houston Oilers from 1960-64.
		was renamed Holger Jeppesen Stadium, in honor of the school
		Stadium that the Chiefs mauled the NFL's Chicago
	members.aol.com /bdkbubco/Stadium2.html (353 words)

	Pro Log: "Glory Years of the AFL" by Bob Hulsey
		Adams began in Jeppesen Stadium, a high school park near the University of Houston campus that Adams expanded from a capacity of 22,000 to 36,000.
		Jeppesen Stadium hosted the first AFL Championship, January 1st, 1961.
		Almost 38,000 packed Jeppesen Stadium to see the Oilers try for their third crown against Hunt's Dallas Texans.
	www.houstonprofootball.com /log/log1.html (1528 words)

	UH says goodbye to Dome
		UH's entire home schedule of Minnesota, UCLA, Memphis, Army and Southern Mississippi will be played on the campus for the first time since 1950, when Robertson Stadium, built in 1941, was named Public School Stadium (it was later named Jeppesen Stadium).
		The Cougars moved to Rice Stadium in 1951 and played most of their home games there before moving to the Astrodome in 1965.
		A permanent move to the campus for football is contingent on raising the funds, the amount yet to be determined, necessary to renovate and expand Robertson to more than 40,000 seats with luxury boxes and the capacity, if needed later, to add a second deck.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/sports/fb/fbc/98/02/05/uh.html (629 words)

	Texas State Society
		Prior to 1971, the year the Irving stadium was completed, the Cowboys played at the Cotton Bowl, in Dallas's Fair Park, but $35 million in bonds helped propel "America's Team" into a new building complete with hundreds of luxury suites and more than 65,000 seats.
		A biennial evaluation in 2002 deemed the stadium in relatively good condition, with wear and tear on the roof being the only real problem; however, as Texas Monthly senior editor Gary Cartwright reveals in the October issue, the latest dilemma centers on owner Jerry Jones and his mission to erect a new Super Bowl-worthy stadium.
		The team had played previously at Jeppesen Stadium and Rice Stadium, but for the next three decades, the Oilers would entertain fans at what many Houstonians came to call the 'Dome.
	www.texasstatesociety.org /news_article.cfm?news_article_id=22 (1356 words)

	Nfl Tickets - Tennessee Titans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		There was one problem though, Nashville did not have a stadium ready for the team by the time they moved in 1996.
		While a new stadium was being constructed in Nashville, the Titans played at the Liberty Bowl and Vanderbilt Stadium.
		The stadium was originally known as Adelphia Coliseum after Adelphia Communications paid $30 million for the naming rights for 15 years.
	www.bargaintix.com /guide/Nfl/TENNESSEE_TITANS_tickets.shtml (6592 words)

	Hosuton Oilers (1960-1996)
		After starting their season with a 37-22 win over the Raiders in Oakland the Oilers came home to Jeppesen Stadium where they defeated the Los Angles Chargers 38-28.
		Facing their intrastate rivals the Dallas Texans in the AFL Championship Game at Jeppesen Stadium the Oilers, were in place to remain the only Champion in AFL history.
		Without the Oilers using the new stadium it would be renamed the Astrodome.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nfl/tenhou/houoilers.html (3847 words)

	Tennessee Titans -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Dewveall that year caught the longest pass reception for a touchdown in professional football history, 99 yards, from Jacky Lee, against the (additional info and facts about San Diego Chargers) San Diego Chargers.
		The Oilers won the AFL Eastern Division title again in 1967, then became the first professional football team to play in a domed stadium, when they moved into Houston's (A transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations) Astrodome for the 1968 season.
		In 1999, Adelphia Coliseum, now known simply as (additional info and facts about The Coliseum) The Coliseum, was completed and the newly christened Tennessee Titans were well received by their new fans in Tennessee's state capital.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/te/tennessee_titans.htm (1534 words)

	Maximum-Football
		The stadiums weren't exactly the hallmark of the league - of the original eight (Boston, Buffalo, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Oakland), only the Dallas Texans (the future K.C. Chiefs) and Los Angeles Chargers had top-tier facilities.
		In '62 they got their own place, Frank Youell Field - an enlarged high school field supposedly named for an undertaker (actually, he was a school board official).
		By 1973, four years after the merger was completed, only the Broncos were still in their original digs.
	www.network54.com /Forum/message-175934-1036202509-Re-+AFL (370 words)

	Tennessee Titans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Home stadium: Jeppesen Stadium (1960-1964) Rice Stadium (1965-67), Houston Astrodome (1968-96), Liberty Bowl (1997), Vanderbilt Stadium (1998), The Coliseum (originally Adelphia Coliseum) (1999-present).
		The Oilers played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium while waiting for their new stadium to be finished in their permanent home city, Nashville.
		In 1999, Adelphia Coliseum, now known simply as The Coliseum, was completed and the newly christened Tennessee Titans were well received by their new fans in Tennessee's state capital.
	centipedia.com /index.php?title=Tennessee_Titans&action=creativecommons (963 words)

	History of the American Football League - 1960
		For eight teams, stadium sites for home games were found, head coaches and their staffs were signed, training camps were run, and schedules were established.
		The Broncos played in a baseball stadium, Bears Field, which would be converted to Mile High Stadium; the Dallas Texans in the Cotton Bowl; the Los Angeles Chargers in the LA Coliseum; and the Raiders in Kezar Stadium (since demolished and rebuilt), which was in San Francisco!
		In their own home stadium, every year, fans of an AFL team got to see every other team in the league, with all its stars.
	www.remembertheafl.com /AFLhistory1960.htm (3298 words)

	Florida State Seminoles Official Athletic Site
		In 1962, the FSU football team captains returned to Tallahassee with a piece of the turf from Sanford Stadium after whipping Georgia 18-0 in Athens.
		The turf was presented to Dean Coyle E. Moore who founded the tradition of the sod game.
		Each piece of sod is buried in the cemetery next to the practice field and a tombstone is placed above it with the score and date of the game.
	seminoles.collegesports.com /trads/fsu-trads-cemetery.html (161 words)

	American Football League All-Star games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		After numerous fl players were refused service by a number of New Orleans hotels and businesses, fl and white players alike lobbied for a boycott.
		Under the leadership of Buffalo Bills players including Carlton Chester "Cookie" Gilchrist, the players put up a unified front, and the game was successfully moved to Houston's Jeppesen Stadium.
		The Civil Rights Act of 1964 had just recently been passed, likely encouraging the AFL players in their cause, which was the first boycott in history of an entire city by a professional sports event.
	worldhistory.com /wiki/A/American-Football-League-All-Star-games.htm (285 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Tennessee Titans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		They then fell from the AFL elite, and the years immediately following the 1970 AFL-NFL merger proved to not be much brighter.But by 1974,the Oilers led by hall of fame coach Sid Gilman brought the team back to respectability by reaching.500 at season's end.
		In the final game of the 1997 season, the Oilers faced the Pittsburgh Steelers in front of a "home" crowd of 50,677: a crowd estimated to be at least two-thirds Steeler fans.
		This game proved to be such an embarrassment to team owner Bud Adams that he abandoned plans to play the 1998 season in Memphis and moved that season's home schedule to Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Tennessee_Titans (1361 words)

	.: Print Version :.
		After a scoreless first quarter, the Bills scored a pair of second-quarter touchdowns, which turned out to be all the points they would need.
		At War Memorial Stadium, Buffalo, N.Y. The Chargers looked up to the challenge early, scoring on a 26-yard pass from Tobin Rote to Dave Kocourek less than four minutes into the game.
		But the Chargers, already missing star receiver Lance Alworth, lost another key component to their offense when Keith Lincoln was forced out with a broken rib.
	nctimes.com /articles/2005/01/04/sports/professional/1_3_0519_12_50.prt (927 words)

	AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE - STADIUMS
		How about showing us a picture of where they played?" Not to worry, because I have pictures of most, but not all, of the stadiums that the AFL teams played in.
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		Balboa Stadium, home of the San Diego Chargers (1961-1967)
	aflfootball.tripod.com /stadiums.html (75 words)

	NFL.com: Houston Texans Team News - Cowboys scrimmage with Texans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		HOUSTON (Aug. 2) -- The expansion Houston Texans added another historic note to old Robertson Stadium with their first scrimmage against the Dallas Cowboys.
		The Texans and Cowboys held a combined workout at the Texans' lush practice facility, then moved over to Robertson, formerly called Jeppesen Stadium.
		It was the site of the 1962 American Football League championship game between the Houston Oilers and Dallas Texans.
	www.nfl.com /ce/multi/0,3783,5574477,00.html (529 words)

	Forward Times Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Coach Jay Thomas’ Nicholls State Colonels will be playing the biggest game since they joined the Southland Conference in 1991 Saturday, at 2 p.m.
		Nicholls State will play McNeese State at John Guidry Stadium in Lake Charles, La. With a victory, the Colonels will win the Southland Conference championship and secure a spot in the Division 1-AA playoffs.
		The Panthers can have their first winning season, since 1976, if they win their final three games.
	forwardtimes.com /sports.htm (2365 words)

	Memories - HoustonTexans.com Message Boards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Did that ever stir up some buried emotions!
		I remember going to the first game the Oilers played at Jeppesen stadium, I was 13 y/o, and the thrill of being there still lingers with me to this day.
		If my memory is still somewhat intact, I think the old Jeppesen Stadium was on the Southeast side of Houston, close to the UH campus.
	www.houstontexans.com /fan_zone/messageboards/showthread.php?t=6371 (548 words)

	AFC
		BALTIMORE—PSInet Stadium originally named Ravens Stadium (1998-99) and renamed
		originally Schaefer Stadium (1971-82), then Sullivan Stadium (1983-89);
		originally San Diego Stadium (1967-81) then San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (1981-96); TENNESSEE—
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0105614.html (345 words)

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