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  Memorial Stadium  University of Nebraska Lincoln
In the fall of 1922, a drive for $430,000 in stadium construction funds was undertaken by faculty, students, alumni and friends of the University of Nebraska.The quota was over subscribed.
The Stadium was named Memorial Stadium to honor all Nebraskans who served in the Civil and Spanish American Wars; the 751 Nebraskans who died in World War I, the 3,839 in World War II, the 225 in Korea and the 422 in Vietnam.
A salute to those who lost their lives in the line of duty and for whom Memorial Stadium was built to honor.
sharkfeet.tripod.com /memorial.htm   (298 words)

  
 Memorial Stadium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Memorial Stadium on the University of Nebraska campus in Lincoln commemorates the service men and women of World War I. It was constructed without state funding and was financed by pledges made by university students, staff, alumni, and boosters.
The Nebraska Soldiers and Sailors Memorial was projected to be an impressive complex with a museum, stadium, gymnasium, and an assembly room for veterans' gatherings.
Memorial Stadium was dedicated a few days later on October 20 at the homecoming game with the University of Kansas.
www.nebraskahistory.org /publish/publicat/timeline/memorial_stadium.htm   (397 words)

  
 College Gridirons-Memorial Stadium-Nebraska Cornhuskers
Lincoln, NB Home of the Nebraska Cornhuskers for more than eight decades, the Cornhuskers currently hold the NCAA for the most consecutive sellouts at Memorial Stadium.
Memorial Stadium was named in honor of the people of Nebraska who fought in the Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World Wars I and II.
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.
www.collegegridirons.com /big12/MemorialStadiumNebraska.htm   (342 words)

  
 Lincoln Memorial vs USC Aiken
USC Aiken Baseball 2005 Lincoln Memorial at USC Aiken Feb 06, 2005 at Aiken, S.C. (Hernandez Stadium) Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Lincoln Memorial 000 222 000 - 6 8 2 USC Aiken 123 010 00 - 7 12 2 ---------------------------------------------- Lincoln Memorial inning 1 J. Kemph singled to center field.
Lincoln Memorial inning 6 Sofield to p for Ericksen.
Lincoln Memorial inning 9 N. Wandless to p for Yarbrough.
www.pacersports.com /baseball/b020605.htm   (1235 words)

  
 Memorial Stadium History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Memorial Stadium was first constructed in 1923 on the campus of the University of Nebraska.
In 1998 the field at Memorial Stadium was named Tom Osborne field in honor to the winningest coach in Nebraska football history.
Memorial Stadium was renovated in 1999 to include 42 skyboxes.
www.members.tripod.com /~BrianJoe/stadium.txt   (293 words)

  
 Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium is the only place to be on these enchanted fall afternoons as the stadium is transformed into the state's third-largest "city," where the "Best fans in College Football" come nationwide to be a part of the magic.
Big Red "fever" not only affects the faithful who jam Memorial Stadium, but the "epidemic" spreads throughout the land as loyal legions of fans gather around radios and television sets to cheer on their beloved Huskers.
Season after season, year after year, Memorial Stadium on the University of Nebraska campus is one of the truly special places to enjoy a college football game.
users.california.com /~csuppes/NCAA/Big12/Nebraska/index.htm   (456 words)

  
 Memorial Stadium-ne - tickets, directions, seating charts for Memorial Stadium-ne (Lincoln, Nebraska)
Memorial Stadium-ne has a seating capacity of 72,700 and is well known in the area.
Memorial Stadium is located on the east side of Stadium Drive, between T Street on the south and Avery Avenue on the north.
Drive two blocks and turn left at P Street (just past the Lincoln Journal Star Building), go one block and turn left on 10th Street, then keep to the right for four blocks to Memorial Stadium (DO NOT enter I-180 north).From Omaha's Eppley Airfield, follow the signs from downtown Omaha and Interstate 480.
www.gofox.com /tickets/Venue.php?venue=947   (431 words)

  
 Lincoln Memorial picture, photo, stadium, abraham, fact, history, park, university.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Lincoln Memorial is staffed from 8 a.m.
This memorial is a unit of the National Park System, which consists of more than 360 parks depicting our country's natural and cultural heritage.
Lincoln was credited with bringing together the industrial North with the agrarian South while president of the United States during the civil war, 1861-1865.
www.mclean411.com /dc-lincolnmemorial.htm   (514 words)

  
 Lincoln Memorial vs Alabama-Huntsville (Mar 24, 2002)
Lincoln Memorial - inning 2 W. Vincent doubled to left field.
Lincoln Memorial - inning 7 Matt Alred singled to shortstop.
Lincoln Memorial - inning 9 Mathis to 1b.
www.uah.edu /Athletics/baseball/archives/2002/finalstat/UAH-LMU3.HTM   (1020 words)

  
 Lincoln Memorial vs Valdosta State (Mar 13, 2000)
Lincoln Memorial vs Valdosta State (Mar 13, 2000)
Lincoln Memorial University Lincoln Memorial at Valdosta State Mar 13, 2000 at Valdosta, GA (VSU Stadium) Lincoln Memorial 1 (8-6) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Mindy Dasher cf..........
Lincoln Memorial University Lincoln Memorial at Valdosta State - Play-by-Play Mar 13, 2000 at Valdosta, GA (VSU Stadium) Score by Innings R H E ----------------------------------------- Lincoln Memorial....
www.lmunet.edu /Athletics/softball/History/Stats/2000/vs-1.htm   (1390 words)

  
 Lincoln Memorial vs Alabama-Huntsville (Mar 23, 2002)
Lincoln Memorial - inning 4 W. Vincent reached on an error by ss.
Lincoln Memorial - inning 6 S. Morris singled, advanced to second on an error by lf.
Lincoln Memorial - inning 7 Guadalupe to 2b.
www.uah.edu /Athletics/baseball/archives/2002/finalstat/UAH-LMU2.HTM   (1026 words)

  
 UIAA at Urbana: Virtual Veterans' Memorial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Originally dedicated in 1924, Memorial Stadium honored the 189 Illini who died in World War I. Each is memorialized on one of the limestone columns that support the stadium's upper stands.
While the stadium was originally dedicated to those who gave their lives in the "war to end all wars," its original supporters recognized the fragility of world peace and the likelihood of sacrifice by future generations.
Their names are engraved on one of four impressive limestone tablets at the entrances to Memorial Stadium's east and west colonnades alongside the names of their fallen World War I comrades.
www.uiaa.org /urbana/veterans   (283 words)

  
 Lincoln Memorial vs USC Aiken
USC Aiken Baseball 2005 Lincoln Memorial at USC Aiken Feb 05, 2005 at Aiken, S.C. (Hernandez Stadium) Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Lincoln Memorial 001 000 400 - 5 9 1 USC Aiken 000 102 30 - 6 8 0 ---------------------------------------------- Lincoln Memorial inning 1 B. Williams struck out swinging.
Lincoln Memorial inning 6 Claussen to p for Rucker.
Lincoln Memorial inning 8 Kowalchuk to 3b for Kinney.
www.pacersports.com /baseball/b020505.htm   (1170 words)

  
 RFK Memorial Stadium
The end-zone seats are closest to the field, allowing fans to ride visiting quarterbacks when their teams must operate in the shadow of the goal posts.
Stadium employees work for the city, not the Redskins, and are known to give civil servants and uncivil reputation.
The Redskins are moving from the 53,000-seat stadium, known as D.C. Stadium when it was built in 1961 and now the smallest in the NFL, into a 78,600-seat state-of-the-art facility five miles away in Landover, Maryland.
users.california.com /~csuppes/NFL/WashingtonRedskins/oldindex.htm   (932 words)

  
 Lincoln Tickets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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 McCook Daily Gazette: Story: Pius X ends McCook's streak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
LINCOLN -- The streak had to end sooner or later, and it ended at the Nebraska Class B state championship game Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.
The McCook Bison football team's 38-game winning streak was snapped when Lincoln Pius X quarterback Ross Bosn threw a perfect 49-yard touchdown strike to Michael Millard with 11 seconds left.
Lincoln Pius X finished the season with a 13-0 record.
www.mccookgazette.com /story/1081281.html   (632 words)

  
 McCook Daily Gazette: Story : Column by Ronda Graff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
While a high school stadium would allow more hometown fans to attend the game, a trip to Memorial Stadium is very motivational and inspirational for the team, the staff and the fans.
I'm assuming the ticket-taker at the southeast entrance to the stadium was laughing with me and not at me as I wandered past him three times trying to find my way to the concessions or, at the very least, back to our seats.
I must admit that I was surprised to see my 2-year-old knocking on my door at 4 in the morning at a strange hotel room in Lincoln, not expecting to encounter this as a parent for another 15 or 16 years.
www.mccookgazette.com /story/1127855.html   (838 words)

  
 NBC11.com - Entertainment - Sports Announcer Musburger Cited For Allegedly Having Beer In Car
Lincoln police said he was cited for consuming alcohol in public and having an open container in his car.
A viewer of Nebraska television station KETV said a Lincoln police officer directing traffic stopped the car Musburger was riding in to let fans exiting the stadium get through the crosswalk.
Lincoln police said that several people were cited near the stadium for similar alcohol offenses Saturday.
www.nbc11.com /entertainment/4992183/detail.html   (296 words)

  
 AggieSports.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Texas AandM's Reggie McNeal #16 is tackled by Nebraska's Barrett Rudd #38 and Demorio Williams #7 in second-half action Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb. Texas AandM lost 48-18 to Nebraska.
LINCOLN, Neb. — The ups and downs that have become synonymous with the Texas AandM football team’s season continued Saturday, with AandM slipping a little farther down.
Texas AandM's Dustin Long wipes the sweat from his brow late in the fourth quarter Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb. Texas AandM lost 48-18 to Nebraska.
www.aggiesports.com /football/news/101903nulede.htm   (1078 words)

  
 Randlemanland.com
This memory, and many others, flooded my mind as I returned to Nebraska for a trip to that mecca of college football, the Nebraska Cornhusker’s Memorial Stadium.
Ah, Memorial Stadium, where the corn-fed heroes of the gridiron open a can of the proverbial whup-ass six times year.
Memorial Stadium, home of that “Lazarus” of college mascots, Herbie Husker.
www.randlemanland.com /joefan3.html   (798 words)

  
 HuskersHQ: Football: Washington
LINCOLN -- Saturday's game against Washington at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln was supposed to be Nebraska's first real test of the season.
While the offense was finding its groove, the defense picked up where it left off in last year's game against Washington, applying relentless pressure and sacking Brock Huard three times, hitting him dozens more, and forcing two fumbles and two interceptions.
Saturday afternoon, in front of 76,372 and some-odd witnesses at Memorial Stadium, the Nebraska football team made a statement to millions.
www.theindependent.com /HuskersHQ/Stories/fb/washington0927.html   (399 words)

  
 SI.com - SI On Campus - The Vent - Thursday September 22, 2005 9:13PM
Of course, there are some stadiums commonly lumped into this group that are in fact overrated: Michigan Stadium and Notre Dame Stadium are two that come to mind.
Neyland Stadium was the loudest place I have ever been, including the Swamp, after the Vols sent the Gators home with their tail between their legs.
While it may be "loud", I know of only one stadium in the country where the fans made the earth move--literally (see the seismograph in the LSU geology department).
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2005/sioncampus/09/22/home.field   (3384 words)

  
 Memorial Stadium - Neb Tickets
Memorial Stadium is the only place to be on game day fall afternoons as the stadium is transformed into the state's third-largest "city," where the "Best fans in College Football" come nationwide to be a part of the magic.
Home attendance has averaged 75,000 fans per game for the past 31 years, as NU has ranked among the nation's attendance leaders for many years; Nebraska's home sellout streak started on November 3, 1962.
Thank you for your interest in Memorial Stadium - Neb Event Tickets.
www.ticketcity.com /venue/nebraskamemorialstadiumtickets.asp   (220 words)

  
 The Contra Costa Times - Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Lincoln, NE (Sports Network) - The University of Nebraska and Arizona State University are scheduled to square off in the Black Coaches Association Football Classic at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.
The last time the Cornhuskers and Sun Devils met was in 1996 at Sun Devil Stadium, where ASU blanked Nebraska, 19-0.
However, the Cornhuskers lead the all-time series, 5-2, including a 3-0 mark in games played at Memorial Stadium.
www.sportsnetwork.com /?c=contracosta&page=cfoot/news/AFN1973756.htm   (287 words)

  
 Nebraska Recap
LINCOLN, Neb. - The game between Penn State and Nebraska last night should have been televised in fl and white.
It should have been played in a stadium with wooden bleachers, with the spectators wearing fedoras and tweed suits.
In this era of throwback jerseys, the Nittany Lions and Cornhuskers held a throwback event in front of 78,008 at Memorial Stadium, taking turns meting out punishment while each hard-earned score loomed huge.
www.frontiernet.net /~bchaffee/psu2003/03nebraska.shtml   (965 words)

  
 The Daily Texan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
LINCOLN, Neb. - Senior quarterback Chris Simms said it was his most memorable moment as a Longhorn.
Simms had a record day against Nebraska in Lincoln - throwing for a UT-record 419 yards and setting a career high in attempts with 47, and completions with 29.
Texas (8-1, 4-1 Big 12) is now the only team to beat Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in the last 10 years, as the Huskers are 75-2 since losing to Washington on Sept. 21, 1991.
www.dailytexanonline.com /media/paper410/news/2002/11/04/News/Memorable.Day-498099.shtml   (505 words)

  
 Nebraska Memorial Stadium - Schedule, Dates and Husker Football Tickets - Lincoln, NE
Upcoming Events at the Nebraska Memorial Stadium - Lincoln, NE Nebraska Memorial Stadium tickets are available now at TickCo Premium Seating.
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