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Memorial Stadium at University of Nebraska
Published or Updated November 29, 2011
Location: United States
Sport: Football
Level: College
Sport: Football
Level: College
Event Type: Venue
First Held: 1923
Next Up: 9/3/2011-11/25/2011
First Held: 1923
Next Up: 9/3/2011-11/25/2011
When and Where: every fall in Lincoln, NE
Memorial Stadium, located on the University of Nebraska campus in Lincoln, Nebraska, is said to the home to the greatest fans in college football. That’s a point that could be contested were it not for the fact that the venue has been sold out since 1962. That’s an NCAA record that will likely only fall for the apocalypse.
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2009 - On July 4, 2009, more than 50,000 were in attendance as Larry the Cable Guy put on a non-profit comedy show as a way to thank Husker fans for their support of the University.
1923 - Memorial Stadium was dedicated on October 20, 1923.
1996 - Berringer was a quarterback on Nebraska's 1994 and 1995 national championship teams who died in a plane crash in April 1996, just two days before the 1996 NFL Draft where he was expected to be an early/middle round pick.
1986 - The first proper night game at Memorial Stadium took place on September 6, 1986, when Nebraska defeated Florida State 34ﾖ17
Inscribed on the four corners of the stadium are the following words, written by former Nebraska professor of philosophyﾠHartley Burr Alexander: - Southeast: ""In Commemoration of the men of Nebraska who served and fell in the Nation's Wars."" Southwest
The stadium holds an ongoing NCAA-record 304 consecutive sellout streak, which began in 1962.
When full, Memorial Stadium holds more people than any Nebraska city except Omaha and Lincoln, a fact that is often used to point out Nebraska's devotion to Husker football.
2009 - On September 26, 2009, a Memorial Stadium record crowd of 86,304 watched Nebraska play Louisiana-Lafayette.
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"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game; In the deed the glory"" (the motto of Nebraska football)
Hartley Burr Alexander
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