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Memorial Stadium at University of Nebraska
Published or Updated November 12, 2018
Location: United States
Sport: Football
Level: College
Sport: Football
Level: College
Event Type: Venue
First Held: 1923
Next Up: 11/17/2018-11/17/2018
First Held: 1923
Next Up: 11/17/2018-11/17/2018
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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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.
Memorial Stadium was dedicated on October 20, 1923.
The first night game at Memorial Stadium took place on September 6, 1986, when Nebraska defeated Florida State 34-17.
Inscribed on the four corners of the stadium are the following words, written by former Nebraska professor of philosophy Hartley Burr Alexander: - Southeast: "In Commemoration of the men of Nebraska who served and fell in the Nation's Wars." Southwest: "Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game; In the deed the glory." Northwest: "Courage; Generosity; Fairness; Honor; In these are the true awards of manly sport." Northeast: "Their Lives they held their country's trust; They kept its faith; They died its heroes."
The stadium has sold out ever game since 1962, an ongoing NCAA record.
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.
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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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