re: Tulane Stadium Experience

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TexanPete
Tulane Stadium Experience



Who here has been to Tulane Stadium?

What was the capacity?
Was it loud in comparison to Tiger Stadium?
What was the ratio of Tulane fans compared to LSU fans when those teams squared off?

(Non-LSU question but what the hell) Who saw the Dempsey 63 yd FG?

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1. Largest crowd ever for a football game in the South - November, 1973 (TU 14 LSU 0) - 85,011

Capacity was around 83,000. Largest crowd in Tulane Stadium for a Saints game was 83,088 vs the Dallas Cowboys in Sept. of 1971.


2. No. The loudest I ever heard it was that Saints-Dallas game in 1971 my Dad took me to.
I would imagine it was loud for some of the Super Bowls held there and probably a few LSU-Tulane games.


3. Ratio of Tulane/LSU fans in Tulane Stadium for average year games (When one or both teams were crappy - usually TU :) about 30/70 or 25/75

Ratio for big Tulane/LSU games in Tulane Stadium like 1972 and 1973 - about 40/60


4. My Dad and I were walking down the ramp after Errol Mann kicked a short FG to give the Lions a 17-16 lead with about 20 seconds left.
We missed the kickoff return, Kilmer's sideline pass to Al Dodd to the Saints 45, and of course THE KICK. But we heard it and went rushing up to an open section to see Dempsey getting mobbed and the remaining fans going absolutely berserk !
Watched the replay over and over and over on Channel 4 sports than night with Jim Barry...