Lots of great trips down memory lane here... I too, remember the 1812 cannon explosion, but also remember the Ben Hur chariot races when one of the chariots lost control and crashed. My favorite part of old Tulane stadium was the steel upper deck - when the Saints were actually "in" a game and a big defensive play came around the foot-stomping on the steel deck was deafening!

Other favorite memories - the neighbor who painted their swimming pool like a Bud label - you could see it clearly from the ramps leading to the upper deck. Beer man with those crazy backback dispensers - looked like rocket men (hey, we had one of those land on the field once!)How about Danny Abramowitz running helmet-first into the TV camara on the sideline and getting knocked out? Or receivers getting stuck in the hedges in the south end zone. What a place!

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Posted by dulargetiger

Theriot, LA

Member since Oct 2008

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Posted on 1/23/10 at 7:02 pm to Old Skule

I went with my dad in 1967-69 to the games. I was 10 in 1967. My most vivid memory is of watching the Eagles come out for warmups in about 1968. Our seats were near the 17 yard line where the teams came out to the field. We always watched the players come out as they were very close to us as they made their way to the field. I remember seeing Joe Scarpati of the Eagles and he was not much taller than I was but he had a day or two growth of beard on his face. It looked like he could light a match with his beard. That memory has not left me in all the passing years.

Anyone remember when Charleton Heston quarterbacked the Saints for the movie Number One. I always tell people that I was in two movies, Number One and Everybody's All American.

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