re: Tulane Stadium Experience

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Tulane Stadium as in the Superdome?

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no, go look at the picture....technically you could call it the "Old Tulane Stadium"

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re: Tulane Stadium Experience (Posted on 4/26/13 at 12:43 p.m. to cajunsax62)

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Largest attendance was over 86,000 for the 1973 LSU-Tulane game.

I was there! That was a great day.

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Uhhhh, we lost for the first time in 25 f*cking years.

What the f*ck was so great about that???

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technically you could call it the "Old Tulane Stadium"

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Some publications also continuously referred to the stadium as the "Sugar Bowl", even though that wasn't the official name (I guess since the Cotton, Orange, and Rose bowls were actually played in stadiums with the same name as their respective bowl games).

The last time I went to that stadium was the nite the weenies beat LSU for the first time in 25 yrs. A very sad nite, but the weenies' fans were so happy most were crying. Made me want to throw up. But that foot stomping noise in the upper decks was almost scary, as the upper decks would start swaying just a bit, too. Friar Tucks across the street was one of the greatest pre game party bars in the city at the time.

Super Bowl ... IV? Vikings (Roy Winston .. LSU) vs Kansas City (Hank Stram)

Also, ZZ Top. I think that's the show where Lynyrd Skynyrd was supposed to show, but crashed, but things are kind of fuzzy.

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Winston delivered one of the most devastating tackles ever filmed. In a game against the Miami Dolphins in 1972, fullback Larry Csonka circled out into the flat to catch a pass. Just as he caught the pass, Winston hit him from behind with such force that the 240-pound Csonka was nearly cut in half. The tackle was so grotesque it was shown on The Tonight Show. Csonka dropped the ball and rolled on the field in agony. He thought his back was broken and literally crawled off the field

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Roy Winston, LSU All American

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Lynyrd Skynyrd was supposed to show, but crashed

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they were on their way to Baton Rouge, still have 4 tix

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Tiger Stadium's east and west grandstands were erected in the early 1890's, with subsequent additions in the 1910's, 30's, 50's, 70's, and 00's. And another one to come in 2014, pushing capacity to 100,000.

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The Tulane Stadium you are talking about was opened in 1926. The North End and upper decks are steel while the lower decks and South End are concrete.

There was an earlier Tulane Stadium (called the Second Staduim) behind the Navy ROTC building by McAlister Auditorium (that was torn down back in the 1970's....)

Except for parking, the old Tulane Stadium was a great experience. My first LSU game was the Sugar Bowl vs. Syracuse in 1964. I'll never forget it.

The Saints games were amazing and what I especially liked was the locker room location was outside the stadium so you could watch the players walk in. Was at the first game and saw the Gilliam opening kickoff return for TD. The noise level was off the charts.

The Dempsey kick was amazing. Most of the fans left. We were in the South endzone/West corner and I remember standing on the bleachers because no one was around us.

I unfortunately saw LSU lose to Tulane in 73 (I think it was?) LSU had a streak of like 25 in a row up until that game I believe? But I remember LSU fans outnumbering Tulane fans by a large margin.