re: Ole Tulane Stadium

Back then, an aunt lived on Freret Street, just off the corner of Palmer, so we always had a great spot to park for events.

My grandfather had season tickets, so I went to many Saints games there. We were on the 30 yard line, visitor's side underneath the upper deck. Whenever the crowd would stomp their feet, we'd make sure to cover our drinks, so that the falling rust didn't get into them.

As I've mentioned in other threads, we had one rule if you went with paw-paw to the games. You stayed to the end, no matter how bad the game or the weather got. We went to the 1973 season opener against the Falcons. (Yes the 62-7 debacle.) There were 80,000+ at kickoff, maybe 5,000 at game's end...but we were there. After both teams cleared the field, Tulane came out to practice...and the few fans still left gave them a bigger cheer than the Saints got all day. Stories circulated after the game that someone called in a bomb threat to the Saints' locker room. Supposedly, the person who answered said, "we'll investigate if it goes off."

The last few years, they played some high school games in it but the upper deck was blocked off. Much of the stadium was in pretty bad shape by then.

This is a highlight film of the Saints' 1967 season. Many great Tulane Stadium shots here. Enjoy. LINK