Oct. 26, 1930 - An Historic Day for S.M.U.

[MrMustang1965]

October 26, 1930
On this day in 1930, the Southern Methodist University Mustangs beat the Indiana Hoosiers 27-0 in the first football game at the brand-new Cotton Bowl in Dallas's Fair Park. The 46,000-seat stadium was on the site of Fair Park Football Stadium, built in 1921 with a seating capacity of 15,000. A milestone in the history of the stadium occurred on January 1, 1937, when the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs beat Marquette University 16-6 in the first Cotton Bowl Classic. The classic became a New Year's Day tradition matching the Southwest Conference champion against a highly rated opponent. The stadium was renovated extensively in 1948 and 1949, bringing its capacity to 75,504. The Cotton Bowl was also the home of the Dallas Texans of the National Football League in 1952, the Dallas Texans (now the Kansas City Chiefs) of the American Football League from 1960 to 1962, and the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL from 1960 to 1970. The stadium was renovated again in 1994 in preparation for soccer's World Cup. The Dallas Burn of Major League Soccer is currently the only professional sports franchise to call the Cotton Bowl home, though the annual clash between the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Oklahoma is still played there.

[Big Hoss]

Still a damn shame that Laura Miller and the other idiots that fill Dallas City Hall didn't jump all over the opportunity to lure Jones & his crew to get Cowboys Stadium built in Fair Park. It's only a matter of time before the OU Texas game moves out.

And FYI - The Dallas Burn is now FC Dallas, and they play in Frisco.

[Water Pony]

[ponyboy]

1930 was the same year we helped Notre Dame open their new stadium. We were their first opponent, the first to play under the outstretched arms of Touchdown Jesus.

[Water Pony]

1930 was the same year we helped Notre Dame open their new stadium. We were their first opponent, the first to play under the outstretched arms of Touchdown Jesus.

The stadium is known for its view of "Touchdown Jesus", a nickname given to the large mural entitled The Word of Life by Millard Sheets of the resurrected Jesus.[2] Installed in 1964 on the Hesburgh Library, the mosaicked wall looms over the stadium mirroring the raised arms of a referee signifying a touchdown. The stadium expansion had the side effect of partially obscuring the view of the mural from the field.

[ponyboy]

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[CalallenStang]

Use "a" before words that start with consonants and "an" before words that start with vowels.

[CalallenStang]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... Id=4994862

Please let all of your reporters, commentators etc. know that words that start with H are not prefaced with an, as in "an historic setting" or "an historic event". The only H words that use "an" are: an hour, an herb (only in the American pronunciation) and an honor etc.... A historic, a history, a hysterical, etc. are correct. Almost every announcer on NPR and WUNC says "an historical" etc.

[Water Pony]

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"Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" No!" Bluto in Animal House