Old Tulane Stadium and Ownby Stadium

[Cheesesteak]

It's obvious that a major problem for Tulane's Athletic Department is being a tenant in the Sugar Bowl.

From Tulane's Offical Athletic Site:

"Tulane moved its home games in 1975 after having played on campus at Tulane Stadium for 49 years.

Old Tulane Stadium sat in excess of 80,000 seats, was the largest steel constructed stadium in the world and once held the largest night crowd in the history of college football (82,566 for the 1966 Tulane-LSU game) and at least twice the largest crowds in the history of Southern football (83,224 for the 1958 Tulane-LSU game and 86,598 for the 1973 Tulane-LSU contest).

Of the eight Super Bowls that have been played in New Orleans, three were at Tulane Stadium (IV, VI and IX) and the last five have been in the Superdome (XII, XV, XX, XXIV and XXXI)."

Apparently, Tulane lacks the necessary land (built on the former Tulane Stadium site) for a new on campus stadium. Fortunately, SMU didn't demolish Ownby Stadium and build on the site when we became tenants at the Cotton Bowl.

[MrMustang1965]

You can thank former SMU President Willis Tate for having the foresight to prevent the demolition of Ownby Stadium.

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