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Autzen Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Located north of the University of Oregon campus, it is the home field of the Oregon Ducks of the Pacific-10 Conference. Originally opened in 1967, the stadium has undergone several expansions; the official capacity is 54,000, though official attendance often exceeds that number.[1] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 431 pixelsFull resolution (2396 × 1291 pixel, file size: 2. ...
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The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. ...
The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. ...
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The Oregon Ducks refers to the mascot and sports teams of the University of Oregon, located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. ...
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The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. ...
The Oregon Ducks refers to the mascot and sports teams of the University of Oregon, located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. ...
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History
Prior to 1967, the Ducks played on Hayward Field. Recognizing that the football team had outgrown that facility, Oregon athletic director Leo Harris led a campaign to build a new stadium on 90 acres that he had acquired for the purpose in the 1950s.[2][3] Hayward Field, one of the most historic track and field stadiums in the United States, has been the home to the University of Oregon Track and Field teams of the NCAA since 1919. ...
Leo A. Harris (August 6, 1904 – April 22, 1990) was a college football player, coach, and the first athletic director for the University of Oregon. ...
The stadium, designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, was built within an artificial crater to eliminate the need for multilevel ramps. As a result, construction took just nine months and cost approximately $2.5 million. $250,000 was contributed by the Autzen Foundation, headed by Portland lumberman Thomas J. Autzen, for whom the stadium was named.[4] Shaklee Terraces, San Francisco, designed in 1982 with a flush aluminum and glass facade and rounded corners. ...
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The first game played at Autzen Stadium was on September 23, 1967 in which Colorado defeated Oregon, 17-13. Oregon's first win in the stadium occurred on October 21, when Idaho was defeated 31-6. That was the only victory for Oregon at Autzen Stadium that year. is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Renovations
 The old press box on the northern side of Autzen Stadium was converted to luxury suites as part of a 1988 renovation In 1988, a $2.3 million renovation built a new press box on the south side of the stadium and converted the original north side press box to luxury suites.[1] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 5. ...
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In 1995, the field was named Rich Brooks Field. Brooks, currently is the head coach at Kentucky, coached the Ducks from 1977-94, and led the Ducks to their first outright Pac-10 title in school history in 1994. Rich Brooks (born August 20, 1941, Forest, California, United States) is currently the head football coach at the University of Kentucky. ...
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In 2002, a $90 million facelift and expansion added seating and luxury boxes to the south sideline, bringing capacity up to its current size.[1]
Stadium records The Ducks have a current streak of 54 straight sellouts at Autzen going back to the 1999 season. The highest attendance at Autzen was 59,379 on November 3, 2007, when the Ducks beat the Arizona State Sun Devils 35-23. This also set the record for attendance for a single event in the state of Oregon.[5] is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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From 1997 to 2001, the Ducks had a 23-game home winning streak at Autzen Stadium that ended with a 49-42 loss to Stanford.[1] Having no offical mascot, the athletic teams at Stanford University are referred to as Stanford Cardinal. ...
Location and configuration The stadium is located just north of the Willamette River, next to Alton Baker Park. Students typically travel to the stadium by walking from the Oregon campus over the Autzen Footbridge, which passes over the Willamette. The FieldTurf playing field is at an elevation of 420 feet (130 m) above sea level and is laid out in a non-traditional east-west orientation. The Willamette River (pronounced wil-LAM-met) is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 240 mi (386 km) long, in northwestern Oregon in the United States. ...
Alton Baker Park is located in Eugene, Oregon near Autzen Stadium. ...
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Crowd noise
 The Oregon Ducks take the field for the 2007 USC game, the second largest crowd ever at Autzen Autzen is renowned for its crowd noise. On October 27, 2007, during a 24-17 defeat of the USC Trojans, a then record crowd of 59,277 fans was recorded at eleventy billion googleplex decibels (louder than a jet taking off).[6] A similarly-loud 31-27 upset of third-ranked Michigan in 2003 prompted a Michigan Daily columnist to write[7] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 5. ...
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is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The University of Michigan features 24 varsity sports teams called the Wolverines, which compete in the NCAAs Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except mens ice hockey which competes in the NCAA D1 Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and womens water polo, which...
| “ | Autzen's 59,000 strong make the Big House sound like a pathetic whimper. It's louder than ... The Swamp at Florida, The Shoe in Columbus, and Death Valley at Louisiana State. Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die. | ” | Michigan coach Lloyd Carr later said that Autzen Stadium was the loudest stadium he'd ever been in.[8] Michigan Stadium, nicknamed The Big House, is the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ...
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field (aka The Swamp) is the American football stadium for the University of Florida’s football team, nicknamed the Gators. ...
Ohio Stadium (also known as The House Harley Built, The Horseshoe, or simply The ’Shoe) is the home of the Buckeyes football team at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. ...
Tiger Stadium is the home field of Louisiana State University football team. ...
Lloyd H. Carr (born July 30, 1945) has served as head coach of the University of Michigan football team since 1995. ...
In 2006, a Sporting News columnist named Autzen the most intimidating college football stadium in the nation.[9] The Sporting News (TSN) is an American-based sports newspaper. ...
Other uses Besides Ducks football, Autzen also plays host to other events, marching band competitions, Oregon high school football 6A, 5A, and 4A championships, and musical concerts, including U2 and numerous performances by the Grateful Dead. It is currently the largest sporting arena in the state of Oregon. An American college marching band on the field (Kansas State University) A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors, and who incorporate movement – usually some type of marching and other movements – with their musical performance. ...
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External links
References - ^ a b c d Autzen Stadium. GoDucks.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
- ^ Autzen Stadium: Milestone of Momentum. University of Oregon. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
- ^ "Harris, former UO athletic director, dies", The Oregonian, April 26, 1990.
- ^ Autzen Stadium: Architecture of the University of Oregon. University of Oregon. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
- ^ Evans, Thayer (November 4, 2007). Dixon Makes Case for Heisman, Then Exits with an Injury. New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-11-04.
- ^ Oregon delivers an ear-splitting win. The Oregonian (October 28, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
- ^ McCollough, J. Brady (September 22, 2003). Duck, duck, lose. Michigan Daily. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
- ^ Smith, Jeff. "Ducks savor '03: a Michigan loss", The Oregonian, September 8, 2007.
- ^ Hayes, Matt (August 7, 2006). No venue more intimidating than Autzen Stadium. The Sporting News. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
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