Is that a grass hill for watching the game on the South Endzone?
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This looks way before my time but there used to be bleachers in both N and S Endzones.
Both endzone seating was taken out when work was started on the new locker rooms and M Club building in the S EZ which I think was at the end of the 1983 season.
Both endzone seating was taken out when work was started on the new locker rooms and M Club building in the S EZ which I think was at the end of the 1983 season.
That's where the dead injuns were before we relocated them to under the 50 yard line.
Is that visitors in the faculty section?
Late 70s or early 80s we sat in the south endzone stands. I remember balling up cups and throwing them at the opposing players who were lining up to run on the field.
It’s cool they put rails in the junction sidewalks to mark where they came through.
Yes that picture was before 1949. Old Main was still there. My dad graduated 1949.
Awesome pic!
Edited: to say my dad use to talk about those railroad trips from Ms. gulf coast to Starkville when he was in school. He did not have a car.
Awesome pic!
Edited: to say my dad use to talk about those railroad trips from Ms. gulf coast to Starkville when he was in school. He did not have a car.
I was 5 and saw it still smoldering the next morning. Never forgot it.
I never saw the place full like that when I was in school. Of course, we only had a couple of games during the season then and they were minor games. I can't remember if there was a berm in the south end zone or not, but at that time there was no need for anything other than the two sides. Capacity was around 32,000.
Did Fogglesong take this picture from the biplane?
I don't think that is a hill. I think those are bleachers that kind of look like a hill because of shadows and early 20th century photograph technology. I know those are bleachers on the north end under the scoreboard. I've seen pictures of those. This photo was taken before we added the east side concrete struture. I bet the ever frugal Mississippi State put some of the old east side bleachers in the south endzone when that was done.
That pic there, looks like bleachers, with a dark shadow.(B & W)
Didn't the goalposts used to be right on the goal line? In this picture, they're 10 yards deep like they are now.
Pretty sure that was only NFL. I think college has always been back of the end zone.
Back when I was a kid, there were bleachers in the south EZ. There was an opening in the center of them and the players used that opening when coming out of the field house. The north EZ had a regular set of bleachers. Way back then the scoreboard and clock was in the north EZ. It had a circular face with actual minute and second hands. There were 4 light bulbs painted red to identify the quarter. That old score board was replaced with something a little more modern in the early 60’s. Eventually both sets of end zone bleachers were eliminated. I don’t remember the year but I would guess that it was in the early 70’s. We didn’t need them as crowds were not very big most of the time. We spent about 25 years struggling like you can’t imagine until Bob Tyler came along in I believe 1973.
I just found this on goal post location. It's pretty interesting: https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/dualing-goal-posts