Browse Items (527 total)

Last game, senior year, Minnesota vs. Wisconsin 1971. Somehow a fight erupts in the closed end zone. Fans are leaning out screaming and yelling. Mike Perfetti, our safety, had hold of a Badger and this old guy comes up behind him and starts trying…

As a doctoral student during the mid-80s, when tuition was not remitted, I was always on the prowl for extra cash.
For several years, I spent summer evenings on the phone deep in the bowls of the brickhouse. The department of epidemiology…

When he zigzagged east, west, north and south, and scored a touchdown on a long run, he must have run at least 200 yards. It seemed like every player on the Iowa team had at least two cracks at tackling him and never did.

Roy Griak

Memorial Stadium had been there 50 years by the time I played. Old enough so that ghosts occupied the North Tower. These were the spirits of former ball players and track and field competitors that just hadn’t gotten enough. I guess none of…

Early Saturday morning, earlier than any 11-18 year kid cared to be up, we met our ride to the stadium and found the right door to enter. Upon meetng the Scout Adult leaders in charge of the ushering we were trained, or paired up and assigned our…

In the 70s I got a great campus job, sweeping out the stadium on Monday after a game. I finally figured out why the guys in the student section took so long. Every time they came across a bottle with booze left in it, they would polish it off. I…

My main memories of Memorial Stadium are:

Sunny fall afternoons, walking down University Avenue, Kent Kitzmann's 277 yards, Tony Dungy, Rick Upchurch, Minnesota beating Michigan 16 to 0 (?), Call Stoll, THE MARCHING BAND !!!

I worked in a popcorn stand and Bob Hope came in to watch the game. It was very exciting to see him with his entourage.

I have great memories of Memorial Stadium and drinking before and after the game. We would party before at a friend's house, prepare our concoction of hot chocolate and schnapps and we'd put it in a wine skin. We'd put the wine skin in our jackets…

As chairman of Rochester Alumni.. I had the opportunity to bring a busload of Rochester Alumni to the old stadium.. will never forget the trip and the memories.

When I was a Boy Scout usher, I sat in the end zone on the field and watched OJ Simpson score a touchdown right in front of me. I also have his autograph in a program--three times. I kept getting in line to meet him. I was about 13 years old. I loved…

I have many happy memories of afternoons with my alumnus father at Memorial, and a few bad ones watching Anthony Carter and the Wolverines or USC beating up on the Gophers. A great stadium, a great University and most importantly, a great dad.

When I was a young girl, my dad brought me to Gopher Football games at Memorial Stadium. I remember all the excitement of the games, the crowd cheering, the exceptional players. But what I remember most was when the college students would pass one of…

Who didn't have season tickets as a student in the mid-late 60's!!!! I went with roommates from the dorm and h.s. friends who also attended the U. I remember sunny skies, fatanstic football games, lots of cheering. Those were THE days!!!!
CLA alum…

My father would take me to memorial stadium to watch the Gophers play. I was very young and remember the stands and all the people, which was very loud and exciting.

My Uncle used to take me to the Gopher Games at the Stadium, on sunny Saturday afternoons. What a grand old place. I'm glad it's back!!!

As a little tyke I went to Memorial stadium with my parents. I vividly recall a late season game occured during a snowstorm. Snowballs were flying everywhere. For me the stadium experience was at least as fun as watching the on-field action. I'm…

I lived in the same dorm with the football team, so I had firsthand info on the players. Bobby Bell had one of the most awesome physiques I ever saw. We were walking distance to the stadium, and it was packed for every game. It was chaos on…

I have lots of fond memories of Memorial Stadium in the late sixties. My favorite was watching the marching band come in and the halftime shows. Being a member of the Gopher Rooter Club was fun. I remember one particular game when I was even more…

In 1957, my folks moved to the SE Minneapolis area, so going to Memorial Stadium was an easy walk on days other the game days. In fact, one memory is of raking leaves at home on Saturday afternoons and knowing when the Gophers scored by the roar of…

The last year in the Boneyard against Michigan, and the Michigan fans started getting upset. Our minister was a lineman, and he hated losing. The next day in church, we wore our gopher apparel to show him what was what.

I would always go to the homecoming game every year with my grandparents, and the most enthusiastic fan I ever met was over 80 years old. The old woman would be covered in maroon and gold and would holler down to the coach that he was lousy. "I could…

My Grandpa stood outside in the freezing cold trying to get tickets to the Iowa-Minnesota Football game for my mom and my aunt. It was there first college game!

When they were dismantling the old Memorial Stadium, they sold each brick for $10. They each had a 1 x 3 metal plaque on them that said it was from
the Memorial Stadium at the Univ. of MN. My brother bought one and now I use it for my doorstop,…

In the mid-60's, the Gopher cheerleaders, mostly the guys, would throw little footballs up into the crowd. Several of the guys could throw the balls out of the stadium. Nobody dared to try and catch them, lest they be booed.

Also, the great…