The leather-helmeted Cornhuskers take the field in one of the earliest games at Memorial Stadium.
HISTORY NEBRASKA ARCHIVES
An early, aerial view of a packed Memorial Stadium.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA ARCHIVES
Some 30,000 Nebraska fans pack a still incomplete Memorial Stadium during a big win over Knute Rockne's Notre Dame team in November 1923.
HISTORY NEBRASKA ARCHIVES
The upper stands remain incomplete during a homecoming week dedication ceremony in October 1923.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA ARCHIVES
A photo from Nebraska's first game in Memorial Stadium, a 24-0 win over Oklahoma.
WORLD-HERALD ARCHIVES
The woodwork is underway for the Memorial Stadium stands.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA ARCHIVES
Grading of the Memorial Stadium construction site in the spring of 1923.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA ARCHIVES
NU Chancellor Samuel Avery, watched by members of the Women's Athletic Association, uses a horse team and plow to turn the earth at the Memorial Stadium groundbreaking in April 1923. The women are standing on a board amid the mucky conditions.
HISTORY NEBRASKA ARCHIVES
A sign on the University of Nebraska's Temple Building encourages freshmen to give to the Memorial Stadium building drive.
HISTORY NEBRASKA ARCHIVES
Not much more than a collection of wooden bleachers, Nebraska Field was the home of the Huskers before Memorial Stadium.
HISTORY NEBRASKA ARCHIVES
An early panoramic view of Memorial Stadium showing the east and west grandstands.
LINCOLN — It was an historic day Oct. 13, 1923, when 15,000 football fans gathered on Nebraska's campus — and not just because the school's Scarlet and Cream gridmen donned blue jerseys for their battle against the Oklahoma Sooners.
NU Chancellor Samuel Avery, watched by members of the Women's Athletic Association, uses a horse team and plow to turn the earth at the Memorial Stadium groundbreaking in April 1923. The women are standing on a board amid the mucky conditions.
The leather-helmeted Cornhuskers take the field in one of the earliest games at Memorial Stadium.
HISTORY NEBRASKA ARCHIVES
Photos: In awe of Memorial Stadium
2013
Craig Chandler, University Communications
1923 stadium
A then-Nebraska record crowd of 43,000 packs Memorial Stadium for the Huskers' 14-7 upset of Notre Dame on Nov. 10, 1923. Some parts of the new stadium were still under construction.
Nebraska State Historical Society
1950 stadium
Aerial view of the UNL Stadium in 1950.
LJS file photo
1959 stadium
Aerial view of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, March 23, 1959.
Nebraska State Historical Society
Memorial Stadium 1965
Seating beyond the north and south end zones pushed capacity to nearly 53,000 seats in 1965.
LJS file photo
1971 stadium
Aerial view of the UNL Stadium on 9/23/1971.
LJS file photo
1991 stadium
Aerial view of Memorial Stadium in 1991.
LJS file photo
Stadium in 1994
The pumped crowd for the UCLA game in 1994.
LJS file
1999 stadium
A new skybox towers over a new playing surface as the usual sea of red takes in Nebraska's first home game of the 1999 season.
ERIC GREGORY/Journal Star file photo
2005 stadium
Aerial of Memorial Stadium, Ed Weir Track and site of the new Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex as seen from the east side in 2005.
ERIC GREGORY/Journal Star file photo
2006 stadium
Memorial Stadium and environs in 2006.
ERIC GREGORY/Journal Star file photo
2008 Spring Game crowd
More than 80,000 fans were on hand as the Red and White teams entered Memorial Stadium for the start of the Spring Game in April 2008.
TED KIRK/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
Stadium crowd in April 2009
As the weather improved, the crowd grew during the first half at Memorial Stadium, April 18, 2009.
LJS file
Memorial Stadium 2009
The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers sold-out Memorial Stadium for the 300th consecutive time, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009.
LJS file photo
Red-White Spring Game, 4.16.2011
A crowd of more than 66,000 attended the Red-White Spring Game at Memorial Stadium, Saturday, April 16, 2011.
Lincoln Journal Star file photo
Aerial of stadium in 2012
Memorial Stadium (top) and Pinnacle Bank Arena looking northeast, April 25, 2012.
GWYNETH ROBERTS/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
Memorial Stadium aerial 2013
The Nebraska Cornhuskers prepare to pour onto the field amid a packed crowd for the first game of the season on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, at Memorial Stadium.
KRISTIN STREFF/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
Red-White Spring Game, 4.11.15
Husker fans turned out in force to watch the debut of the Riley era at the annual Red-White Spring Game 2015 at Memorial Stadium. More than 60,000 tickets have already been sold for this year's game on April 15.
GWYNETH ROBERTS/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
Red-White Spring Game 2017
A giant flag covers Tom Osborne Field at Memorial Stadium for the 2017 spring game.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star file photo
Husker fans, 11/24/17
Husker fans release balloons following the Huskers' first-quarter touchdown against Iowa in November 2017.
Journal Star file photo
Ohio State vs. Nebraska, 10/14/17
The Cornhusker Marching Band performs their pregame routine at Memorial Stadium, on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
Red-White Spring Game, 4/21/18
A packed stadium watches the first half of the Red-White Spring Game on Saturday, April 21, 2018, at Memorial Stadium.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star file photo
2019 fireworks
The Nebraska State Patrol captured this photo Sept. 28, 2019, of the stadium as fireworks went off before the Husker game.
Victoria Ayotte
Guard flyover at stadium - 2019
The Nebraska National Guard did a flyover of Memorial Stadium on Nov. 16, 2019, with two Blackhawk helicopters.
Nebraska National Guard
2019 stadium
Memorial Stadium is shown with colorful skies creeping in during a 2019 game.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Nebraska's Memorial Stadium
At the dedication game at Nebraska's new Memorial Stadium in 1923, the Huskers and Kansas played to a 0-0 tie.
Journal Star file photo
1923 stadium
A then-Nebraska record crowd of 43,000 packs Memorial Stadium for the Huskers' 14-7 upset of Notre Dame on Nov. 10, 1923. Some parts of the new stadium were still under construction.
Nebraska State Historical Society
1950 stadium
Aerial view of the UNL Stadium in 1950.
LJS file photo
1959 stadium
Aerial view of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, March 23, 1959.
Nebraska State Historical Society
Memorial Stadium 1965
Seating beyond the north and south end zones pushed capacity to nearly 53,000 seats in 1965.
LJS file photo
Stadium in 1994
The pumped crowd for the UCLA game in 1994.
LJS file
1999 stadium
A new skybox towers over a new playing surface as the usual sea of red takes in Nebraska's first home game of the 1999 season.
ERIC GREGORY/Journal Star file photo
2006 stadium
Memorial Stadium and environs in 2006.
ERIC GREGORY/Journal Star file photo
2008 Spring Game crowd
More than 80,000 fans were on hand as the Red and White teams entered Memorial Stadium for the start of the Spring Game in April 2008.
TED KIRK/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
Memorial Stadium 2009
The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers sold-out Memorial Stadium for the 300th consecutive time, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009.
LJS file photo
Red-White Spring Game, 4.16.2011
A crowd of more than 66,000 attended the Red-White Spring Game at Memorial Stadium, Saturday, April 16, 2011.
Lincoln Journal Star file photo
Aerial of stadium in 2012
Memorial Stadium (top) and Pinnacle Bank Arena looking northeast, April 25, 2012.
GWYNETH ROBERTS/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
2013
Craig Chandler, University Communications
Red-White Spring Game, 4.11.15
Husker fans turned out in force to watch the debut of the Riley era at the annual Red-White Spring Game 2015 at Memorial Stadium. More than 60,000 tickets have already been sold for this year's game on April 15.
GWYNETH ROBERTS/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
Husker fans, 11/24/17
Husker fans release balloons following the Huskers' first-quarter touchdown against Iowa in November 2017.
Journal Star file photo
Ohio State vs. Nebraska, 10/14/17
The Cornhusker Marching Band performs their pregame routine at Memorial Stadium, on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
Red-White Spring Game, 4/21/18
A packed stadium watches the first half of the Red-White Spring Game on Saturday, April 21, 2018, at Memorial Stadium.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star file photo
2019 fireworks
The Nebraska State Patrol captured this photo Sept. 28, 2019, of the stadium as fireworks went off before the Husker game.
Victoria Ayotte
Guard flyover at stadium - 2019
The Nebraska National Guard did a flyover of Memorial Stadium on Nov. 16, 2019, with two Blackhawk helicopters.
Nebraska National Guard
2019 stadium
Memorial Stadium is shown with colorful skies creeping in during a 2019 game.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
1971 stadium
Aerial view of the UNL Stadium on 9/23/1971.
LJS file photo
1991 stadium
Aerial view of Memorial Stadium in 1991.
LJS file photo
1999 stadium
A new skybox towers over a new playing surface as the usual sea of red takes in Nebraska's first home game of the 1999 season.
ERIC GREGORY/Journal Star file photo
2005 stadium
Aerial of Memorial Stadium, Ed Weir Track and site of the new Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex as seen from the east side in 2005.
ERIC GREGORY/Journal Star file photo
Memorial Stadium 2009
The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers sold-out Memorial Stadium for the 300th consecutive time, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009.
LJS file photo
Red-White Spring Game, 4.11.15
Husker fans turned out in force to watch the debut of the Riley era at the annual Red-White Spring Game 2015 at Memorial Stadium. More than 60,000 tickets have already been sold for this year's game on April 15.
GWYNETH ROBERTS/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
1950 stadium
Aerial view of the UNL Stadium in 1950.
LJS file photo
Memorial Stadium 1965
Seating beyond the north and south end zones pushed capacity to nearly 53,000 seats in 1965.
LJS file photo
2006 stadium
Memorial Stadium and environs in 2006.
ERIC GREGORY/Journal Star file photo
2019 stadium
Memorial Stadium is shown with colorful skies creeping in during a 2019 game.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
1999 stadium
A new skybox towers over a new playing surface as the usual sea of red takes in Nebraska's first home game of the 1999 season.
ERIC GREGORY/Journal Star file photo
Memorial Stadium 2009
The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers sold-out Memorial Stadium for the 300th consecutive time, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009.
LJS file photo
Red-White Spring Game, 4.11.15
Husker fans turned out in force to watch the debut of the Riley era at the annual Red-White Spring Game 2015 at Memorial Stadium. More than 60,000 tickets have already been sold for this year's game on April 15.
NU Chancellor Samuel Avery, watched by members of the Women's Athletic Association, uses a horse team and plow to turn the earth at the Memorial Stadium groundbreaking in April 1923. The women are standing on a board amid the mucky conditions.
NU Chancellor Samuel Avery, watched by members of the Women's Athletic Association, uses a horse team and plow to turn the earth at the Memorial Stadium groundbreaking in April 1923. The women are standing on a board amid the mucky conditions.
