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Harvard Stadium Turns 100!
Created: 8/23/2003 12:49:14 AM
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When it was built, there were doubters who thought it would never withstand the weight of a large crowd, let alone the brutal cold of a New England winter.
A full century later it still stands proud, the "aristocrat of American sports amphitheaters" as one writer put it, and it is celebrated for saving football as well as for its timeless charm and fabulous sight lines for fans.
Harvard Stadium turns 100 years old this fall and the nation's oldest permanent concrete structure for intercollegiate athletics has never looked better. All season long, Harvard will celebrate the Centennial, capped with two special weekends late in the season.
On October 25, all former Harvard Football captains will be invited back and will be on the field at halftime of the game against Ivy rival Princeton with all of the Crimson's Football Hall of Famers. That evening, the Centennial Dinner will take place in Lavietes Pavilion. For more details, check out the Harvard Varsity Club website.
The following week at the game against Dartmouth (November 1), the halftime ceremony will center on the Stadium as a historic landmark. Click here for ticket information and visit www.gocrimson.com as Harvard celebrates the Stadium's historic Centennial Season with photos and feature stories all season long.
And for those wondering about Harvard Stadium and the forward pass, here is the story.
At the turn of the century, football had becoming increasingly violent with the flying wedge. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt (himself a 1880 Harvard grad) stepped in to save the game and demanded the adoption of rules to make the game safer. Widening the field was discussed, but the permanent concrete structure at Harvard made that impossible. Instead the committee approved the forward pass!
Harvard Stadium Turns 100
Facts About Harvard Stadium
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Related Schools: Harvard
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Related Sports: Football
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