Wisconsin vs. Minnesota - Camp Randall Stadium dedication game - 1917

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Camp Randall Stadium Fact Sheet

Wisconsin Athletics celebrates 100 years of Camp Randall Stadium in 2017

General News

Camp Randall Stadium Fact Sheet

Wisconsin Athletics celebrates 100 years of Camp Randall Stadium in 2017

Camp Randall Stadium
Built: 1917

Original cost: $32,100

First game: Oct. 6, 1917 (Wisconsin 34, Beloit 0)

Official Dedication Game: Nov. 3, 1917 (Wisconsin 10, Minnesota 7)

Football team record: 348-194-23 (.638)

First televised game: Oct. 9, 1954 vs. Rice

Largest attendance: 83,184 on Nov. 12, 2005 (vs. Iowa)

Football Capacities Through the Years
1917: 10,000
1921: 14,000
1925: 29,783
1926: 38,293
1932: 32,700
1937: 36,000
1940: 45,000
1951: 51,000
1955: 52,788
1958: 63,435
1966: 77,745
1994: 76,129
2001: 76,634
2005: 80,321

Did You Know?
• The Rolling Stones played two concerts at Camp Randall Stadium (Camp Randall hosted a total of seven major concerts, including Pink Floyd twice, U2 twice and Genesis).

• The Green Bay Packers played 12 exhibition games at Camp Randall Stadium over 14 seasons from 1986 to 1999, going 9-3 in those games.

• In a Big 8 challenge meet run two months before the 1936 Summer Olympics, Jesse Owens (competing for Ohio State) broke world records in the 100-meter dash and long jump within 90 minutes of each other.

• Camp Randall Stadium has hosted the WIAA state football championships every year since 1982 and current Wisconsin football coach Paul Chryst quarterbacked Platteville High School to the Division 4 title in 1983.

• Charles Lindbergh, who dropped out of UW-Madison in 1922, returned to campus on Aug. 22, 1927 following his trans-Atlantic flight and addressed a crowd of nearly 40,000 at Camp Randall Stadium.

• Two hockey games have been played in Camp Randall Stadium. The UW women's team beat Bemidji State, 6-1, and the men's team defeated Michigan, 3-2, on Feb. 6, 2010, in the Culver's Camp Randall Hockey Classic.

• Thousands of UW-Madison students have attended graduation ceremonies inside Camp Randall Stadium. The first commencement ceremony held in Camp Randall was held on June 19, 1925. In 2014, after a 24-year absence, spring commencement ceremonies moved back to Camp Randall.

• A total of 19 Heisman Trophy winners have played in Camp Randall Stadium (Alan Ameche and Ron Dayne – Wisconsin; Nile Kinnick – Iowa; Bruce Smith – Minnesota; Angelo Bertelli, Johnny Lujack and Jon Huarte – Notre Dame; Les Horvath, Vic Janowicz, Howard Cassady, Archie Griffin, Eddie George and Troy Smith – Ohio State; Terry Baker – Oregon State; Mike Garrett – USC; Steve Owens – Oklahoma; Desmond Howard and Charles Woodson – Michigan; Gino Toretta – Miami)

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