stanford plays their home football games at stanford stadium.
stanford plays their home football games at stanford stadium.
where does stanford play their home football games?
stanford stadium
the team played its home games at stanford stadium in stanford, california, but had the unusual circumstance of playing an additional "home" game at california memorial stadium in berkeley, california, home of rival california. the situation occurred after stanford and california, convinced that fellow pcc member usc was guilty of recruiting violations, announced they would sever athletic ties with usc. in response, usc canceled its upcoming away game at stanford, leaving stanford with a hole in its schedule. concerned that one fewer game would jeopardize the team's chance to win the conference, stanford hurriedly scheduled a last-minute game with utah. however, since stanford stadium was already reserved by the freshman team, california agreed to let stanford play the game in berkeley, which stanford dominated, 30–0.
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the aggies play home football games at aggie stadium which opened in 1981. before the construction of aggie stadium, north carolina a&t aggies played their home football games at greensboro's war memorial stadium, which was home to the nearby minor league baseball franchise. the university saw a great need to have an on campus stadium that could hold the growing number of fans attending home football games. aggie stadium was designed by architect w. edward jenkins, a north carolina a&t alumnus, and opened in 1981. the first game played there was on september 12, 1981, against local rival winston salem state university to an overflow crowd of more than 23,000 fans. to date, the largest single game attendance at aggie stadium was set in 2001 when 34,769 people were in attendance for a football game against the rattlers of florida a&m university.
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