Wallace Wade Stadium

Wallace Wade Stadium
Former names	Duke Stadium (1929–1967)
Location	Frank Bassett Drive, Durham, NC 27706
Coordinates	35°59′43″N 78°56′30″W / 35.99528°N 78.94167°W / 35.99528; -78.94167Coordinates: 35°59′43″N 78°56′30″W / 35.99528°N 78.94167°W / 35.99528; -78.94167
Opened	October 5, 1929
Owner	Duke University
Operator	Duke University
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	$4 million
Capacity	33,941
Record attendance	57,500 (November 19, 1949) [1]
Tenants
Duke Blue Devils (1929–present) Rose Bowl Game (1942) Pelican Bowl (1972)

Wallace Wade Stadium is a stadium on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Primarily used for American football, it is the home field of the Duke Blue Devils. It opened in 1929 with a game against Pitt, as the first facility in Duke's new west campus. The horseshoe-shaped stands are elevated six feet above the track. Seating for the stadium is for 33,941 people. Originally named Duke Stadium, it was renamed in 1967 for the legendary Duke football coach, Wallace Wade.

History

The stadium is most notable for being the site of the 1942 Rose Bowl Game. Duke had won the invitation to the game as the eastern representative for the second straight year. However, with the attack on Pearl Harbor coming just weeks after the end of the 1941 season, travel restrictions were placed on the West Coast, thus meaning not only could the Rose Bowl itself not host the game, but neither could Oregon State, the host team from the PCC. The Rose Bowl committee originally planned to cancel the game, but the University invited the game and Oregon State to Durham to play the game. The offer was accepted, and on a cold, rainy January 1, 1942, 56,000 fans, 22,000 of which sat on bleachers borrowed from nearby NC State and UNC, watched the heavily favored Blue Devils fall to the strong defense of the Beavers 20-16. It is still the only time the game has been played outside of Pasadena, California.

Concerts

• The Grateful Dead - April 24, 1971
• The Rolling Stones - October 8, 2005

References

1. ^ http://www.goduke.com//pdf8/705934.pdf?SPSID=22695&SPID=1843&DB_OEM_ID=4200

External links

• Wallace Wade Stadium - Duke Athletics
• Wallace Wade Stadium from the Duke University Archives
• The CollegeGridirons.com page
• The Ballparks.com page
• Satellite Photo of Wallace Wade Stadium
• The 1942 Durham Rose Bowl

Preceded by Trinity College	Home of the Duke University football 1929 – present	Succeeded by Current
Preceded by Rose Bowl	Site of the Rose Bowl 1942	Succeeded by Rose Bowl