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The photo triggers a memory by ufl

of Memorial Stadium before they filled in the endzone stands.

As a boy in Lincoln I attended games in bleachers placed behind the endzones for 50 cents a game as a member of the "knothole club". The view was very poor but you could tell the players apart.

I was in attendence for the 1959 Nebraska upset of Oklahoma which ended something like a 74 game winning streak by Oklahoma over other Big Eight schools. I think that approximately 250,000 folks claimed to be at the game afterward but I was there.

My father's gas station was on 10th and R streets, right across the street from the campus and close to the stadium. He used to allow preferred customers to park at the station during game days.

Alas, not only does the station not survive but the intersection itself does not survive due to interstate and campus agglomerations.

I think the cheapest ticket is also somewhat more than 50 cents now.