Vanderbilt Stadium

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Vanderbilt Stadium
Location Nashville, Tennessee
Opened October 14, 1922
Other Names Dudley Field (1922-81)
Tenants Vanderbilt Commodores (1922-present)
Tennessee Oilers (1998)

Vanderbilt Stadium is a football stadium located in Nashville, Tennessee. Completed in 1922 as the first stadium in the South to be used exclusively for college football, it is the home of the Vanderbilt University football team. Vanderbilt Stadium hosted the Tennessee Oilers (now Titans) during the 1998 NFL season, the first Music City Bowl in 1998, and also hosted the Tennessee state high school football championships for many years.

Vanderbilt Stadium is the smallest football stadium in the Southeastern Conference but was the largest stadium in Nashville until the completion of the Titans' Nissan Stadium in 1999.

List of credited publications

League Date/Season Team(s) Type
College football October 1, 1966 Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Florida Gators Program
September 15, 1973 Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Chattanooga Moccasins Program
October 20, 1973 Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Georgia Bulldogs Program
October 12, 1974 Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Florida Gators Program
October 18, 1975 Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Georgia Bulldogs Program
October 15, 1977 Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Georgia Bulldogs Program
National Football League August 29, 1998 Tennessee Oilers vs. Denver Broncos Program
September 27, 1998 Tennessee Oilers vs. Jacksonville Jaguars Program

See also

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