Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois), the Glossary

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1. 49 relations: Alma mater, American football, AstroTurf, Champaign, Illinois, Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District, Chicago Bears, Daktronics, ESPN, Farm Aid, FieldTurf, George Halas, George Huff (coach), Harvard Stadium, HNTB, Holabird & Root, Homecoming, Illinois Field (1884), Illinois Fighting Illini football, Illinois High School Association, Illinois Marathon, Indiana, List of American football stadiums by capacity, List of NCAA Division I FBS football stadiums, Lists of stadiums, Marathon, Marching Illini, Michigan Stadium, National Collegiate Athletic Association, National Football League, NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Quarry, Ray Eliot, Red Grange, Robert Zuppke, SB Nation, Seating capacity, Soldier Field, Stadium, Super Bowl XX, The Daily Illini, Touchdown, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan, USS Illinois (BB-65), World War I, World War II, 1985 Chicago Bears season, 2002 Chicago Bears season, 2013 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.

2. 1923 establishments in Illinois
3. American football venues in Illinois
4. Chicago Bears stadiums
5. Defunct athletics (track and field) venues in the United States
6. Illinois Fighting Illini football venues
7. Projects by Holabird & Root

Alma mater

Alma mater (almae matres) is an allegorical Latin phrase used to proclaim a school that a person has attended or, more usually, from which one has graduated.

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American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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AstroTurf

AstroTurf is an American subsidiary of SportGroup that produces artificial turf for playing surfaces in sports.

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Champaign, Illinois

Champaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.

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Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District

The Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District (colloquially known as the MTD) is a mass transit system that operates in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area in central-eastern Illinois.

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Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago.

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Daktronics

Daktronics, Inc. is an American company based in Brookings, South Dakota, that designs, manufactures, sells, and services video displays, scoreboards, digital billboards, dynamic message signs, sound systems, and related products.

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ESPN

ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.

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Farm Aid

Farm Aid is an annual benefit concert held for American farmers.

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FieldTurf

FieldTurf is a brand of artificial turf playing surface.

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George Halas

George Stanley Halas Sr. (February 2, 1895 – October 31, 1983), nicknamed "Papa Bear" and "Mr.

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George Huff (coach)

George A. Huff, Jr. (June 11, 1872 – October 1, 1936) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.

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Harvard Stadium

Harvard Stadium is a U-shaped college football stadium in the northeast United States, located in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois) and Harvard Stadium are Defunct National Football League venues.

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HNTB

HNTB Corporation is an American infrastructure design firm.

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Holabird & Root

The architectural firm now known as Holabird & Root was founded in Chicago in 1880.

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Homecoming

Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni or other former members of an organization to celebrate the organization's existence.

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Illinois Field (1884)

Illinois Field was a stadium in Urbana, Illinois. Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois) and Illinois Field (1884) are American football venues in Illinois and Illinois Fighting Illini football venues.

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The Illinois Fighting Illini football program represents the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level.

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Illinois High School Association

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is an association that regulates competition of interscholastic sports and some interscholastic activities at the high school level for the state of Illinois.

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Illinois Marathon

The Illinois Marathon is a for-profit marathon which was held for the first time on April 11, 2009 in Champaign, Illinois.

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Indiana

Indiana is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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The following is an incomplete list of current American football stadiums in the USA ranked by capacity.

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This is a list of stadiums that currently serve as the home venue for Football Bowl Subdivision college football teams.

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Lists of stadiums

The following are lists of stadiums throughout the world.

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Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of, usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes.

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Marching Illini

The Marching Illini is the marching band of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Michigan Stadium

Michigan Stadium, nicknamed "The Big House," is the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois) and Michigan Stadium are college football venues.

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and one in Canada.

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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

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NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship is an annual collegiate outdoor track and field competition for men organised by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

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Quarry

A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground.

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Ray Eliot

Raymond Eliot "Butch" Nusspickel (June 13, 1905 – February 24, 1980) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.

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Red Grange

Harold Edward "Red" Grange (June 13, 1903 – January 28, 1991), nicknamed "the Galloping Ghost" and "the Wheaton Iceman", was an American football halfback who played for the Chicago Bears and the short-lived New York Yankees.

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Robert Zuppke

Robert Carl Zuppke (July 2, 1879 – December 22, 1957) was an American football coach.

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SB Nation

SB Nation (an abbreviation for their full name SportsBlogs Nation) is a sports blogging network owned by Vox Media.

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Seating capacity

Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law.

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Soldier Field

Soldier Field is a multi-purpose stadium on the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois) and Soldier Field are Chicago Bears stadiums, college football venues, Defunct athletics (track and field) venues in the United States and Projects by Holabird & Root.

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Stadium

A stadium (stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.

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Super Bowl XX

Super Bowl XX was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Chicago Bears and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1985 season.

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The Daily Illini

The Daily Illini, commonly known as the DI, is a student-run newspaper that has been published for the community of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 1871.

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Touchdown

A touchdown (abbreviated as TD) is a scoring play in gridiron football.

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United States.

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University of Michigan

The University of Michigan (U-M, UMich, or simply Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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USS Illinois (BB-65)

USS Illinois (BB-65) was the fifth fast battleship that was laid down for the United States Navy during World War II in the 1940s, although she would not be completed.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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1985 Chicago Bears season

The 1985 season was the Chicago Bears' 66th in the National Football League (NFL) and their fourth under head coach Mike Ditka.

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2002 Chicago Bears season

The 2002 season was the Chicago Bears' 83rd in the National Football League (NFL) and their fourth under head coach Dick Jauron.

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The 2013 Illinois Fighting Illini football team season represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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See also

1923 establishments in Illinois

• 680 N Lake Shore Drive
• All Saints Cemetery
• American Academy of Art College
• Arenzville Township, Cass County, Illinois
• Ashland Township, Cass County, Illinois
• Beardstown Township, Cass County, Illinois
• Bluff Springs Township, Cass County, Illinois
• Bud Billiken Club
• Burbank School District 111
• Chandlerville Township, Cass County, Illinois
• Chicago Golden Gloves
• Community High School District 99
• Diversey Holdings
• Dixmoor, Illinois
• Equestrian statue of Philip Sheridan (Chicago)
• Hagener Township, Cass County, Illinois
• Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Alsip, Illinois)
• Home Run Inn
• Homewood station
• Hononegah Community High School
• Illinois Derby
• London Guarantee Building
• Lou Mitchell's
• Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois)
• Naval Air Station Glenview
• Newmansville Township, Cass County, Illinois
• Nielsen Corporation
• Nielsen Holdings
• Panther Creek Township, Cass County, Illinois
• Phi Eta Sigma
• Philadelphia Township, Cass County, Illinois
• Racquet Club of Chicago
• Sangamon Valley Township, Cass County, Illinois
• Spirit of Music (sculpture)
• Sullivan High School (Chicago)
• Sunset Ridge Country Club
• Virginia Township, Cass County, Illinois
• WCPT (AM)
• WGRB
• WJOB (AM)
• WROK (AM)
• WTAD
• WTAX (AM)
• Weird Tales
• Yellow Coach Manufacturing Company

American football venues in Illinois

• Benedetti–Wehrli Stadium
• Browning Field
• Douglas Park (Rock Island)
• Francis Field (Illinois)
• Glidden Field
• Halas Hall
• Hancock Stadium
• Hanson Field
• Huskie Stadium
• Illinois Field (1884)
• Joliet Memorial Stadium
• Lindenwood Stadium
• McAndrew Stadium
• Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois)
• Morris Field (Roosevelt–Illinois)
• Northwestern Field
• O'Brien Field (Charleston)
• QU Stadium
• Ryan Field (stadium)
• Saluki Stadium
• Staley Field
• Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
• Ward Field (Bourbonnais)

Chicago Bears stadiums

• Chicago Bears stadium
• Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois)
• Ryan Field (stadium)
• Soldier Field
• Staley Field
• Wrigley Field

Defunct athletics (track and field) venues in the United States

• Alumni Stadium
• Archbold Stadium
• Beaver Stadium
• Bovard Field
• Centennial Olympic Stadium
• Corbett Field (Wyoming)
• Danny Thiel Track
• Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
• David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
• Ferry Field
• Folsom Field
• Forness Stadium
• Fouts Field
• Frazer Field
• Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
• Glidden Field
• Husky Stadium
• Kyle Field
• LaVell Edwards Stadium
• Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
• Loyola University Stadium
• McAndrew Stadium
• Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois)
• Miles Field (Virginia Tech)
• Ohio Stadium
• Old Oval
• Pitt Stadium
• Soldier Field
• Stanford Stadium
• Wallace Wade Stadium
• Worcester Oval

Illinois Fighting Illini football venues

• Illinois Field (1884)
• Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois)

Projects by Holabird & Root

• 333 North Michigan
• Brooks Building
• Buckingham Building
• Capital Hilton
• Century Building (Chicago)
• Chicago Board of Trade Building
• City Hall-County Building
• Davenport Skybridge
• First United Methodist Church of Chicago
• Fort Sheridan, Illinois
• Gage Group Buildings
• Henry Crown Field House
• Hilton Chicago
• Hotel Tamanaco
• Jefferson County Courthouse (Birmingham, Alabama)
• La Salle Hotel
• Marquette Building (Chicago)
• Martin Roche–John Tait House
• Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois)
• Monadnock Building
• Muehlebach Hotel
• Nicollet Hotel
• Oliver Building (Chicago)
• Palmolive Building
• Pontiac Building
• Rand Tower
• Sherman House Hotel
• Soldier Field
• Tacoma Building (Chicago)
• The Palmer House Hilton
• University Club of Chicago
• University Laboratory High School (Urbana, Illinois)
• University of Illinois Ice Arena
• Waterman Building (Chicago)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(University_of_Illinois)

Also known as Illinois memorial stadium, Memorial Stadium (Champaign), Memorial Stadium (Champaign, Illinois), Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Zuppke Field.