When is that? Maybe early 70s?

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May 26, 2017
12:29:35pm

spinner All-American

When is that? Maybe early 70s?

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Cool old photo of Cougar Stadium.

soupie Contributor

5/26/17 12:18pm

How in the world did they put so much blue paint on the turf? Must not have know about it killing the grass?

Coug

5/26/17 12:24pm

grass was cheaper back then

Y05

5/26/17 3:43pm

Are the East and West stands the same as now?

cougarblue

5/26/17 12:26pm

more or less, Riviera Apts were finished in 1969, LES was completed in '64

Nat Gas Man

5/26/17 12:33pm

The east/west sides are not exactly the same. When they added the end zone

oldrugger

5/26/17 4:38pm

This story from the daily universe gives some great detail about the expansion. Dug the field

Rhino84

5/27/17 2:40am

1965?

Nat Gas Man

5/26/17 12:29pm

When is that? Maybe early 70s?

spinner

5/26/17 12:29pm

The back says "newly completed" so I'd imagine mid-60's. I noticed 2 bids where there weren't any when

soupie

5/26/17 12:37pm

Now that you mention it...

buffgato

5/26/17 12:42pm

Make that three bids...

MoscowCoug

5/26/17 12:43pm

My favorite part of that card is the pictorial evidence that yes BYU

Nat Gas Man

5/26/17 1:09pm

Helaman's pool must have been eliminated pretty recently

buffgato

5/26/17 1:24pm

They had an outdoor pool at helaman until 2000 something

ryebrye

5/26/17 2:56pm

My children were born in the 90's and we went swimming

Wear Blue

5/26/17 8:05pm

DT pool was still there in the late 90's.

IdahoCoug

5/26/17 3:43pm

Sorry, my post was meant to be a reply to Nat Gas Man's post about the pools.

IdahoCoug

5/26/17 3:45pm

Here is the stadium at a similar angle pulled from Google maps.

EEcougar

5/26/17 3:58pm

Hold up, soupie is a chick!?

WhyKnot

5/26/17 4:34pm

might be a little bit old for that word

Nat Gas Man

5/26/17 4:35pm

My hubby might use it from time to time 😉

soupie

5/26/17 5:57pm

Pretty wild. No Glenwood, no Burgers Supreme.

Shore10

5/26/17 4:42pm

Amazing by what is absent...homes on the east side of Cougar Stadium...

TrueBlue67

5/26/17 5:17pm

Or disrupts a pleasant Thurs/Fri/Saturday night

Y05

5/26/17 5:21pm

No one put a gun to their heads to force them to buy those homes. Sad, but true.

TrueBlue67

5/27/17 6:10pm

After seeing the photo, it is evident that the school should pull it out everytime the neighbors complain about noise.

Rhino84

5/27/17 10:05pm

Ballon south of the stadium reminds me of the home game....

Bonoman

5/26/17 11:05pm

My parents 1st kiss was under the pine trees on the SW corner

OU Cougar

5/27/17 2:12am

Old friend of mine, passed away now, planted that tree with his father as a l

Nat Gas Man

5/27/17 7:50am

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