College Stadiums That Hosted the Super Bowl
January 31st 2012 19:30
The NFL has played a few Super Bowls in college football stadiums. In fact the first game was played in the Los Angeles Coliseum which was used for the pros at the time, but is now only used solely by the Southern Cal Trojans.
When talking about Super Bowls played in college stadiums most of them involved ones which hosted pro teams at the same time. Like Tulane University Stadium in New Orleans, the Orange Bowl in Miami and Sun Devil Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. But some of them were strictly college.
Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas was the first strictly college stadium to host the Super Bowl. The Minnesota Vikings and Miami Dolphins met there in 1974 for Super Bowl VIII. It was the first game not played in Los Angeles, Miami or New Orleans. It would be the last played in Houston until January 2004.
Three years after Rice Stadium Super Bowl XI was played in Pasadena, California's Rose Bowl. For years, the Tournament of Roses committee which sponsors the game, refused to hold any pro football games in the stadium. But changing economic times forced them to change their tune. The Rose Bowl would go on to host five Super Bowls (XI, XIV, XVII, XXI and XXVII). It has not hosted one since January 1994.
There is one more strictly college stadium that has hosted the Super Bowl. Stanford University Stadium in Palo Alto, California was host for Super Bowl XIX between the Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers. It was basically a home field advantage for the Niners (just as Super Bowl XIV was for the Los Angeles Rams) as Palo Alto is within driving distance of San Francisco.
With corporate sponsorships and new stadiums being built the days of college stadiums hosting the Super Bowl are probably past. The city of Los Angeles no longer has a team and the league has opted to have their California Super Bowls in San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium.
But before the big game became 'The Big Game' the NFL wasn't against having stadiums like Rice, the Rose Bowl or Stanford host it.
And those three go down as college stadiums that hosted the Super Bowl.
When talking about Super Bowls played in college stadiums most of them involved ones which hosted pro teams at the same time. Like Tulane University Stadium in New Orleans, the Orange Bowl in Miami and Sun Devil Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. But some of them were strictly college.
Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas was the first strictly college stadium to host the Super Bowl. The Minnesota Vikings and Miami Dolphins met there in 1974 for Super Bowl VIII. It was the first game not played in Los Angeles, Miami or New Orleans. It would be the last played in Houston until January 2004.
Three years after Rice Stadium Super Bowl XI was played in Pasadena, California's Rose Bowl. For years, the Tournament of Roses committee which sponsors the game, refused to hold any pro football games in the stadium. But changing economic times forced them to change their tune. The Rose Bowl would go on to host five Super Bowls (XI, XIV, XVII, XXI and XXVII). It has not hosted one since January 1994.
There is one more strictly college stadium that has hosted the Super Bowl. Stanford University Stadium in Palo Alto, California was host for Super Bowl XIX between the Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers. It was basically a home field advantage for the Niners (just as Super Bowl XIV was for the Los Angeles Rams) as Palo Alto is within driving distance of San Francisco.
With corporate sponsorships and new stadiums being built the days of college stadiums hosting the Super Bowl are probably past. The city of Los Angeles no longer has a team and the league has opted to have their California Super Bowls in San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium.
But before the big game became 'The Big Game' the NFL wasn't against having stadiums like Rice, the Rose Bowl or Stanford host it.
And those three go down as college stadiums that hosted the Super Bowl.
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