Memorial Stadium (Kent)

Memorial Stadium (Kent)

Memorial Stadium was a stadium in Kent, Ohio, USA on the campus of Kent State University that served as home of the Kent State Golden Flashes football and track and field teams from 1950 through the 1968 season. Although Kent State had fielded a football team since 1920, Memorial Stadium was the team's first stadium as they had previously played on a field behind Merrill Hall in the old section of campus. The stadium opened on October 14, 1950 with a 57-0 victory over Marietta College and was later expanded in the mid-1950s with additional permanent and auxiliary seating. Rather than demolish the stadium, the university instead dismantled most of Memorial Stadium's bleachers and reconstructed them in a new configuration at the current Dix Stadium (also known as Memorial Stadium until 1971) site. The main sideline bleachers became the end zone seats at the new stadium while the auxiliary seating formed the east side bleachers.