Old School Football Style

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:24 pm

OK, thanks to a good friend of my dad's... He's a UT guy... but we won't hold that against him... here's some pretty cool footage of a BG/UT game in the old University Field between where the library and education buildings stand now. I don't know the exact date (because I can't find my media guide) but Dave assures me the final score was 22-20... BG WON!! (if anyone wants to dig out their guide and find the season of the 22-20 BG home victory, I'd love to know!)

Check it out... as with most of my clips, it will require Quicktime to view. It's just about 5MB... so you may want to right-click and save the file to your desktop so you won't ding the bandwidth charges if you want to watch it repeatedly. Thanks!!

http://www.ay-ziggy-zoomba.com/download ... yfield.mov

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:32 pm

VERY COOL!

It was Oct. 19, 1963, Doyt's last home UT game as head coach. BG was 5-0 after that game, beat Kent State the next week, then lost to Miami(OH) at home. Finished 8-2 that year.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:37 pm

That game was in 1963. On the "Doyt Perry, Coach For Life" video, BG trailed that game 20-0 at the half. Perry came in and told the team if they were gonna lose to do it with class. No funny stuff or cheap shots. He motivated that team by challenging their pride as players cuz UT wasn't very good that year and BG went into this game 4-0.

BG rallied to win it 22-20.

That footage is classic stuff!

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:38 pm

Metz · Post by **Metz** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:42 pm

How about those BROWN uniforms?!

always a falcon · Post by **always a falcon** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 12:02 am

I always knew that the original field had been there(former tour guide) but I had never seen any pictures of it!

Thanks Grant...that is way cool.

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:00 am

Yeah, I only wish there was more of it. That's it though....

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:04 am

What are those buildings?

I'm having a really hard time figuring it out.

I'm thinking the building in the last photo is Eppler, but I'm not really sure. And I can't make heads or tails out of the steel-and-glass building in the second photo.

Rightupinthere · Post by **Rightupinthere** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:32 am

Looks like we watered down the field to win that game.

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:35 am

Schadenfreude wrote:What are those buildings?

Picture 2 is Memorial Hall. Pictures 3 & 4 are Eppler.

I have a pic of the old football field somewhere in my office.

BGSU Trivia (no former Tour Guides allowed to answer) -
What stands on the 50 yard line of the old football field?

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:14 am

transfer2BGSU wrote:What stands on the 50 yard line of the old football field?[/color]

Is it the clock tower??

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:31 am

ZiggyZoomba wrote:Is it the clock tower??

Is that your final answer?

bg67 · Post by **bg67** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:46 am

I was at that game in 1963 as a freshman. I believe that Jim Goings ran the kick off back and the headlines of the Toledo Blade were "Goings, Going, Gone"! Lived in Rogers and it was great to just walk a few minutes from the dorm to the stadium.

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:56 am

transfer2BGSU wrote:
Schadenfreude wrote:What are those buildings?
Picture 2 is Memorial Hall. Pictures 3 & 4 are Eppler.

Okay, it makes sense now.

I agree that the answer has to be the clock tower.

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:44 am

transfer2BGSU wrote:
ZiggyZoomba wrote:Is it the clock tower??
Is that your final answer?

Final Answer....