Golden Moments in Tulsa History

9/16/2020 12:17:00 PM | Football

This Golden Moment features the history of The University of Tulsa's home football stadium, H.A. Chapman Stadium, and the 90^th anniversary of the stadium's opening as Skelly Field in 1930.

Ground-breaking ceremonies were held in May 1930 and the season kicked off occurred on October 4, 1930, as Tulsa hosted Arkansas in front of a crowd of 13,000. On the opening kickoff, Arkansas fumbled and Johnny Potts recovered for Tulsa. Billy Boehm scored on the very next play for the first touchdown in the north end of the stadium. Chet Benefiel scored the first TD in the south end zone and Tulsa went on for a 26-6 victory. The Golden Hurricane won its first six games at the new stadium that year.

Since then the stadium has gone through numerous upgrades and has played host to not only college football, but AFL/NFL exhibition games, major league baseball exhibitions, pro soccer, high school football as well as the hosting of concerts and many other events.

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