Hey old farts. What did they call Jack Trice in 1977? It certainly wasn't "Cyclone Stadium"!

[ISUCyclones2015]

I have reason to believe the first few years of Jack Trice Stadium wasn't called Cyclone Stadium as previously thought. I believe it was called the slightly boring name of "New Stadium".

I was looking through old football programs and stumbled upon this "Football Stadium Quiz" in the 1977 Program

If you look on the right, we're number 19 and if you look on the left there is no mention of "Cyclone Stadium". If you look at the answers on the bottom, you'll see that 19 matches up with U. U is "New Stadium (50,000). If you look up the capacity in 1977 for our stadium it was 48,000 with 2,000 standing room only or as we call it, the hillsides.

I also checked various stadiums and their 1977 capacity and it was all correct. I looked through the rest of the 1977 programs and there is no mention of Cyclone Stadium at all.

In fact if you look at the first program in 1975 of New Stadium it doesn't mention Cyclone Stadium at all either.

So in conclusion, we've been using the wrong name for over 40 years! Long live New Stadium!

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

 

[Die4Cy]

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

 

[Die4Cy]

That's where Coca Cola got the idea for New Coke I bet!

 

[IASTATE07]

Joseph New was the lead donor for Cyclone Stadium.

 

[OldEagle]

The stadium was new at that time. It was never named "new stadium." Their was a push at that time and if i remember correctly it was led mainly by students to name it Jack Trice. Others wanted it named to represent all cyclones. A compromise was reached to name it Cyclone Stadium and Jack Trice Field after a lot of talk (some might say protests, it was the 70's). The students continued to lobby for Jack Trice until the name was changed years later.
Long live the Jack!

 

[BoxsterCy]

I just called it The Stadium No Longer Known as Clyde Williams.

Of course I also called Hilton The New Place With The Cushy Seats. #wharthebenchseats

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

September 21, 1975. The day after New Stadium opens up. Here's the front page of the Cedar Rapids Gazette showing a headline "Iowa State Christens New Stadium With Victory"

 

[BoxsterCy]

September 21, 1975. The day after New Stadium opens up. Here's the front page of the Cedar Rapids Gazette showing a headline "Iowa State Christens New Stadium With Victory"

Was at that game. Air Force dude kicked what at the time was the college football record long field goal.

 

[Aclone]

I seem to recall it being dubbed “Iowa State Stadium” before it was officially named Cyclone Stadium.

But I’ve been wrong before.

 

[Deleted member 8507]

They misspelled GNU Stadium. We KNEW it was NEW but the Save the Gnus campaign was in full swing at the time.

 

[Stormin]

The stadium was new at that time. It was never named "new stadium." Their was a push at that time and if i remember correctly it was led mainly by students to name it Jack Trice. Others wanted it named to represent all cyclones. A compromise was reached to name it Cyclone Stadium and Jack Trice Field after a lot of talk (some might say protests, it was the 70's). The students continued to lobby for Jack Trice until the name was changed years later.
Long live the Jack!

Pretty much the way it went down. Unnamed for a while. I was at ISU when the Stadium opened.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

I seem to recall it being dubbed “Iowa State Stadium” before it was officially named Cyclone Stadium.

But I’ve been wrong before.

This is a conspiracy to get rid of the name "New Stadium" from our memory!

 

[Aclone]

They misspelled GNU Stadium. We KNEW it was NEW but the Save the Gnus campaign was in full swing at the time.

Par for the course for the CR Gazette.

 

[Land Shark]

The stadium was new at that time. It was never named "new stadium." Their was a push at that time and if i remember correctly it was led mainly by students to name it Jack Trice. Others wanted it named to represent all cyclones. A compromise was reached to name it Cyclone Stadium and Jack Trice Field after a lot of talk (some might say protests, it was the 70's). The students continued to lobby for Jack Trice until the name was changed years later.
Long live the Jack!

This history is an example of when Wiki is wrong. The stadium did not have a name from 1975 to 1984. Students lobbied for naming the field after Jack Trice in as far back as 1977 but nothing happened. In media guides, the stadium was just known as Iowa State Stadium. Local news never referenced it by name but would say "at Iowa State" or "In Ames". When forced to use a name, KCCI TV would call it No-Name Stadium. The Sports Director at KCCI at the time was Pete Taylor.

In 1984, the stadium became Cyclone Stadium- Jack Trice Field and in 1997, it was officially renamed Jack Trice Stadium.

 

[keepngoal]

Christening a new stadium with a win, and still below the top headline of an Iowa loss.

They will never change.

 

[Rabbuk]

Mandela effect at work

 

[cyrocksmypants]

God damn it, 2015.

 

[Knownothing]

My family and I referred to it at Iowa
Power and light field at US bank Stadium back then

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

God damn it, 2015.

I will not apologize for rewriting HISTORY! Enough is enough with the LIES and DECEIT!