September 4th: On this date...

...... in 2008, an historical marker was dedicated commemorating Stoll Field, where the first football game was played in the southern United States nearly 130 years ago. Stoll Field/McLean Stadium played host to Kentucky Wildcat football until the 1972, when the team moved into Commonwealth Stadium. The stadium was the home of the Wildcats during the Bear Bryant era, which included their first bowl game and first SEC Championship. Bryant later refused to schedule Kentucky at the run down stadium and is one of the reasons Alabama and Kentucky did not play for 25 years. The last game was a 14-13 win over Vanderbilt on November 11, 1972. The UK marching band still practices there today, with the Singletary Center for the Arts in the opposite end zone.

Big Blue Booyah on Tom Leach