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The old field was re-christened Curry Field, in honor of Irby "Rabbit" Curry, a standout football player from 1914 to 1916, who left Vanderbilt to serve in the American Expeditionary Force to Europe in World War I and was killed while flying a combat mission over France in 1918. The football team played two games on the renamed Curry Field before moving to New Dudley Field in 1922.
1922. Where Commodores Come Together. As Dudley Field gets new upgrades, past renovations served to gather the Vanderbilt community. Dedication ceremony at Dudley Field. Vanderbilt football was born out of a challenge. The university—as new as the nascent sport itself in 1890—didn’t have a football team when the University of Nashville ...
From Vanderbilt’s pigskin inception in 1892 until 1922, the Commodores competed at Old Dudley Field. After the new stadium was built, Old Dudley was rechristened Curry Field, in honor of Irby (Rabbit) Curry, a standout football player from 1914-16. Dudley Field seated 20,000 spectators in 1922, but grew in fits and spurts to host 34,000 by 1960.
From Vanderbilt’s pigskin inception in 1892 until 1922, the Commodores competed at Old Dudley Field. After the new stadium was built, Old Dudley was rechristened Curry Field, in honor of Irby (Rabbit) Curry, a standout football player from 1914-16. Curry was killed in World War I while flying a combat mission over France in 1918.
Sep 16, 2014 · On Oct. 14, 1922, Vanderbilt dedicated its new football stadium at a cost of $300,000. The new Dudley Field seated 22,000 fans, which was at the time the first football-only stadium in the South. Commodore captain Jess Neely led his squad that day to a 0-0 hard-fought tie against the powerful Michigan Wolverines.
Home of the Vanderbilt Commodores, FirstBank Stadium is the smallest stadium in the SEC. In 1922, a stadium was constructed on the site of what was known as Dudley Field. It was the first stadium built in the south just for college football. The Commodores played their first game at the stadium on October 14, 1922 against Michigan.
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The football team played two games on the renamed Curry Field before moving to New Dudley Field in 1922. New Dudley Field. There was not enough room to expand old Dudley Field at its site near Kirkland Hall, so Vanderbilt administrators purchased land adjacent to what is today 25th Avenue South, on the west side of campus, for the new facility. [4]
