"UW used to have a track in their stadium like a DIII school! LOLZ"
-quooks
I'm old enough to remember when dumpy Autism Stadium would draw 18,000 people. I'm old enough to remember when the capacity was 34,000.
When was that, Bill?
They may have drawn 34,000 or less, but that was not the capacity.
It was bad enough. No need to embellish.
Autzen Stadium opened in 1967 and it’s capacity was 41,078.
Prior to the opening of Autzen, Oregon played home games at Hayward Field. The Ducks also had “home games” in Portland against Warshington.
Wild guess but Ducks probably averaged 30,000 at home in the 80’s unless Washington or Oregon State came to town.
Games against Washington in the late 80’s and 90’s drew 45,000. The Huskies traveled well.
My first game at Autzen was in 1983. UW won 32-3. Huskies must have had 8-10,000 fans in the stadium. Throughout the 80s, it seemed like every time UW played there it was a new stadium attendance record. 85, 87 & 88
