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Folsom Field opened in 1924, and has been the home of the CU football team ever since. Through the 2004 football season, the Buffs have a home record of 281-132-10, a winning percentage of .680. Prior to Folsom Field CU had played its games at Gamble Field for two decades, where seating roughly 9,000 was limited to temporary bleachers.

Originally, it was named Colorado Stadium, but in 1944 it was renamed after the great CU coach Fred Folsom, who coached the Buffs three different times between 1895 and 1915. He led the teams to a combined .765 winning pct.

When originally opened, the stadium had a capacity of 26,000. A second deck was added in 1956 which upped the capacity to 45,000, and 6,000 more seats were added in 1967 with the removal of the running track. In 1968 a huge, six-level press box was added to the west side of the field, directly in front of Balch Fieldhouse, the former home of the basketball team. Renovations continued in 1976 when they took out the old, rickety wooden bleachers and replaced them with aluminum ones. This raised the capacity to 52,005. In 2003, suites and club seating was added to the east side of the stadium raising the capacity to 53,750.

Folsom Field - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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nice home record they have there

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I am proud to say that I attended a landmark game at Folsom Field. It was the late 80's (maybe 88..could have been 87) and CU played OU at night. It was the first night game ever under the Flatirons and they hauled in temporary lighting since the permenant lights had not yet been installed. I believe it was the same game that Ralphie, whilst making a pregame circuit around the field with handlers, trampled on Barry Switzer's foot when he stepped in too close to see the magnificent beast.