Team:
Tulsa Golden Hurricanes
Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Conference: WAC
Sport: College Football
Background: The University of Tulsa
is a private university located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Tulsa's sports teams are called the Golden Hurricane.
They participate in the NCAA's Division I-A and in
the Western Athletic Conference. In 2005, Tulsa will
leave the WAC and join Conference USA.
Opening Skelly Stadium was a dream come true for Coach
Elmer "Gloomy Gus" Henderson. An unprecedented
wave of prosperity swept over America in 1928 and
wealthy Tulsa oil men began listening to Henderson's
dream. The trustees were proceeding with plans for
a stadium on faith that a donor would appear. In April,
1930, William Skelly, a long-time friend of the University,
gave $125,000 to the stadium fund if another $150,000
could be raised. The remaining money was raised by
Tulsa businessmen who organized the Stadium Corporation
of Tulsa. Ground-breaking ceremonies were held on
May 11, 1930 and the build-ing race was on to complete
the stadium for the upcoming season.