Vintage Tech Football photo question....

[Wreck Em]

I have about 10 photos from the 1971 Duke game. This and the photo above were taken by the legendary Deloye Burrell.

 

[Supersize that order mutt]

Like I said in the edit, click on the attachment & it should open a JPG, either as a tab in your browser or in whatever you use for JPGs.

"Are those RATS sitting cross-legged on the field? Pretty cool seats (until a toss sweep gets strung out over there, I guess!) "

ANS: No, the only sideline that would ever have that many people on the field, especially a Duke Homecoming Game, would be on the West sideline.

I think I misunderstood your earlier post about thumbnails, and I totally missed your photo from the Army game. But with this photo, you have confirmed that it is indeed Duke in the photo that was originally posted.

 

[gtleviathan]

I have about 10 photos from the 1971 Duke game. This and the photo above were taken by the legendary Deloye Burrell.

Ah, they had portable bleachers on the track. I was wondering where the wall was in the original pic.

 

[CorpusJacket]

I checked Army photos online, and they didn't have a uniform or helmet like what is shown in that photo

I stand corrected. There's an AJC pic from the Army game that shows numerals on the Cadets' helmets. Other posters say Duke, but I don't ever remember rats sitting on the field like the pic shows, and 1971 was my rat year.

 

[clapper]

Ah, they had portable bleachers on the track. I was wondering where the wall was in the original pic.

They used to have portable bleachers on the east side too. That's where the Rats had to sit.

 

[Supersize that order mutt]

I stand corrected. There's an AJC pic from the Army game that shows numerals on the Cadets' helmets. Other posters say Duke, but I don't ever remember rats sitting on the field like the pic shows, and 1971 was my rat year.

I don't remember if any ever sat on the field, but there were "temporary" bleacher" at least on the east side and the horseshoe, and I think the west side too, where the rats and some others sat.

 

[Yukonwreck]

1971, Greg Horne & Duke are all correct.

Mike Oven is #86 having just put his guy on the ground & trying not a get an AstroTurf elbow burn.

Oven was a beast.

 

[wishbone]

I have about 10 photos from the 1971 Duke game. This and the photo above were taken by the legendary Deloye Burrell.

note the crown on the field...

 

[donsue]

1971, Greg Horne & Duke are all correct.

Mike Oven is #86 having just put his guy on the ground & trying not a get an AstroTurf elbow burn.

Mike Oven player at Leon HS in Tallahassee. Good player

 

[ramblinwise1]

there was a chain link fence between the field and the track. In that photo some guys just sitting on benches or field turf in front of the fence. Probably pnotographers or others with side line passes.

 

[GT 1950]

Who can name the opponent Tech was playing and what year this photograph would have been taken?

There was a time back then when Duke was wearing stripes on their helmets. I am going to guess Duke sometime in the early 1970s but this is a tough one.

 

[GT 1950]

Hi, uniform enthusiast here.
This is the 1971 Duke game.
Greg Horne is the ballcarrier.

Greg Horne, the pride of Murphy High School. Seems I recall a knee injury cutting short a promising career. Duke may have looked like the Cowboys in that get up but they didn't play like them.

 

[GoldenIsle]

GT was ranked #13 in preseason polls. Coming off a good 1970 season and a good group of players returning expectations were high. Losing to SC to open the season and the the Army debacle at home cost us a decent season. Could have very well beaten UGA and Tenn that season also. The only team that flat out beat us was Auburn with Pat Sullivan and Terry Beasley.