Check out this pic of Sanford Stadium.

[RockmartDawg]

Almost looks like it could be something like Dekalb Memorial Stadium or something like that.  You can also see that this is before the epic, historic, landmark Nail Stick Dawg scoreboard.

Times... they be a'changin'.

[ugafan49]

Amazing, did not know they had lights. Thanks Rockmart.

[GriffWoody]

Wish it were still like that. I like Vandy’s stadium because of the limited capacity. Better watching the game with 30k people than it is 100k, imo.

[Top Row Dawg]

Run through the hedges.

51 - 49 - 5

Our record in 1950's

Two Bowls

1951 Presidential Cup - Loss
1959 Orange Bowl - Win

[WarnerRobinsDawg]

Can't remember when they took the light down.. guessing around '570or 58' ?

[Milldawg]

I always envisioned the nailstick scoreboard on the other end....looks like it was on the railroad track side

[RockmartDawg]

I didn't even pick that up, ie the lights being present. Interesting.

Also, they're out in front of the stands, the way they were in the high school stadiums back in the day. I think I've been to some high school games as late as the 1970s that were still that way.

[JC-DAWG83]

I always envisioned the nailstick scoreboard on the other end....looks like it was on the railroad track side
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Nailstick was on the track side.  It was there until after the 1980 season when the East end zone was enclosed.

[RockmartDawg]

Here's a pic that is labeled as being from 1963. I chose this because you can see the light poles are still in place. But I also took notice of all of the area beyond the bridge. My word... how much that has changed since this photo was taken. 

[UncleJohnsDawg]

I didn't even pick that up, ie the lights being present. Interesting.

Also, they're out in front of the stands, the way they were in the high school stadiums back in the day. I think I've been to some high school games as late as the 1970s that were still that way.
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High schools played there pretty often. The HS Allstar game was there too.

[JC-DAWG83]

I didn't even pick that up, ie the lights being present. Interesting.

Also, they're out in front of the stands, the way they were in the high school stadiums back in the day. I think I've been to some high school games as late as the 1970s that were still that way.
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High schools played there pretty often. The HS Allstar game was there too.
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I remember the Athens YMCA football teams playing in the stadium before the Georgia games on Saturdays.  I never knew the lights were still up in the early '60s.  They must have taken them down in the mid '60s.   My first game was in '69 and there were no lights.

[RockmartDawg]

I didn't even pick that up, ie the lights being present. Interesting.

Also, they're out in front of the stands, the way they were in the high school stadiums back in the day. I think I've been to some high school games as late as the 1970s that were still that way.
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High schools played there pretty often. The HS Allstar game was there too.
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I remember the Athens YMCA football teams playing in the stadium before the Georgia games on Saturdays.  I never knew the lights were still up in the early '60s.  They must have taken them down in the mid '60s.   My first game was in '69 and there were no lights.
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My knowledge and understanding of lights at Sanford began with the 1982 season with the infamous season opener against Clemson when they brought in temporary lights for the night game. I was thinking that was the first night game ever, and that there had never before been lights in the stadium. Reckon I was what we like to call "WRONG".