Stop 9: Kenan Stadium Flashcards
It appears that the gates to the stadium are closed. If you are interested you are welcome to ______ after our tour to get a great view.
climb the stairs
Welcome to Kenan stadium the home of _________.
Carolina football
Carolina has ___ varsity sports teams and have won __ national championships, with _____ winning our most recent championship in _______.
28 varsity sports
56 national championships
women’s tennis team in spring of 2022
Carolina began playing sports in _____ with _____ and ________.
1876
baseball and track meets
We played our first _____ game in _____ against Wake Forest, and have been playing football ever since.
Football
1888
Kenan Stadium, known as one of the most scenic stadiums in the country, seats ______ fans.
51,000
Kenan Stadium is also the site of our _________. Each May thousands of graduates gather to _______ and join the ranks of more than ______ Carolina alumni who live across the state and around the world.
Commencement ceremony
flip their tassels
341,000
We are called the Carolina Tar Heels. The term “tar heel” dates to North Carolina’s early history when the state was a leading producer of supplies for the __________.
Naval industry
Workers often went ____ during the hot summer months and collected _____ on their heels.
Barefoot
Tar
To call someone a “tar heel” was to imply that they worked in ______.
a lowly trade
During the Civil War, North Carolina soldiers flipped the meaning and turned the nickname into ________.
A point of pride
They called themselves _________ as an expression of state pride.
the Tar Heels
North Carolina become widely known as ________.
The Tar Heel State
In the 1880s when UNC teams began competing in intercollegiate sports they chose the nickname _________.
The Tar Heels
Our mascot is ____. In _____, head cheerleader _________ led the charge in finding a symbol for UNC.
The Ram
1924
Vic Huggins
Two years earlier, the Tar Heels had a brilliant ___ record. The star of that __ team was student-athlete ________.
9-1
1922
Jack Merritt
Merritt was nicknamed ___ for the way he would knock over his opponents.
The Battering Ram
After approval from ____, Huggins took $__ and purchased _________, the official mascot of Carolina.
the athletic business manager
$25
Rameses the ram
Rameses and his descendants continue to be an important part of Carolina athletics. You can now see Rameses the ___ in action at every home football game.
The 22nd
Conclusion
This marks the end of our tour today. Thank you for allowing me to share our beautiful campus. I encourage you to explore areas of campus and I am happy to provide directions or answer any questions. I hope you enjoy your time at Carolina!
