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The logo on the 50-yard line of the Martin Stadium field turf is shown June 21, 2017. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
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As WSU players rush the field to face Idaho as a flame-throwing pyrotechnics prop emits a mushroom cloud on Saturday, Sep 17, 2016, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. TYLER TJOMSLAND tylert@spokesman.com
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Washington State enters Martin Stadium for the first half of a college football game against Washington on Friday, November 23, 2012, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. WSU led 10-7 at the half. TYLER TJOMSLAND tylert@spokesman.com
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Thi is the view of the visitors endzone in Martin Stadium at Washington State University Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
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Washington State mascot Butch gets a lift against Southern Utah during the second half of a college football game on Saturday, September 14, 2013, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. WSU won the game 48-10. TYLER TJOMSLAND tylert@spokesman.com
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The end zone and the Cougar Football Complex are seen in this photo from Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at Washington State University in Pullman. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
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Washington State head coach Mike Leach and University President Elson S. Floyd hoist the Apple Cup trophy before fans and players after WSU defeated Washington during the second half of a college football game on Friday, November 23, 2012, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. WSU won the game 31-28 in overtime. TYLER TJOMSLAND tylert@spokesman.com
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Washington State fans and players react after WSU defeated Washington during the second half of a college football game on Friday, November 23, 2012, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. WSU won the game 31-28 in overtime. TYLER TJOMSLAND tylert@spokesman.com
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Washington State football takes the field to face Arizona on Saturday, Oct 15, 2016, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash.
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WSU's Martin Stadium glows at dawn on Saturday, Sep 17, 2016, in Pullman, Wash. TYLER TJOMSLAND tylert@spokesman.com EVERGREEN SR
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WSU's Martin Stadium is seen from Stadium Way early Saturday morning, Sep 17, 2016, in Pullman, Wash. TYLER TJOMSLAND tylert@spokesman.com EVERGREEN SR
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Washington State wide receiver Isiah Myers (88) makes a spectacular aerial catch over Eastern Washington's Allen Brown (4) in the endzone to put Washington State up 21-14 in the first half Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012 at Martin Stadium at WSU. It was the first season opener sellout since 1952. The Cougars won 24-20. JESSE TINSLEY jesset@spokesman.com
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WSU fans watch the Cougs play Stanford at Martin Stadium on the Pullman campus Saturday October 15, 2011. GARY GRAHAM garyg@spokesman.com
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WSU fans watch the Cougs play Stanford at Martin Stadium on the Pullman campus Saturday October 15, 2011. GARY GRAHAM garyg@spokesman.com Martin Stadium Then and Now It was called Soldier Field in 1892, then renamed Rogers Field in 1902. Seats at Washington State University's football venue have always been in demand. In 1970, some of the 1930s-era wooden bleachers were destroyed by fire. Coincidentally, University of Idaho's Neale Stadium bleachers had burned in 1969 in another suspicious fire. It was a chaotic two years as the Cougars played home games at Joe Albi Stadium and the Idaho Vandals played in the still-damaged Rogers Field. The Vandals played most of their 1971 season in the new open-air Idaho Stadium while WSU was still raising money for theirs. Businessman and UW grade Dan Martin gave $250,000 to the effort and asked that it be named after his father, former Washington governor Clarence D. Martin. The first game in Martin Stadium was Sept. 30, 1972. The Cougars lost to Utah. Across the state line, construction executive William Kibbie donated $300,000 for a dome over the UI venue in 1975. Martin Stadium's additions and improvements over the years have brought the capacity up to almost 40,000. One of the biggest projects was to remove thousands of yards of dirt in 1979, lowering the playing surface 16 feet to improve the view for front row fans.
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WSU's Martin Stadium glows at dawn on Saturday, Sep 17, 2016, in Pullman, Wash. TYLER TJOMSLAND tylert@spokesman.com EVERGREEN SR
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WSU's Martin Stadium glows at dawn on Saturday, Sep 17, 2016, in Pullman, Wash. TYLER TJOMSLAND tylert@spokesman.com EVERGREEN SR
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Washington State takes the field against Montana State during the first half of a college football game on Saturday, September 2, 2017, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash.
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