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Bryant-Denny Stadium is the on-campus home of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team, winners of 12 national championships. The stadium is named for legendary UA football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and former UA president George Denny.
The stadium opened in 1929 as George Hutcheson Denny Stadium. Its first expansion took place in 1937 as 6,000 seats were added to bring capacity to 18,000. Capacity grew to 25,000 in 1950, to 43,000 in 1961, to 60,000 in 1966, and to 70,123 in 1988, and 83,818 in 1998. The most recent expansion, in 2006, increased capacity to 92,138.
Prior to 1929, the Crimson Tide played on the Quad from 1893 to 1914 and on Denny Field from 1915 to 1917 and 1919 to 1928. Denny Field was located two blocks east of the current stadium behind Little Hall. Mallet Hall and Parker-Adams Hall now stand on the site of Denny Field's north end zone.
Bryant-Denny Stadium is building 1 on the campus map.
