Camp Randall 100: John R. Richards
May 28, 2017 | Football, General News, Mike Lucas
Not lacking confidence, coach prepared Badgers to defeat rival Gophers in stadium’s dedication game
The Camp Randall 100 is an exclusive list celebrating 100 people who have shaped Camp Randall Stadium's history across the realms of sports, music, culture and beyond. A new honoree will be revealed each day over the final 100 days leading up to kickoff of the Wisconsin football team's season opener with Utah State on Friday, Sept. 1. The Camp Randall 100 reveal is part of a year-long celebration of the history of the iconic stadium, which opened in 1917.MADISON, Wis. — John R. Richards had already enjoyed an accomplished athletic career at Wisconsin and a successful first tour of duty as the Badgers' football coach before he returned to campus to once again lead his alma mater for the 1917 season. Perhaps that's why he carried so much confidence leading up to the dedication game for newly-built Camp Randall Stadium. "We are going to win this game," he said just days before UW took on rival Minnesota.
Richards' team proved him right on Nov. 3, 1917, christening its new home with a victory over the Golden Gophers. Read more about Richards in his Camp Randall 100 profile.
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