End of an Era: Braly Stadium will no longer host UNA football

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It will still host Florence HS games and other events.

Nice, well at least it will still be there.

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Today, I ran across video of the first-ever televised game in Braly Stadium. It's the 1980 D2 semifinals broadcast on ABC with #3 UNA hosting top-ranked Eastern Illinois for a chance to advance to the D2 title game in Albuquerque. I haven't watched it all but thought I'd share it here. UNA scored on the second play of the game but EIU took control in the second half. I do know they show a lot of the band at the beginning of both videos. Vintage D2!