• Help Shape NCAA Football 12: Cannons

    The NCAA Football team is reaching out to the community once again and wants your help in gathering team reference details for an item that will be included in NCAA Football 12. After asking for info on Cheerleader Chants & Band Locations several months ago, they now want your help in acquiring more team specific info - cannon locations.

    The team is looking to find out what type of cannons a school uses at their home stadium (either the modern military style, or the classic “western” style), if the cannon is fired after every touchdown, and if the cannon is located inside the stadium (i.e. on the field).

    Share your team - or any team you know - info in this thread with a video or photo reference, if possible. A written description would also work, but obviously a photo reference would be more beneficial. Continue on to read the request from the NCAA Football dev team.

    We are looking to track down reference for cannon information for each school, so we would like to put it out to the community to help us track this info down to make sure we get everything as authentic as possible as we will be adding cannons into NCAA Football 12.

    We are looking to find out what type of cannons a school uses at their home stadium (either the modern military style, or the classic “western” style), if the cannon is fired after every touchdown, and if the cannon is located inside the stadium (i.e. on the field).

    Hopefully we will get responses as quickly and as detailed as we did for the band locations. Thanks again, guys!


    Post your school's info - or any you know in this thread.
    Comments 194 Comments
    1. cdj's Avatar
      cdj -


      Cannon tradition ended in 1960
    1. morsdraconis's Avatar
      morsdraconis -
      Quote Originally Posted by cdj View Post

      Here's another to give you an idea of where the cannon is located on the field

    1. cdj's Avatar
      cdj -
      From IMBOSSY at Tradition Football:

      Central Michigan shoots the cannon off after every point, including extra points. The cannon is placed to the right of the building on the open side of the stadium, on the hill. It's a modern military one operated by the ROTC

    1. morsdraconis's Avatar
      morsdraconis -




      Not sure what kind of cannon you would consider this (at ~0.38 secs in):



      And here is where you see that they only use it during their entrance from coming down the hill before they run down (at ~1:27 in):
      Shown at 1:27 and in pic below:



      EDIT (cdj) -

      From catamount53 at Operation Sports:

      Clemson plays it after every touchdown, extra point, field goal, and kickoff.
      Its kept on the field in whatever endzone the offense is going towards.


    1. xMrHitStickx904's Avatar
      xMrHitStickx904 -
      No cannons for Louisville, just a horn.
    1. tko27's Avatar
      tko27 -
      The Utes fire a cannon nicknamed Ute Thunder after EVERY Ute score including touchdowns, field goals, AND extra points. The cannon is located in the south-east corner of the stadium. It occupies the empty space between the south stands and the east stands. Attached is a clear picture of where the cannon is stationed during games:

      Attachment 161

      University of Utah
      School Cannon (Yes) Cannon Type (Modern Military) Fired After Every Score (Yes) Inside Stadium (Yes)

      UPDATE from tko27:

      **Correction**

      The University of Utah's cannon is a Modern Military Cannon, NOT a classic western. I was incorrect in my original information.

      I apologize for the mistake. Please update your records.
    1. gschwendt's Avatar
      gschwendt -
      Quote Originally Posted by morsdraconis View Post
      Not sure what kind of cannon you would consider this (at ~0.38 secs in):
      Tiny? It looks like it's pushed around on by a hand-truck.
    1. morsdraconis's Avatar
      morsdraconis -
      I'd love to do more, but Youtube is being a flaming piece of shit right now...
    1. OSUCowboyofMD's Avatar
      OSUCowboyofMD -

      Utah State

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Cwb...el_video_title

      ...you can hear it at 1:48
      pause it at 1:59 and i think thats it in the top corner on the field, if not, its most likely on the other side

      From community member quart:

      You're absolutely correct, that is the cannon. It's a modern military version, and we do fire it off after every score. If it helps, that is the north endzone, where there are no bleachers directly behind it, just a building with training rooms and the such.
    1. morsdraconis's Avatar
      morsdraconis -



      Can't find any video, but per wikipedia page:

      The Cannon - After every Ohio score, an 1800s style military cannon is fired. When the Bobcats enter the field, the cannon shoots off a smoke "O" that can be seen for several minutes before fading into the air.
    1. ArkHogs's Avatar
      ArkHogs -
      What about fireworks? At 3:11 you can hear and see them being launched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu229ZNxLCA
    1. cdj's Avatar
      cdj -






      The cannon is fired at the end of the National Anthem, when the team runs onto the field, after each time the Pirates score and at the conclusion of all games. - Link

    1. gschwendt's Avatar
      gschwendt -



      Link
      The cannon is fired at the end of the National Anthem, when the team runs onto the field, after each time the Pirates score and at the conclusion of all games.
    1. gschwendt's Avatar
      gschwendt -
      Jinx!
    1. gschwendt's Avatar
      gschwendt -

      Touchdown Tommy - T.T. is the cannon that is fired off when the team runs out of the tunnel, after every point that the Hurricanes score, and the conclusion of a victory. The cannon is kept by the Sigma Chi fraternity's Cannon Master and fired off during the games by the senior brothers of Sigma Chi.
      Link

      Can't find a picture or video.
    1. gschwendt's Avatar
      gschwendt -


      The California Victory Cannon was presented to the Rally Committee in time for the 1963 Big Game by the class of 1964. It is shot off at the beginning of each game, after each score, and after each Cal victory. Only once, against UOP on September 7, 1991, did the Bears score too many times for the cannon, racking up 12 touchdowns (no field goals) on the lowly Tigers.
      Originally, the cannon was kept on the sidelines of the football field. Due to Stanfurd's mishandling of their cannon in 1970 (while rumors say they shot a ramrod into the Cal rooting section the fact is that they fired their cannon prematurely and fortunately injured only one person), all game-time pyrotechnics were banned by the Pac-8 in 1971. Since that time, the cannon has been mounted on Charter (Tightwad) Hill above and in clear view from the stadium.

      http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~yoda/cal/traditions.html

    1. cdj's Avatar
      cdj -
      From bsta83 at Tradition Football:


      Toledo

      Football Cannon: Blasts are fired at the beginning of each home game, at the end of each quarter, and after every Rocket score. The Toledo community will continue to hear the continuous score of the Rockets football team through the mighty sound of the cannon at each home game.

      http://www.coachbeckman.com/tradition.html

      ATHLETICS
      The Football Cannon

      Everyone who attends a Rockets football game knows when UT scores by the traditional “boom” of the cannon. The cannon originates from a Pi Kappa Phi member who bartered his cannon for his fraternity dues because he was short on money. The cannon is a Civil War era model, one of the oldest around. In 1953, the men of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity fired the first cannon shot at a Rocket’s football game from aloft the northeast Blockhouse in the Glass Bowl stadium. The cannon continued to be fired from this position until 1989, when the cannon had to be moved to the field because of structural concerns with the Blockhouse. In 1990, the cannon was fired from the northwest corner of the end zone. Then during the beginning of the 1995 football season, because of concerns of the on-field media, the administration decided to move the cannon once more to its present day position in the southeast corner of the field near the student section. Blasts are fired at the beginning of each home game, at the end of each quarter, and after every Rocket score. The Toledo community will continue to hear the continuous score of the Rockets football team through the mighty sound of the cannon at each home game.

      Edit (by bsta93): The cannon no longer resides on the field. It was moved after a wide receiver was shoved into it during a game in 2009, I believe it was the Colorado game. The cannon is now located on a pillar in the northeast part of the stadium, on top of the football building.





    1. gschwendt's Avatar
      gschwendt -
      Quote Originally Posted by cdj View Post
      Here's a video of that WR sliding into the cannon... it shows it's a small CW cannon.
    1. cdj's Avatar
      cdj -

      Kansas

      Unclear.....they started using a cannon in 2009, but cannot find out if that is still the case.



      Army ROTC and athletics department officials at the University of Kansas have arranged to fire a 75mm cannon each time the KU football team scores a touchdown or field goal in Memorial Stadium this season. - Link

    1. OSUCowboyofMD's Avatar
      OSUCowboyofMD -
      I know Maryland has one. I believe its from a war i cant remember which. Its on the The Gossett Football Team House. Its fired after every score.


      EDIT (cdj) -

      Cannon
      During home games, a small cannon is fired off each time the football team scores. - LINK



      From MadScientist06:

      University of Maryland. Still trying to figure out where this little arse cannon is, but here it is.



      On a mission. I will drive to campus tomorrow, during lunch and solve this mystery.

      -Mad