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    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.


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



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    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
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    Photo from MetroDome days.

    Touchdown Cannon
    The Goal Line Club sponsors the Touchdown Cannon that is fired at all home games after touchdowns and field goals. We also take the cannon on the road once a year and to our BOWL GAME! - LINK


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    "FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. --- They shoot up fireworks over a 30 x 107 foot video screen on the north side of Reynolds Razorback Stadium after every Arkansas score."
    http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories...a_548885.shtml

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    Washington State

    Brought back in 2010, unsure if tradition will continue. - LINK


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    At South Carolina, we don't fire any cannons. We have a rooster crow after TDs.

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    The cannons fire from the pirate ship. It fires for touchdown and PAT.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ArkHogs View Post

    The cannons fire from the pirate ship. It fires for touchdown and PAT.
    All they need to do for that one is copy what the Tampa Bay Bucs use. It's the exact same setup if I'm not mistaken.

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    Quote Originally Posted by morsdraconis View Post
    All they need to do for that one is copy what the Tampa Bay Bucs use. It's the exact same setup if I'm not mistaken.
    Actually it's the same pirate ship. USF and Tampa Bay share Raymond James Stadium.

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    From IrishBearcat at Tradition Football:

    Cincinnati Bearcats do this as well after they score a touchdown, cannons are fired.

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    "There was plenty of powdery ammunition - large expanses of unused, snow-covered seats in the 35,000-seat stadium. ROTC members built a snowman next to the cannon fired behind the end zone after every Bearcat score." http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-f...120410aaa.html

    From IrishBearcat at Tradition Football:

    Cincinnati Bearcats do this as well after they score a touchdown, cannons are fired.


    Last edited by cdj; 04-06-2011 at 10:23 PM.

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    NC STATE has a modern cannon at the endzone closer to the scoreboard. They shoot it after every touchdown and field goal. and its inside the stadium

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    i'm not 100% positive, but i'm pretty sure that hawaii shoots off fireworks after every warrior td at home

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    does not have a cannon

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    From alterego2 via e-mail:

    Here is a backstory about Miss Mary, the Ole Miss cannon. It is named in honor of Mary Wendell, the girlfriend of Jeremiah Gage, an Old Miss student in 1860 who left with his classmates to defend the South. All but about two of them were killed in the war; none returned to graduate. Gage was killed at Gettysburg, and many of his classmates were killed there in Pickett's charge. There are two monuments there on the field to the University Greys. Kappa Alpha manages the Ole Miss cannon and used to have a horse and rider come on the field.
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    This is definitely proving to be a bit more difficult than locating band sections in the stadiums from earlier this year. I feel as though this is partially due to the fact that--while most colleges have bands--not all colleges are going to have a cannon. Unless we have somebody who knows with any certainty that a cannon is or is not used by a school, it will be difficult to say anything for sure until we find some direct measure of proof.

    Good work so far though!

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    No cannons; RUF/NEKS fire guns after each score.

    From ruMorss at the EA Forums:
    Oklahoma Shoots off a gun like this after every touchdown.. Oh and after every field goal... Its located under the field goal post on the endzone away from the Big Scoreboard/ on the endzone with the little screen... They shoot 2 of them off at the same time...




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    Quote Originally Posted by Paakaa10 View Post
    This is definitely proving to be a bit more difficult than locating band sections in the stadiums from earlier this year. I feel as though this is partially due to the fact that--while most colleges have bands--not all colleges are going to have a cannon. Unless we have somebody who knows with any certainty that a cannon is or is not used by a school, it will be difficult to say anything for sure until we find some direct measure of proof.

    Good work so far though!
    Yeah... I think it pretty much becomes that until we find definitive proof that they have one, then the assumption is that they don't.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gschwendt View Post
    Yeah... I think it pretty much becomes that until we find definitive proof that they have one, then the assumption is that they don't.
    I've been trying to check out official college athletics sites and Wikipedia listings for football teams and stadiums to find any mention of cannons. Most of the college athletics sites have a "Traditions" page--which, for me, would be the logical place to mention a cannon used on game day--but I haven't been getting many hits on cannons aside from the Texas one I found earlier.

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    Wyoming
    "For every home Cowboy Football game, a crew consisting of five to six cadets mans our 1943, 75mm mountain pack howitzer.The gun crews are trained how to load and fire the howitzer at a rapid pace for every point scored by the Cowboys." http://www.uwyo.edu/armyrotc/info.asp?p=484

    EDIT (cdj) - From HS state championship game in Laramie, assuming same position for UW games



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    Western Kentucky

    In earlier years, The Brothers of Kappa Sigma at WKU lead the tradition of blasting a Cannon at the start and finish of every WKU football game, as well as whenever the Toppers scored. They were known as the Cannon Crew. The tradition was halted in the 90's but the cannon still exists. - LINK


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