LSU football: Why is Tiger Stadium called Death Valley?

The LSU football team plays its home games at Tiger Stadium, better known as Death Valley.

While there is a ton of debate over which school is the rightful home of Death Valley, there is no doubt about how difficult it is to play the LSU football team at Tiger Stadium.

Though the moniker of Death Valley was attached to Clemson’s Memorial Stadium several years earlier in 1948, Tiger Stadium has been referred to as Death Valley after the 1959 Sugar Bowl in which LSU beat Clemson 7-0 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. Prior to that, Tiger Stadium had been referred to as Deaf Valley because of how loud it got inside of the college football stadium.

One of the most unique features of Tiger Stadium was that student dormitories were built into the stadium back in 1931. Students lived in these dormitories until the 1980s and the university used them for storage into the 2010s.

LSU football: Why is Tiger Stadium known as Death Valley?

In addition to being louder than being inside of a drum, Tiger Stadium is notoriously one of the hardest stadiums to play in, especially at night. The LSU fanbase knows how to have a good time, so all the pre-game festivities certainly enhance the experience of a Baton Rouge Saturday Night. So far this century, LSU has won three national titles with one of the best home-field advantages.

While Deaf Valley may have evolved into Death Valley, Tiger Stadium is still impossible to play at.

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