Editing FirstBank Stadium (section)

====Battleship gray====
Over the winter and spring of 1980&ndash;81, most of the Dudley Field grandstand was demolished. The 12,088 seats on each sideline—the only vestige of the old stadium—were raised ten feet through the use of 22 hydraulic jacks on each side of the stadium. The "new" venue was rechristened Vanderbilt Stadium.  However, the playing surface itself is still called Dudley Field.

The rebuilt stadium and its Fred Russell Press Box (named for Vanderbilt alumnus, former football player, and sports journalist [[Fred Russell]]) were designed to resemble a United States naval vessel slicing through the water&mdash;a nod to Vanderbilt's naval themed-mascot, the Commodore. Accordingly, the color scheme picked for the exterior of the stadium was battleship gray.{{cn|date=November 2018}}

The stadium's maximum capacity after the 1980&ndash;81 renovation was 41,000, consisting of a single-decked horseshoe grandstand filled in with wooden bleachers from the 1960 expansion. The project cost $10.1 million, and the Commodores celebrated a sold-out dedication by taking a 23&ndash;17 comeback win over [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]] on September 12, 1981.

To enhance the gameday experience, officials increased capacity to 41,448 and added a [[Jumbotron]] video screen in the north end zone, adjacent to Kensington Place, in advance of the [[History of the Tennessee Titans#Tennessee Oilers era (1997–1998)|Tennessee Oilers]] playing their 1998 home games in the facility.{{Citation needed|date=October 2014}}

After the Oilers&mdash;now the Titans&mdash;left in 1999, the playing surface was returned to grass. In 2002 and 2003, the school removed the aging bleachers from the 1960 renovation from the north end zone, lowering capacity to 41,221 in 2002 and to 39,773 in 2003.{{Citation needed|date=October 2014}} The bleachers from the north end zone were replaced with a visitors' concourse that affords any fan in the stadium a field-level, up-close experience with the playing surface. The metal frames for the bleachers were relocated to Mt. Juliet Christian School's football facility in suburban Nashville.