Bryant's coaching tenure at the predominantly basketball-savvy school is regarded as the best era in UK's football history.

It was dedicated in 1916 at the Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt game and was named in honor of alumnus and long-term Board of Trustees member Judge Richard C. Stoll.

At the end of much scuffling and butting of scholarly foreheads, Transylvania was declared the winner by the score of 13-3/4 points to 0 .

"[1] McLean Stadium was the site of the first football game of the newly formed SEC on September 30, 1933, in which Kentucky defeated Sewanee 7–0.

[2] The final Kentucky game played at the stadium was on November 11, 1972, with the Wildcats beating Vanderbilt 14–13.

It was used as the practice field for the UK marching band and for intramural sports activities until the expansion of the nearby Gatton Student Center in 2018.