MIAMI -- As the University of Miami Hurricanes get ready to play their final football game in the historic Orange Bowl, police, university and city officials are reminding fans that taking remnants of Miami's landmark sports venue will land them in jail.

In August it was announced that UM's football team would leave the Orange Bowl for the newer Dolphin Stadium following the 2007 season. The Hurricanes won three national championships at the Orange Bowl and had an NCAA-record 58-game home winning streak from 1985 through 1994.

Fans may try to take a piece of history with them -- from seats to signs or anything else they can get their hands on -- when the Hurricanes play their final game at the Orange Bowl against Virginia on Saturday.

"We understand folks wanting to have a piece of history, but we recommend they keep those memories in their heart because stealing history could land you in jail," Miami police Lt. Bill Schwartz said.

The Orange Bowl opened in 1937 as Roddy Burdine Municipal Stadium. It has been host to five Super Bowls (II, III, V, X, and XIII) and was home to the Dolphins from their inception until they moved to Dolphin Stadium in 1987. The annual Orange Bowl game was also held there until it moved to Dolphin Stadium following the 1995 college football season (although the 1999 game was played at the Orange Bowl because of a playoff scheduling conflict with the Dolphins).

With the last permanent tenant of the Orange Bowl departing, the stadium will likely be torn down, possibly to make room for a baseball stadium for the Florida Marlins.

"There is no tolerance for anybody taking anything from the Orange Bowl," Mayor Manny Diaz said. "The university (and) President (Donna) Shalala has been warning students not to do that. We have been warning students not to do that. And if anybody does it, they're going to be arrested."

Extra security will be on hand for the finale, and the Miami Police Department has already been communicating with a security company that has dealt with closings of other historic venues, including Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium.

"We've actually stopped a couple of folks already walking out with signs and seats," Schwartz said. "We haven't arrested them. We've given them warnings. But at this point forward, we're going to have to get more strict on this."

Ironically, the Hurricanes won't be the last team to play in the stadium they have called home for 70 years. Florida International University's football team closes out its football schedule with three consecutive games at the Orange Bowl on Nov. 17, Nov. 24 and Dec. 1. The Golden Panthers are playing their home games at the Orange Bowl this season while a new on-campus stadium is being built for 2008.