Stadium Reviews

Six years later, Hancock Whitney Stadium has become much more than just a replacement for Ladd-Peebles. The Jaguars enjoyed a 10-win season in 2022 and followed that with their first bowl victory in 2023, defeating Eastern Michigan 59-10 in the 68 Ventures Bowl on their own home field. Another bowl championship followed in 2024 with a 30-23 victory over Western Michigan in Montgomery.

The Carter, as it is sometimes called, has been home to two claimed football national championships (1935 and 1938), one Heisman Trophy winner in Davey O’Brien, and scores of All-Americans and all-time greats, including Sammy Baugh and LaDainian Tomlinson. The stadium name is in honor of Amon G. Carter, a prominent Fort Worth businessman, newspaper publisher, and city booster in 1930.

Center Parc began its life in 1996 as the Atlanta Centennial Olympics Stadium, hosting both the opening and closing ceremonies as well as several track and field events. Following the Olympics, it was reconfigured for baseball, as was christened as Turner Field, the home of the Atlanta Braves.

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football program and Brooks Stadium were established in 2003, when the program began competing as a member of the Big South Conference.

The Yale Bowl scores for the time-honored tradition of just enjoying the game for the sport with good sightlines and without bells and whistles.

SECU Stadium is the home of Maryland Terrapins football and is located on the school’s College Park campus.

It sounds cliche to say they pull out all the stops at North Dakota State football games, but at Fargodome they actually do! The fun begins with tailgating outside; if you park on the west side you’ll literally have to walk through a sea of gold and green tents to get to the venue (more on this later). Then, once you get inside, there are lights and festivities galore.

Robert W. Plaster Stadium underwent some massive renovations as part of the transition, and now boasts new field turf, enhanced concessions, and upgraded LED lighting. The new lighting is even used as part of the game day atmosphere – the lights are strobed and the stadium darkened at key moments in the game, including before kickoff and at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

The gameday atmosphere in Lubbock is top notch. The Red Raiders have averaged more than 55.000 fans per game since at least 2015, ranking in the top 30 nationally and consistently playing games at well above 90% capacity. Fans can get loosened up and game ready by visiting one of two tailgating areas.

Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium is in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on the campus of the University of Arkansas. The stadium is on the west side of campus and has been home to the Arkansas Razorbacks football team since 1938. In that timespan the Hogs have played 336 games and won more than 62 percent of those contests.

Originally known as the Lawrence Bowl when it opened in 1965, the Banta Bowl was made possible by an anonymous gift from George Banta Jr. ’10, an alumnus of Lawrence College. The name behind the donation was only revealed upon his death in 1978, at which point the name was changed in his honor.

Powers Field at Princeton Stadium opened on September 19, 1998 with a win over Cornell. The new stadium replaced the old facility, Palmer Stadium, which had served the Princeton Tigers’ football team for 82 years. In all the Ivy League Tigers have been playing football on this same site since 1914.

Opened in 1895, Franklin Field in Philadelphia, PA is recognized as the oldest still-active stadium in all of college football. The facility originally had wooden stands, which were rebuilt with concrete in 1922, with the upper deck added in 1925. This 130-plus-year-old stadium even served as the home field of the Philadelphia Eagles back in the 1950s and 60s, in the days before the team changed their logo to the modern version used today.

Wisconsin Lutheran College plays its home football games at Historic Raabe Stadium in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. The school began playing football in the year 2000, and currently competes in the NCAA’s Division III Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC).

Gettysburg College is a private, four-year liberal arts college founded in 1832. From its founding until 1921 it was known as Pennsylvania C

W.B. Mason Stadium is smaller facility which fits perfectly into the fabric of tiny Stonehill College. Now that the Skyhawks are a full-fledged member of Division One, they are no longer a program in transition, but the game day experience continues to evolve.

B. T. Harvey Stadium opened in 1983 and holds a total of 9,000 spectators. While the facility itself has fallen into disrepair, the venue still boasts a great band (the “House of Funk”), wonderful concessions, and fabulous sightlines. Unfortunately, very few fans attend games here.

Memorial Stadium has been the site of sports in Terre Haute since 1924, and continues to be the home of the Indiana State Sycamores football team.

Johnny Unitas Stadium was known as both Towson Stadium and Minnegan Stadium from its opening in 1983 until a remodel in 2002.

Kyle Field is the original home of the 12th Man. Texas A&M has owned the trademark since 1990, but the tradition dates back to 1922. That year, Texas A&M played Centre College, the number 1-ranked team in the country. The Aggies suffered so many injuries during the game that Coach Bible feared he wouldn’t have enough players to finish the contest, so he called former player E. King Gill down to the sideline.