Stadium Reviews

The Allegheny Gators of Meadville, Pennsylvania compete in NCAA Division III football, playing in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC). The team plays its home games at Frank B. Fuhrer ’48 Field, and the team’s logo is very clever, incorporating a gator tail as the right side of the “A” in Allegheny.

Ann Arbor is the quintessential college town, and this is most obvious on a sunny Saturday autumn afternoon when the Wolverines are home at Michigan Stadium.

The Maryville Scots of Maryville, Tennessee, compete in NCAA Division III football, playing in the Southern Athletic Association (SAA). The team plays its home games at Honaker Field at Lloyd L. Thornton Stadium, proudly repping the orange and garnet.

The West Georgia Wolves offer a stellar atmosphere for a football game. In a stadium that only holds 10,000 fans, they offer all the amenities you could ask for, including a full-on team store, a beer garden, a great mascot and cheer squad, fireworks after every home, an energetic band, and much more. The facility looks clean and modern, and you can get in and out easily.

Brown Field is the home of the Valparaiso Beacons football team. The 5,000-seat stadium has served as home to Valpo football for over a century, hosting games since 1919.

A lot has changed around Southern Miss football in the last few years. The move to the Sun Belt Conference in 2022 ended a 27-year run in C-USA and placed Southern Miss in a league filled with regional opponents, familiar names, and shorter road trips. Four years later, the Sun Belt no longer feels new, but change has continued around the program.

Watching an Army football game at Michie Stadium is more than just a game. It is part history lesson, part sporting event, part 4th of July.

The home field for the Catamounts is Bob Waters Field at A.J. Whitmire Stadium.

The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles recently completed a $60 million renovation of Tucker Stadium, completely rebuilding the west side of their football venue. Changes included adding chairback seating, drink rails, club seating, luxury suites, and all-new concessions.

Art Keller Field is a wonderful football stadium near the shores of Lake Michigan. The student center is underneath the home stands, giving football fans access to a full team store and great concession options. The team also has a great mascot, and there is comfortable, backed seating on both sides of the field.

Less than two miles away from the historic Yale Bowl in West Haven, CT is another Division One football venue. This one is far less revered, far less visited, and much more blue.

The Beloit Buccaneers football team competes in the NCAA’s Division III, and while their home facility, Strong Stadium, is dated, their fans are as loud and vocal as can be.

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire football team is nicknamed the Blugolds, a creative play on their team colors. The Blugold band is ginormous, boasting 400-475 members, which is about half the size of the school’s total student-athlete total population.

Finley Stadium has served as the home field for the Mocs since 1997 and offers a superb game day experience.

While moving up the ranks, the UIW Cardinals settled at the NCAA FCS level as members of the Southland Conference. Beginning in 2018 the team has gone on a tear, winning four Southland Conference championships.

A new study published by researchers from online European betting site Parhaat Uudet Kasinot found that Texas was home to four out of 10 of the stadiums in the US with the worst food quality. Claiming the worst spot was the historic Cotton Bowl in Dallas, home to the annual Red River Rivalry game between the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners.

Photo by David Welch, Stadium Journey The Home of the Gamecocks is Getting a Facelift A new era in Gamecocks football and the Williams-Brice Stadium is coming very soon. The new era comes with a massive wave of investment that hopes to turn around USC's fortunes. South Carolina has never been a highly regarded SEC football program. The program has never won a conference title since coming to the SEC. Even recent success has been hard to come by. The team has been moving in an

The development of the new Aloha Stadium in Honolulu promises to redefine the sports and entertainment landscape in Hawaii. With a projected cost of $4 billion, this ambitious project aims to not only house athletic events but also become a vibrant community hub.

The Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl delivers on every level since its original game in 2001; the bowl is solely a tribute to the armed forces.

The National Alliance of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) was founded in 1940, in part as an alternative to the NCAA and focusing on smaller schools (many of which are private and/or faith-based institutions). Since 1956, the NAIA has held playoffs and a National Championship game for their participating football schools.