Carroll Field
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| Location | Waco, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 31°32′49″N 97°07′15″W / 31.546867°N 97.120866°W |
| Owner | Baylor University |
| Capacity | 15,000 (1930s) |
| Surface | grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1906 |
| Renovated | 1915 (Lee Carroll Field's Athletic Building) |
| Closed | 1935 |
| Demolished | 1939-1940 |
| Tenants | |
| Baylor Bears 1906-1925, 1930-1935 | |
Carroll Field was owned by Baylor University; the Baylor Bears football program played games there from 1906 to 1925, and from 1930 to 1935.[1] Following the construction of the Carroll Science Building in 1902, the field was located between the building and Waco Creek; the field took over as the location of football games from an unnamed field adjacent to and northwest of Old Main.[2] From 1926 to 1929, Baylor football games were played at the Cotton Palace in Waco.
During Thanksgiving Day 1909, Carroll Field was the location of Baylor's first Homecoming football game; the 5,000 attendees to the football game paid US$1 each and, at the time, the crowd was known as the largest ever[clarification needed]. In the football game, Baylor defeated Texas Christian University, who had shut out Baylor in their last two games, 6–3.[3]
Student Union Building
In 1940, groundbreaking began for Baylor University's Student Union Building on the location of Carroll Field,[4] but since 1935, the new Waco Stadium had hosted Baylor football games.
References
- ^ "Floyd Casey Stadium". Baylor Athletics (Baylor University). Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ "The Baylor University Annual Published by the Senior Class of Ninety-Six at Waco, Texas". The Texas Collection (Baylor University). 1996. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ Mendez, Elizabeth (2004-10-22). "1909 brought new event to campus: homecoming". The Baylor Lariat. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Kent Keeth. "Student Union Building History". Looking Back at Baylor, The Baylor Line (Texas Collection). Baylor University. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
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