Floyd Casey Stadium
| Floyd Casey Stadium | |
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| Former names | Baylor Stadium (1950–1988) |
| Location | 3088 Burnett Avenue Waco, TX 76711 |
| Coordinates | 31°31′52.8306″N 97°8′55.431″W / 31.531341833°N 97.14873083°WCoordinates: 31°31′52.8306″N 97°8′55.431″W / 31.531341833°N 97.14873083°W |
| Broke ground | 1950 |
| Opened | September 30, 1950 |
| Renovated | 1989 |
| Owner | Baylor University |
| Operator | Baylor University |
| Surface | Grass 1950 to 1971 and 1998 to 2003 Astroturf 1972 to 1997 Prestige System SportGrass ( artificial) 2004 to present |
| Construction cost | $1.5 million ($13.7 million in 2012 dollars[1]) |
| Architect | Willard Simpson[2] |
| Capacity | 50,000 |
| Tenants | |
| Baylor Bears (NCAA) (1950–present) | |
Floyd Casey Stadium is a stadium in Waco, Texas. It is primarily used for football, and is the home field of the Baylor Bears. Floyd Casey Stadium is about four miles from the Baylor campus. Floyd Casey Stadium was built in 1950 and cost $1.8 million dollars to construct. It opened under the name Baylor Stadium in 1950 with a game against Houston, won by Baylor 34-7, and has room for 50,000 people. In a 2006 game against Texas A&M University, the modern attendance record of 51,385 was established.[3]
Originally known as Baylor Stadium, the stadium received its current name at halftime of the Homecoming game on November 5, 1988, when it was renamed for Floyd Casey by his son, university trustee and longtime booster Carl B. Casey of Dallas, who gave US$5 million towards an $8 million renovation project.
The stadium has been renovated several times. In 1998, the stadium installed SportGrass, a leading natural grass surface. In 2005, the stadium underwent massive renovations to extend the Grant Teaff Plaza as a memorial to former head coach Grant Teaff. The extended plaza created much-needed updates to the stadium's façade.
The stadium is an elongated oval shape, running southeast-northwest, with large grandstands on the sidelines. The southeast endzone is cleared, with athletic marks painted on the ground and the large LED scoreboard behind it. (Prior to the creation of the current athletic marks, the area was painted gold, with "BAYLOR" painted in large green block letters.) The northwest endzone has seating in front of the Carl & Thelma Casey Athletic Center, site of the football offices, training facilities & stadium field house.
Prior to the building of the stadium, the team had played at Carroll Field, an on-campus field last used in 1935, and Waco/Municipal Stadium on Dutton Avenue.
On November 4, 2011, the Baylor University Board of Regents approved a fan survey and feasibility study to gauge interest in building a new, on-campus football facility. If plans to build the new stadium are approved, it would replace Floyd Casey Stadium as the home of Baylor Football.
[edit] Attendance records
| Attendance | Date | Opponent | Score |
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| 1. 51,385 | 10-28-06 | Texas A&M | 21-31 L |
| 2. 51,218 | 10-21-95 | Texas A&M | 9-24 L |
| 3. 51,200 | 10-26-74 | Texas A&M | 0-20 L |
| 4. 50,267 | 10-19-91 | Texas A&M | 12-34 L |
| 5. 50,000 | 11-5-60 | Texas | 7-12 L |
| 6. 49,500 | 10-27-56 | Texas A&M | 13-19 L |
| 7. 48,756 | 10-19-85 | Texas A&M | 20-15 W |
| 8. 48,500 | 9-15-79 | Texas A&M | 17-7 W |
| T8. 48,500 | 11-22-80 | Texas | 16-0 W |
| 10. 48,394 | 11-11-72 | Texas A&M | 3-17 L |
| 11. 47,900 | 11-6-76 | Arkansas | 7-7 T |
| 12. 47,200 | 9-20-75 | Arkansas | 3-41 L |
| 13. 46,812 | 10-17-87 | Texas A&M | 10-34 L |
| 14. 46,543 | 12-03-11 | Texas | 48-24 W [4] |
| 15. 46,300 | 9-20-75 | Auburn | 10-10 T |
| 16. 46,000 | 9-15-73 | Oklahoma | 14-42 L |
| T16. 46,000 | 11-8-80 | Arkansas | 42-15 W |
| 18. 45,800 | 9-10-77 | Texas Tech | 7-17 L |
| 19. 45,649 | 11-24-90 | Texas | 13-23 L |
| 20. 45,565 | 10-21-89 | Texas A&M | 11-14 L |
| 21. 45,500 | 11-20-76 | Texas | 20-10 W |
[edit] References
- ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^ Weingardt, Richard (2005). Engineering Legends: Great American Civil Engineers : 32 Profiles of Inspiration and Achievement. Reston, VA: ASCE Publications. ISBN 0784408017. http://books.google.com/books?id=035S8UOIzcEC&pg=PA84&dq=floyd+casey+stadium&hl=en&ei=EQh6TtX0Gcu3tge5osEC&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=false.
- ^ "BaylorBears.com - Facilities". BaylorBears.com. http://www.baylorbears.com/facilities/casey.html. Retrieved 9/1/2011.
- ^ http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=313370239
- ^ "Floyd Casey Stadium". Baylor University Athletic Department. http://www.baylorbears.com/facilities/casey.html. Retrieved 2010-12-6.
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