Municipal Stadium, or Waco Municipal Stadium and formerly Waco Stadium, is an athletics stadium located in Waco, Texas at S 15th Street and Dutton Avenue. It was formerly the home field of Baylor University's athletic teams from the time shortly after the stadium was built in 1936 until 1949.[1] For the Bears, the new off-campus facility replaced the smaller Carroll Field as the home football game location, where they had played from 1930 to 1935.[1][2] Waco Stadium was renamed Municipal Stadium in 1942. Baylor did not play there in 1943 or 1944 due to World War II.[1][3] Baylor's track teams used the stadium into the 1950s.[4]
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| Former names | Waco Stadium (1936–1942) |
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| Location | Waco, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31°32′32″N 97°07′54″W / 31.542110°N 97.131781°W |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1936 |
| Opened | 1936 |
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| Baylor Bears (NCAA SWC) (1936–1949) | |
Today the original grandstands are gone, replaced by a single side seating area, but track and playing field remains.
References
edit- ^ a b c On Campus Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, Baylor University, retrieved June 11, 2009.
- ^ Bringing Football Back to Campus, Baylor Magazine, vol. 5, no. 3, Spring 2007.
- ^ Baylor's First Homecoming Game Archived 2009-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, Baylor University, retrieved June 11, 2009.
- ^ After a 43-year run, Baylor coach still not winded, The Baptist Standard, November 29, 2004.
External links
edit- Doak Walker: Inspiration for Baylor's post-war stadium?, Baylor University.
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