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 Floyd
Casey Stadium
Waco, TX
Unlike many other stadiums
since their openings, Floyd Casey Stadium has changed very little
since 1950. Originally playing at Waco/Municipal Stadium for several
years before moving, support began to build for a new stadium for the
Baylor Bears in the late 1940’s. Baylor decided to construct a new
stadium for the team and sold bonds to raise $1.5 million for
construction. Originally known as Baylor Stadium, it was ready by the
1950 season and the Bears played their first game there on September
30, 1950 verse the Houston Cougars.
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Throughout the more than five
decades the stadium has changed very little. In 1972, Astroturf
replaced the grass field and during the 1970’s the Letterman’s Lounge
was built. Baylor Stadium was renamed Floyd Casey Stadium in 1988
after a large donation from Carl Casey who wanted to honor his father.
Throughout the 1990’s, lights were installed, the exterior was
sandblasted and painted, grass was installed replacing the Astroturf,
and a new press box housing luxury suites was constructed. The latest
addition came before the 2002 season when a new video/scoreboard was
installed at the south end zone. Today as when it opened, Floyd Casey
Stadium has a capacity of 50,000. |
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BEAR TIDBITS |
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2007 SCHEDULE |
FLOYD CASEY STADIUM PICTURES |
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Famous Players: Gary Baxter, Kelvin
Garmon, Jody Littleton
School Traditions: "Sic Em Bears", "Bear
Claw", The Golden Wave Band |
-9/1 - at TCU
-9/8 - RICE
-9/15 - TEXAS STATE
-9/22 - at Buffalo
-9/29 - at Texas A&M
-10/6 - COLORADO
-10/13 - at Kansas
-10/20 - TEXAS
-10/27 - at Kansas State
-11/3 - TEXAS TECH
-11/10 - at Oklahoma
-11/17 - OKLAHOMA STATE |
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