Baylor University in 1892. Carroll Field was located alongside Waco Creek and adjacent to Old Main.
| Location | Waco, Texas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 31°32′49″N 97°07′15″W / 31.546867°N 97.120866°WCoordinates: 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] Lee Carroll made a donation for the field to be constructed, and his father and grandfather had also donated to build the Carroll Science Building and Carroll Library.[3] From 1926 to 1929, Baylor football games were played at the Cotton Palace in Waco. During Baylor's first season, they were beat 33-0 by Texas A&M, but the Waco Times-Herald attempted to make the loss positive, saying, "For an eleven many of whose players did not know the shape of the oval until this season, Baylor put up a fair exhibition.”[4]
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.[5]
Student Union Building[]
Current Student Union Building on the site of the former Caroll Field
In 1940, groundbreaking began for Baylor University's Student Union Building on the location of Carroll Field,[6] but since 1935, the new Waco Stadium had hosted Baylor football games. The Student Union Building now has the Carroll Field sign proudly displayed on a wall inside.
References[]
- ↑ "Floyd Casey Stadium". Baylor Athletics (Baylor University). http://www.baylorbears.com/facilities/casey.html. 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. http://contentdm.baylor.edu/u?/07texas,2909. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ↑ "Farewell to Floyd Casey" (in en-US). Giving to Baylor | Baylor University. https://www.baylor.edu/giving/news.php?action=story&story=133449.
- ↑ Fiedler, Randy. "Waco, Strange but True: Football had tentative start at Baylor" (in en). WacoTrib.com. https://www.wacotrib.com/waco_today_magazine/waco-strange-but-true-football-had-tentative-start-at-baylor/article_3faeaa36-17fc-5cdc-a4f5-b622029c3a01.html.
- ↑ Mendez, Elizabeth (2004-10-22). "1909 brought new event to campus: homecoming". The Baylor Lariat. http://www.baylor.edu/Lariat/news.php?action=story&story=21094. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ↑ Kent Keeth. "Student Union Building History". Looking Back at Baylor, The Baylor Line (Texas Collection). Baylor University. http://www.baylor.edu/student_activities/student_union/index.php?id=35371. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
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