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Baylor University in 1892. Carroll Field was located alongside Waco Creek and adjacent to Old Main.













































Caroll Field
Location Waco, Texas
Coordinates
31°32′49″N 97°07′15″W / 31.546867°N 97.120866°W / 31.546867; -97.120866Coordinates: 31°32′49″N 97°07′15″W / 31.546867°N 97.120866°W / 31.546867; -97.120866
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[edit]




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[edit]





  1. ^ "Floyd Casey Stadium". Baylor Athletics (Baylor University). Retrieved 2009-09-20..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "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.


  3. ^ "Farewell to Floyd Casey". Giving to Baylor | Baylor University. Retrieved 2018-11-27.


  4. ^ Fiedler, Randy. "Waco, Strange but True: Football had tentative start at Baylor". WacoTrib.com. Retrieved 2018-11-27.


  5. ^ Mendez, Elizabeth (2004-10-22). "1909 brought new event to campus: homecoming". The Baylor Lariat. Retrieved 2009-09-20.


  6. ^ 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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