The Charlotte 49ers made their debut as a member of Conference USA in 2015 and are the youngest collegiate team in the Football Bowl Subdivision as they began playing in 2013. The 15,000 seat Jerry Richardson Stadium has been the home of the 49ers since their inception. Charlotte played their first game here on August
Home of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, Joe Aillet Stadium, is located in Ruston, LA and in the Conference USA. The stadium was built in the mid 1960s and became the home of the Bulldogs when they played their first game there on September 28, 1968 against ECU. It originally had a seating capacity of 23,000
For over five decades the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers have played at LT Smith Stadium. The stadium was built in 1968 and had a seating capacity of 19,250 and named after LT Smith, the football coach at WKU from 1920-21 on October 26, 1968. Lights were added in 1987 and Astroturf was installed in 2002. In
Home of the Rice Owls football team, Rice Stadium is the largest stadium in the conference. By 1950, a new stadium for the Rice football program was needed as the old Rice Field was showing its age. Construction for a new stadium began in January 1950 and was completed nine months later. The Owls made
Over the years, many people have come to know the Sun Bowl as the annual site of the Sun Bowl Game, taking the same name as the facility, the Sun Bowl. However, the Sun Bowl is also the home of the Texas El Paso Miners. In 1935, the first Sun Bowl game was played at
Known as “the Rock,” Roberts Stadium is one of the few stadiums in college football built in the 1970s. For more than nine decades, the University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles have played football at the location of Roberts Stadium. Football here dates back to 1932 when a 4,000 seat stadium known as Foulkner Field
Home of the Marshall Thundering Herd, Joan C. Edwards Stadium is one of the few college football stadiums built in the 1990s. In the mid 1980s discussion for a new stadium for the football team began. It was needed to replace the deteriorating Fairfield Stadium that had been the home to Marshall since 1927. By
Floyd Stadium, home of the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders is the oldest stadium in Conference USA. In the early 1930s a new stadium was constructed for the football program at the university. The Blue Raiders debuted at their new stadium on October 14, 1933 when they battled Jacksonville State. It was originally known as Horace
A new chapter in the short history of the Florida Atlantic Owls football program began in 2011 when they moved into a new stadium. For ten seasons the football team played at Lockhart Stadium, a stadium originally built for high school football. The Owls, led by Coach Howard Schnellenberger, on the field, helped the team
For the first time in decades, players, students and alumni can be excited for football each Fall as the North Texas Mean Green play at one of the newest stadiums in college football. From 1952 until 2010 the Mean Green played at the 30,000 seat Fouts Field. Over the years the stadium had become outdated