Southern Miss Stadium Aka The Rock 4K
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- MM Roberts Stadium, also known as "The Rock", is an American football stadium located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is the home of The University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles football team.
The stadium was originally opened on October 29, 1932 as "Faulkner Field", with a wooden grandstand which held 4,000 spectators at the time. It was named for local businessman L.E. Faulkner, who financed the materials and equipment for the stadium, which was built for free by local unemployed workers during the Great Depression. In 1938, permanent concrete stands which also housed dormitory space for student-athletes were built on the east side of the field, with the help of Southern Miss football players hauling the concrete. It was from this (hauling concrete blocks) that the stadium received the nickname "The Rock" (in reference to prison work crews-none of which were used to build the stadium).
The stadium was expanded again in 1950, when the 7,500-seat West Stadium Dormitory stands were built for $350,000. Later, 2,000 bleacher seats were added, as well as new lights (the stadium had lights as early as 1934) and a new scoreboard. By the end of this expansion, the stadium seated 15,000.
On September 5, 2015, the attendance record of 36,641 was set in the 2015 season opener against Mississippi State.
A lot of great memories from when I played there from 04-07. Loved every second.
Hope I was able to capture this stadium with good memories in mind…
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Has graduated of Southern Mississippi nice Stadium. About time for Additional Expansion increase size of Upper Decks and place Seating in North Endzone. Hard get Big Name School come in our Small Stadium 🏟. Maybe get up to 50000 seats 💺 they come Thank You Graduated 1986.
First time there, great campus and the history behind that stadium what college football is about. Hope you enjoyed the video.