Floyd Casey Stadium
Originally known as Baylor Stadium, the stadium was renamed at halftime of the November 5, 1988 homecoming game when it was renamed for Floyd Casey by his son, university trustee and longtime booster Carl B. Casey of Dallas, who gave US$5 million towards an $8 million stadium renovation project.
The stadium was renovated several times. Turf was first introduced to the stadium in 1972. Then in 1998, the stadium installed SportGrass, a leading artificial grass surface. In 2005, it underwent massive renovations to extend the Grant Teaff Plaza in honor of former head coach Grant Teaff. The extended plaza created much-needed updates to the stadium's façade.
The stadium was an elongated oval shape, running southeast-northwest, with large grandstands on the sidelines. The south end zone was cleared, with athletic marks painted on the ground and the large LED scoreboard behind it. (Prior to the creation of the current athletic marks, the area was painted gold, with "BAYLOR" painted in large green block letters.) In 2004, a large tarp was installed that covered the south end zone and could be removed when ticket demand necessitated it. With the tarp in place seating capacity was reduced to 47,000. The north end zone had seating in front of the Carl & Thelma Casey Athletic Center, site of the football offices, training facilities, and stadium field house.
Prior to the building of the stadium, the Baylor football team played at Carroll Field, an on-campus field last used in 1935, and Waco's Municipal Stadium on Dutton Avenue.
In the spring of 2012, Baylor regents approved a new on-campus stadium to be built on the Brazos River adjacent to Interstate 35.
The demolition of the stadium was completed on May 14, 2016.
College football attendance records
Rank | Attendance | Date | Opponent | Score |
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1 | 51,728 | 12-07-13 | Texas | 30-10 W |
2 | 51,385 | 10-28-06 | Texas A&M | 21-31 L |
3 | 51,218 | 10-21-95 | Texas A&M | 9-24 L |
4 | 51,200 | 10-26-74 | Texas A&M | 0-20 L |
5 | 50,537 | 11-8-13 | Oklahoma | 41-12 W |
6 | 50,267 | 10-19-91 | Texas A&M | 12-34 L |
7 | 50,000 | 11-5-60 | Texas | 7-12 L |
8 | 49,500 | 10-27-56 | Texas A&M | 13-19 L |
9 | 48,756 | 10-19-85 | Texas A&M | 20-15 W |
10 | 48,500 | 9-15-79 | Texas A&M | 17-7 W |
11 | 48,500 | 11-22-80 | Texas | 16-0 W |
12 | 48,394 | 11-11-72 | Texas | 3-17 L |
13 | 47,900 | 11-6-76 | Arkansas | 7-7 T |
14 | 47,200 | 9-20-75 | Arkansas | 3-41 L |
15 | 46,825 | 10-19-13 | Iowa State | 71-7 W |
16 | 46,812 | 10-17-87 | Texas A&M | 10-34 L |
17 | 46,543 | 12-03-11 | Texas | 48-24 W |
18 | 46,300 | 9-20-75 | Auburn | 10-10 T |
19 | 46,000 | 9-15-73 | Oklahoma | 14-42 L |
T19 | 46,000 | 11-8-80 | Arkansas | 42-15 W |
20 | 45,800 | 9-10-77 | Texas Tech | 7-17 L |
21 | 45,649 | 11-24-90 | Texas | 13-23 L |
22 | 45,565 | 10-21-89 | Texas A&M | 11-14 L |
23 | 45,500 | 11-20-76 | Texas | 20-10 W |