Roy Kidd Stadium is Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University, commonly referred to as Eastern or by the acronym EKU by local residents, is an undergraduate and graduate teaching and research institution located in Richmond, Kentucky, U.S.A.. EKU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...

's football stadium in Richmond, Kentucky

Richmond, Kentucky

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. The stadium is home to the EKU

Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University, commonly referred to as Eastern or by the acronym EKU by local residents, is an undergraduate and graduate teaching and research institution located in Richmond, Kentucky, U.S.A.. EKU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...

 Colonels football

Eastern Kentucky Colonels football

The Eastern Kentucky University Colonels football team is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision...

 team, located on campus. Currently, Roy Kidd Stadium consists of upper and lower level seating areas with a predominant majority of the seats being metal bleachers. Reserved chairback seats can be found in the middle of the lower level, as well, the seats are generally purchased by season ticket holders and Eastern Alumni

Alumnus

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The Colonels football team has found success playing at Roy Kidd Stadium, possessing a 191-43-1 home record.

History

The stadium was originally named Hanger Field just like its predecessor but was later renamed in 1990 for long-time EKU

Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University, commonly referred to as Eastern or by the acronym EKU by local residents, is an undergraduate and graduate teaching and research institution located in Richmond, Kentucky, U.S.A.. EKU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...

 Head Football Coach Roy Kidd

Roy Kidd

Roy Kidd is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Eastern Kentucky University from 1964 to 2002, compiling a record of 314–124–8. Kidd's Eastern Kentucky Colonels won NCAA Division I-AA Football Championships in 1979 and 1982 and were runners-up...

, who achieved well over 300 wins in his career at the university and led the team to two Division I-AA National Championships in 1979 and 1982. On April 8th, 2009, it was announced that the original natural turf was being replaced by SF II synthetic turf for the upcoming 2009 football season. As well, the home locker rooms, along with new play-clocks and scoreboard were included in the minor renovation for that season. A majority of the football operations, along with a state-of-the-art strength & conditioning and athletic training facilities are located next door in the Moberly Building.

The stadium's architecture allows for Roy Kidd Stadium to serve as the "roof" of an academic building known as the Begley Building. Inside there are: three gymnasiums, two hand-ball courts, 36 classrooms, 60 offices, as well as the locker and training rooms for the football team.

In the 2004 season, 22,700 people ventured to the stadium to watch Eastern Kentucky battle its rival Western Kentucky

Western Kentucky University

Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier....

, making the fifth largest crowd in the stadium's history.

Record attendance

Attendance	Opponent	Date	Score
25,300	Western Kentucky	Oct. 20, 1979	W 8–6
25,000	Western Kentucky	Oct. 22, 1977	W 35–10
24,500	Western Kentucky	Oct, 23, 1971	L 16–7
24,200	Western Kentucky	Oct. 25, 1975	W 13–7
22,700	Western Kentucky	Sep. 18, 2004	L 21–8
22,500	Murray State	Oct. 31, 1970	W 17–7
22,400	Marshall Marshall University Marshall University is a coeducational public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States founded in 1837, and named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States....	Sep. 19, 1987	W 37–34
21,700	Delaware State	Sep. 10, 1988	W 48–7
21,200	Murray State	Nov. 1, 1980	W 24–14
20,800	Western Kentucky	Oct. 24, 1981	W 19–11