Rollins Field

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Rollins Field
Rollins Field
Location Columbia, Missouri
Coordinates 38°56′27″N92°19′46″W / 38.94083°N 92.32944°W / 38.94083; -92.32944
Owner University of Missouri
Operator University of Missouri
Capacity 13,000
Openedfield completed in 1895, concrete seating completed in 1911.
Tenants
Missouri Tigers football

Rollins Field was a stadium in Columbia, Missouri. It hosted the University of Missouri Tigers football team until they moved to Memorial Stadium in 1926. The stadium held 13,000 people at its peak. It hosted the first homecoming in 1911. [1]

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References

  1. "Mizzourah! Football at MU: The Early Years".