Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl

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Yager Stadium Moore Bowl
Yager Stadium
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Location Topeka, Kansas
Coordinates 39°02′01″N95°42′03″W / 39.03361°N 95.70083°W / 39.03361; -95.70083 Coordinates: 39°02′01″N95°42′03″W / 39.03361°N 95.70083°W / 39.03361; -95.70083
Owner Gary Wilson
Operator Washburn University
Capacity 7,200
Surface Sportexe artificial field turf surface
Opened September 28, 1928
Tenants
Washburn Ichabods

Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl is a sport stadium in Topeka, Kansas. The facility is primarily used by Washburn University for college football and men's and women's soccer teams. [1] The stadium currently hosts the Kansas State High School Activities Association Class 6A state championship game.

Topeka, Kansas State capital city in Kansas, United States

Topeka is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 127,473. The Topeka Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, and Wabaunsee counties, had a population of 233,870 in the 2010 census.

Washburn University university

Washburn University (WU) is a co-educational, public institution of higher learning in Topeka, Kansas, United States. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and business. Washburn has 550 faculty members, who teach more than 6,100 undergraduate students and nearly 800 graduate students. The university's assets include a $158 million endowment.

College football collegiate rules version of American/Canadian football, played by student-athletes of American/Canadian colleges and universities

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Previously just called the Moore Bowl, the stadium was re-dedicated in 2002 and named for former Washburn player Gary Yager at the request of an anonymous donor. [2]

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References

  1. D2 Football Washburn Yager Stadium
  2. Topeka Capital-Journal "Moore Bowl Facts" by Floyd Lee, November 3, 2002