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in Brookland,

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from 1924 to 1985. It was named after alumni Captain Edward L Killion. It was located on the main campus of

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, next to Brookland Gymnasium (today's Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies), in the area now occupied by the

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and the Law School Lawn. Primarily used for

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, it was also a

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and

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stadium. It hosted the second leg of the 1970 NASL Final between the Rochester Lancers and the

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History

In the early 1920s,

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was the biggest booster for the new stadium, saying he expected "the finished Bowl would be our chief financial asset". On May 26, 1923, ground was broken. Engineering professor Louis Crook served as the stadium's planner. On September 30, 1924, Boston College's student newspaper '' The Heights'' wrote: The stadium was dedicated on October 4, 1924, with a game against the Quantico Marines Devil Dogs, with

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in attendance, to become the new home of the

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team. On October 29, 1983, Brookland Stadium hosted the last important football game with a victory of the Cardinals over the

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in the nation's capital own

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for the Steven Dean Memorial Trophy. In 1983, ground was broken by

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, and William J. Byron, President of Catholic University of America, for a new athletic facility, the Raymond A. DuFour Athletic Center, opened in 1985. It includes

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, Brookland Stadium's replacement.

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