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. It is the home of the Centre Colonels football, field hockey, lacrosse, and track teams, in addition to various intramural teams. The stadium was built in 1923 and dedicated on November 3 of that year. The stadium's first game saw

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, 10–0, in front of 15,000 fans. The stadium's namesake is Morris Farris Jr., a 1915 graduate of the college. Upon his death in 1934, he left $25,000 to the college for the improvement of the playing surface and stadium with the provision that the name "Farris Stadium" be adopted. The field was re-surfaced with synthetic turf in the summer of 2009, though this process was significantly delayed due to poor weather.

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