Lindenwood Stadium is a sport stadium in
Belleville, Illinois
Belleville is a city and the county seat of St. Clair County, Illinois, coterminous with the now defunct Belleville Township. It is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville and the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows. The p ...
. The facility is primarily used by the
Lindenwood University-Belleville Lindenwood may refer to a place in the United States:
*Lindenwood, Illinois
*Lindenwood, Queens, New York
*Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana
In education:
* Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri
* Lindenwood University – Bellevil ...
athletic teams.
The turf is not the normal selection of green, but is instead alternating red and gray. It has been called "The nation’s most original (hideous) football field." As of the 2012 season, Lindenwood is only one of four programs to have the field color other than the traditional green and the only
NAIA school to do so. The first
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
game
A game is a structured form of play (activity), play, usually undertaken for enjoyment, entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator s ...
played at the stadium was a 43–37 victory over the
Avila Eagles on September 1, 2012.
The stadium is also used for local high school sporting events and other community events.
See also
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References
External links
Lindenwood Lynxathletics home page
{{College football venues with non-traditional field colors
College football venues
Lindenwood–Belleville Lynx football
American football venues in Illinois
Buildings and structures in St. Clair County, Illinois
Sports venues completed in 2012
2012 establishments in Illinois