6 Weirdest Division 3 College Football Stadiums!

Discussing weird cfb d2 and d3 stadiums

[williamcoleman]

That huge building on the visitor side at UMHB is the student center. A lot of pre game activities happens outside and inside as well as hosting recruits before kickoff. Amazing views of the the game from all 3 levels.

[ryanshugart]

Bowman Gray. Never disrespect the madhouse like that again😤

[jptaylor]

Super critical of these small programs that literally make $0 money off of sports. They give 1000’s of kids an opportunity to play sports after high school AND get a quality education. I played DIII football……best experience of my life! I wasn’t good enough to play D1……but I had the time of my life and got a great education!

[psychorabbitt]

That Blue Wahoo Stadium looks like a minor league ballpark because it is. It's the home of the Miami Marlins AA affiliate, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.

[mattrancho]

I hate when people mistake unique with weird. I love smaller stadiums & their uniqueness. I hate all these new sterile generic boring stadium designs where they all look the same; cheaply done, no character, & a copy & paste from other stadiums. This is one reason why i love college football. The variety & uniqueness to each university & their culture & traditions. Yes, their stadiums are a big part of their tradition & culture.

[aarondoty]

Bowman Grey used to be Wake Forests stadium before Winston-Salem State took over.

[scottyb]

bowman grey stadium home of winston salem state it had its own show on tv at one time called the mad house its one of the oldest active Nascar sanctioned tracks in america opening in 1937 it hosted NASCAR cup series from 1958-1971, wake forest 1956-1968, winston salem state has always played there an high school football games have been held there Bobby Allison won the final Cup race there

[Ianmccor]

I've been to some D3 football stadiums that would be quickly rejected for being too for high schools. Would love to see a video on college football stadiums that seat less than say about 2K or 3K because there's actually a lot of them at this level.

[gregorykrug]

It is Bowman Gray, not Gary.

The Yale Bowl is pretty interesting, and its name is the origin of the term "bowl" for bowl games.

[michaeljones]

Braves play in Cobb County. There is no Cumberland County in the state of Georgia

[robynmasters]

Ursinus College used to have a giant sycamore tree in their endzone about 7 yards to the right of the goalposts.

[shawnspeigner]

UMHB building has multiple broadcast booths, scoreboard control room, and suites to watch the game. Behind the endzone is the hangout area and is accessible to both sides of stands

[s.n.]

I disagree, I think the building behind the stands at Crusader Stadium looks pretty cool. The gameday photo looked nice. And its cool to look at the stadium during the day when students are just hanging out.

[kevtz]

Ok I like the stadiums that have an other building's window overlooking their field. Boone Pickens stadium had G'Iba arena that overlooked the field and I think it was beautiful from an architectural standpoint. It was also cool to walk around the basketball arena and look at the football field in the offseason. Now it's covered with a massive scoreboard but I love architecture.

[jakedarnell]

The second one is University of Mary HARDIN not harlin Baylor! Beautiful stadium. My college that I attended was in the same athletic conference as them, they are a top tier team, very hard to beat.

[aaronholcomb]

Does the Canyon ISD still use the old West Texas A&M stadium for high school games? I noticed high school logos in the end zone, including Randall High School which has the same logo as the NFL Raiders.

[trudiem]

It's Bowman Gray aka The Madhouse and they DON'T play football while a race is going on. The racing season ends before football season starts.

[CreightonRabs]

8:03 Humboldt State - now known as Cal Poly Humboldt - dropped D2 football a few years ago (I think it was pre-pandemic).
8:40 West Florida opened a new football stadium a few years ago and have left Blue Wahoos Park.

[nicksteimel]

Your 1st picture of GVSU at the end is the updated stadium, no track. the 2nd one it has a track which was renovated to remove, and added seating. Time to do more research.

[dougfowler]

Really good considering football doesn't have the option of goofy Dimensions that baseball does. The one with the Student Union reminded me of my alma mater, the College of Wooster. Obviously a much smaller school but still, we have our Student Center, Lowry center, with just a patio separating it from the football field. The fighting Scots band wears these fancy Kilts and before each game you see 100 people playing Bagpipes in marching down the hill to the field. Epic. I wonder if they have some sort of tradition with the Student Union and the stadium in the one you pictured.