Baylor Stadium

Opened in 1950

About Baylor Stadium

Baylor Stadium is a former name of Floyd Casey Stadium, used 1950–1988. Floyd Casey Stadium was a College Football stadium in Waco, Texas. It opened in 1950, closed in 2013 and was demolished in 2016. Its last recorded capacity was 50,000. Its only tenant was Baylor Bears (College Football, 1950–2013). On our ranked lists it ranks 210th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.

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Venue Information

Capacity

50,000

Source: Wikidata

Year Opened

1950

Year Closed

2013

Location

Waco, Texas

Elevation

497 ft

152 m above sea level

Operator

Baylor University

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

Teams

Home seasons at Baylor Stadium by team, 1950–2013. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Baylor Bears While based here: 64 seasons · 322-360-11 regular season · 19 postseason trips College Football · 1950–2013 Big 12 1996–2013 · Southwest Conference 1950–1995 · FBS (Division I-A) Territory map on ImperialismMap Carroll Field 1903–1925 Cotton Palace 1926–1929 Carroll Field 1930–1935 Municipal Stadium 1936–1949 Floyd Casey Stadium 1950–2013 McLane Stadium 2014–present	College Football	1950–2013

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of Baylor Stadium?

The capacity of Baylor Stadium is 50,000.

When was Baylor Stadium built?

Baylor Stadium opened in 1950.

Who operates Baylor Stadium?

Baylor Stadium is operated by Baylor University.

Where did the Baylor Bears play before Baylor Stadium?

Before moving to Baylor Stadium in 1950, the Baylor Bears played at Municipal Stadium from 1936 to 1949.

Where did the Baylor Bears play after Baylor Stadium?

After leaving Baylor Stadium in 2013, the Baylor Bears moved to McLane Stadium in 2014.

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 6 m of this point), Architect and operator.
Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA): Photograph.

Historical Names

Floyd Casey Stadium

1989 - 2013

Baylor Stadium

1950 - 1988

Current

Location

Coordinates: 31.5313, -97.1487

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
Municipal Stadium	1936–	1.2 mi
Cotton Palace		1.3 mi
Carroll Field	1902–1935	2.0 mi
McLane Stadium	2014–	2.7 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

Baylor Bears

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.