Cotton Palace
About Cotton Palace
Cotton Palace was a College Football stadium in Waco, Texas. It closed in 1930. Its only tenant was Baylor Bears (College Football, 1926–1929).
Venue Information
Year Closed
Location
Elevation
128 m above sea level
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.
Teams
| Team | League | Years |
|---|---|---|
|
Baylor Bears While based here: 4 seasons · 23-15-2 regular season · no postseason trips
College Football · 1926–1929
Southwest Conference 1926–1929 · Major College
|
College Football | 1926–1929 |
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
Where did the Baylor Bears play before Cotton Palace?
Before moving to Cotton Palace in 1926, the Baylor Bears played at Carroll Field from 1903 to 1925.
Where did the Baylor Bears play after Cotton Palace?
After leaving Cotton Palace in 1929, the Baylor Bears moved to Carroll Field in 1930. They played there until 1935.
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): Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point).
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Municipal Stadium | 1936– | 0.3 mi |
| Carroll Field | 1902–1939 | 0.8 mi |
| Floyd Casey Stadium | 1950–2016 | 1.3 mi |
| McLane Stadium | 2014– | 1.4 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.