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A standard football game consists of four 15-minute quarters (12-minute quarters in high-school football and often shorter at lower levels, usually one minute per grade [e.g. 9-minute quarters for freshman games]), [6] with a 12-minute half-time intermission (30 minutes in the Super Bowl) after the second quarter in the NFL (college halftimes are 20 minutes; in high school the interval is 15 ...
A.J. Simeon Stadium is a 15,000-capacity [1] multi-use stadium in High Point, North Carolina. It is named after Anthony James Simeon (1910–2004), a former North Carolina Athletic Director of the Year. [2] Simeon Stadium is the home of the High Point Central High School and T. Wingate Andrews High School football and soccer events.
The college football standard, which was the previous standard in the NFL (from 1945 to 1971), is 40 feet apart (20 yards from the sidelines), [7] instituted in 1993. [8] [9] Previously, the college width was the same as the high school standard, at one-third of the width of the field (53 1 ⁄ 3 feet).
In 1948, the stadium opened as Allentown High School Stadium and was sometimes alternately referred to as Allentown School District Stadium [1] or ASD Stadium. In 1982, the stadium was renamed in honor of J. Birney Crum, [ 2 ] a football , basketball , and baseball at Allentown High School, [ 3 ] now Allen High School , who was inducted into ...
By the 1930s, school officials realized that Auburn had long since outgrown Drake Field, and felt chagrin at having to play "home" games at Birmingham's Legion Field, Montgomery's Cramton Bowl, and even Memorial Stadium in Columbus, Georgia. Head coach, Jack Meagher, was a driving force to raising funds and building a permanent stadium at Auburn.
In 1996, plans were made to construct the stadium in response to the need to expand Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium and convert it to a football-specific facility, the desire to move track and field events to a venue that was more fan and athlete friendly, and the need to construct an appropriate on-campus facility to house the varsity soccer program begun in 1994.
A 1989 renovation reduced the seating capacity to 17,500 seats. Lights were installed in 1987 and an Astroplay playing surface was installed in 2002. On July 19, 2007, WKU reported that Houchens Industries, a long-time corporate supporter of WKU, made a $5 million commitment to an expansion and renovation project for the school's football stadium.
Delmar was also the primary home field of the Texas Southern University Tigers football team for a few years. Texas Southern played several games there from 2008 to 2011. [2] On March 13, 2010, Delmar Stadium hosted the third annual Space City Classic high school senior all-star football game. [3]