The winning didn't stop there. Both then played six seasons in the NFL. Capacity: 88,548. NFL/NFL Europe: Kansas City Chiefs (2006-07), Frankfurt Galaxy (2007). . 4 - St. Xavier Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio. OL Stuart Peake. For one thing, you know you're in a stadium that's probably pretty old. Gary Knafelc owns some pretty interesting parts of football lore. Each category may be sorted by venue name, location, tenant or usage, or capacity. William "Red" Dawson was a star tight end and defensive end for Valdosta High and at Florida State before playing one season in the NFL, but it was what happened after his playing career was over that set him apart. High school football is played in all corners of the United States. And be careful if some heavy storms start coming in. The St. Louis Rams selected him in the sixth round, at No. Ronald Curry was one of the top recruits in the country starting his junior year and a high school All-American in both football and basketball. This venue, located. While the stadium food here is undoubtedly great, you're probably doing it wrong if you don't go sample some of the local seafood after watching the six-time state champions play. Dudley went on to start for the University of Virginia, fought in World War II and returned home to be named NFL Most Valuable Player in 1946. Mike Solwold won two state championships at Arrowhead High and was named Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year in 1996. So they made a football stadium, and they also made history. That means under Cooper, Lawrence played in the state championship game 10 times. Man, don't miss the sunset. Few high school football gameday experiences can compare to what awaits fans at Union-Tuttle Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where a $35 million upgrade was completed before the 2021 season began. Ledger, who went on to win an Academy Award playing The Joker in "The Dark Knight," died of a drug overdose in 2008 at 28 years old. The stadium now named for World War II hero Eso Naranche received a good enough makeover that it's able to host state championship games, and the home team won a state title there in 2012 on a 46-yard field goal as time expired. You will find few football players with a more amazing backstory than former Bishop Hendricken High star Kwity Paye, who was born in a refugee camp in Guinea during the First Liberian Civil War. In a 10,000-seat stadium. Bruce Irvin didn't even play his senior year at Stephenson High. Su'a spent the first two years of his high school career playing in California before his family moved to Arkansas, and he landed on the Bentonville roster as a junior in 2021. In the 30 years since then, it has more than doubled in size. Record: 14-0. "The Answer" was just fine playing basketball. Fans can take in the sprawling skyline of Minneapolis as they watch games. The community does all it can to support its local stadium and local teams as well. He went to college at Ohio State, where he won a national championship in 2002. While this stadium has existed in some form since 1929, the updated Darling Memorial Stadium that opened in 1989 has seen as good a display of high school football in the last three decades as any stadium. High school: George Washington High School. The high school, built in 1923, looks like a castle, complete with turrets, and sits atop a hill behind the home bleachers. High schools: North Medford High School, South Medford High School. NFL: Minnesota Vikings (1994-97), Pittsburgh Steelers (1998-2003), Jacksonville Jaguars (2004), Kansas City Chiefs (2005). He started off his career at Marshall, was a junior college All-American at Georgia Military College, then finished his career at Chattanooga. High schools: Miami Northwestern High School, Booker T. Washington High School, College: Fort Scott Community College/Nebraska. 24 overall by the New York Giants in the 1971 NFL draft but only played three seasons after his career was cut short by injuries to his leg and foot. Saying the view from this stadium is breathtaking doesn't do it justice oceans, mountains, valleys are all in clear view from the stands. Anderson spent two seasons on the practice squad for the Minnesota Vikings before making the roster for the Philadelphia Eagles. Located approximately 40 miles from the Canadian border and just a stone's throw from Burlington Bay, Burlington Stadium really is as good as it get in Vermont when it comes to high school football. If you do a double-take when you first see Bentonville High's Tiger Stadium, that's perfectly fine. Rudolph has made almost $60 million in career earnings through his first decade in the NFL, and signed with the New York Giants as a free agent before the 2021 season. They've won six of the school's seven state championships in the last decade, including three consecutive from 2018 to 2020. This is truly one stadium you have to see to believe, and it serves perfectly for New York as well, because once you're on top of the Union City roof, you'll realize that you're basically sitting in New York's lap with that view of the Manhattan skyline. 4 - St. Xavier Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio. High school football is as good in Pennsylvania as anywhere in the country, and Allentown Central Catholic's Ed McCaffrey was one of the best to ever do it. Fred Williams was a player that NFL teams probably didn't know how to handle back in the day much less high school opponents who faced off against the 6-foot-4, 250-pound defensive lineman. Formerly Baynard Stadium, this high school football destination became something of a political touching point in Wilmington over the last five years as it sunk into disrepair. 21 overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft. Younger brother Syd Cohen followed him in baseball and basketball several years later. CAM Stadium came with the new Belfry High School in 2005 and was immediately one of the great home-field advantages in the state of Kentucky. When JFK was elected president in 1960, he handpicked Smith to take his place on the U.S. Senate a move made so Smith could hand the Senate seat off to JFK's younger brother, Ted Kennedy, when he turned 30 years old in 1962, and Smith could take a kush position in JFK's cabinet, which he did in 1963. High school: Bluefield High School, Graham High School, NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers (1942, 1945-46), Detroit Lions (1947-49), Washington Football Team (1950-51, 1953). Independence Park Stadium, a tiny public baseball stadium, is also close by. Located on a Navajo reservation right on the Arizona-Utah border, the view from Monument Valley Stadium will have you thinking you've died and went to heaven watching the sunset against some of the most famous red rock formations in the United States. Added to the crown jewel was a grand entrance on the west side, upper and lower decks on the home side, nine luxury suites, a refurbished visiting side, along with a weight room and new state-of-the-art turf. He lasted eight seasons in the NFL as a special teams player and backup safety. And if you can catch just one game there, make sure it's when hated rival Hendersonville High comes to town. Patrick wasn't selected in the supplemental draft and ended up having to scrap for roster spots. Lawrence High School Hall of Famer Earle "Pete" Cooper coached the school's football team for 28 seasons, from 1968 to 1996, leading them to the first three state championships in school history in 1973, 1983 and 1984. NFL: Minnesota Vikings (2011-20), New York Giants (2021-present). That changed in a big way when the school's first football stadium opened in 2009 on Nicollet Island a small chunk of land in the middle of Minneapolis in the middle of the Mississippi River. You're not just going to a high school football game at the Reitz Bowl in Evansville, Indiana you're having an experience. Andy earned a scholarship from the University of Alabama, where he was a star in all three sports before leaving school early to play professional baseball. He was 54 years old. the biggest gap between championships was 1941 to 1967. . NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers (1998-2009), Indianapolis Colts (2010). David has been one of the NFL's dominant linebackers over the last decade with the Tampa Bays Buccaneers. DeMarco Murray was a three-sport star at Bishop Gorman High in football, basketball and track. This stadium is named for longtime Chugiak High School head football coach Tom Huffer Sr., and you won't find many high school football venues in the country that tap into their surrounding natural setting more than Tom Huffer Sr. Football Stadium. Whitworth won a pair of state championships at West Monroe High, including a mythical national title in 2000, then won a BCS national championship at LSU in 2003. The stadium is right below one of the two high schools that play there (Stadium High School) and has been there since the school was built in 1910, overlooking Puget Sound. Williams won state championships in three sports at Little Rock Central High in football, basketball and boxing. Kurt Gouveia's name needs to be included in the discussion when it comes to the greatest high school football players to ever come out of Hawaii. The stadium is right below one of the two high schools that play there Stadium High School and has been there since the school was built in 1910. The home team won a state title there in 2012 on a 46-yard field goal as time expired. 21 retired after the season. Nick Reid was a star quarterback for Derby High School before becoming a linebacker at the University of Kansas, where he led the team in tackles for three years and was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year in 2005. All-America wide receiver Torry Holt scored two touchdowns in the biggest upset in Carter-Finley Stadium history, when the Wolfpack beat No. Byron's Stine Stadium, named after Everett Stine who was the Tigers head coach for 37 years (1967-2003), and led them to their lone state title in 1999, is just 5.3 miles away from Stillman Valley . That's when future NFL star wide receivers Ed McCaffrey (Allentown Central Catholic) and Andre Reed (Dieruff) called it home. One of the many cool things about the Ensphere is that it was built as an energy-conscious project, and the dome actually uses natural light for activities during the day. If you'd like to know about what kind of show they're running here, we'll reference the stadium's 3,000 box seats and chairback seats available to boosters, which bring in a reported $300,000 each year. Smith got the only start of his rookie year in Super Bowl XXII. The Yale Bowl was the first-ever bowl-shaped football stadium with seating completely around the field, paving way for the designs of the Rose Bowl and other classic stadiums. Madison High School won just one game in 2010, but two years later completed a perfect 12-0 season with a win over two-time defending state champion Coeur dAlene in the Class 5A title game. Davis won a national title at Alabama in 2017 and was a second-round pick of the Miami Dolphins, where he made the NFL All-Rookie Team in 2020. The investment has paid off in a big way, as Bishop Gorman won back-to-back national titles in 2014 and 2015. Allen went off to fight in World War II after graduation but returned home to have a superstar legal career. Townsend moved to cornerback in college and was a three-time All-SEC selection for the Crimson Tide before playing 13 seasons in the NFL and winning two Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Smith went wild, setting a Super Bowl record with 204 rushing yards and two touchdowns in a 42-10 win over the Denver Broncos and was named Super Bowl MVP. Not all stars have to be football players. Christopher Bermudez played at Union City High while he was still in the youth program for the New York Red Bulls, and went pro in 2019 with the Greenville Triumph of USL League 1. Afterward, head south about 20 minutes, and you'll be staring out into that great, beautiful abyss known as the Gulf of Mexico. Arizona Stadium. As an assistant coach at Marshall University in 1971, Dawson was one of just two members of Marshall's traveling party who did not fly home on the team plane following a game at East Carolina a plane that crashed and killed all 75 people aboard as it prepared to land. If you'd like to know about what kind of show they're running here, we'll reference the stadium's 3,000 box seats and chairback seats available to boosters, which bring in a reported $300,000 each year. This one is blurring the lines we've set up a little bit. Every Friday night, stadiums fill up to cheer on local heroes who sometimes go on to become college and NFL standouts. These are the biggest high school football stadiums in the U.S. 5. NFL: Cincinnati Bengals (2006-16), Los Angeles Rams (2017-present). The biggest high school football stadium in Nebraska (we think) is actually more known for hosting the state championships in track and field each year, which can draw around 25,000 fans. In Northeast Ohio, high school football stadiums seat any number of spectators, from less than 1,000 in Richmond Heights to more than 12,000 in Parma. Northern High's home field has been used for much more than high school football, including the NCAA Division II CIAA championship game for a decade, but it's the prep stars that have defined Durham County Stadium. Rob Gronkwoski played his final season of high school football at Woodland Hills High before going on to star at the University of Arizona and becoming one of the greatest tight ends in NFL history. "This is probably better than what we could have imagined, without a doubt.". The great thing about the best high school football stadiums is that there's never just one thing that makes them stand out. Webb City played over three decades in its previous location at Hatten Field before it was demolished and replaced with Cardinal Stadium. Some people have so much talent it just makes you sort of jealous. Gay Stadium, Sanford, North Carolina. Opened in 1996, Bank Of America Stadium is a 26-year-old stadium, with a maximum capacity of 75,419 spectators. The nickname for the stadium is "Death Valley," and if you are lucky enough to see a game here, make sure you're there when Valdosta High makes it way to the field. It is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Hendrix Magley Kyle Sokeland. Allen Eagle Stadium: Allen, Texas. Lavonte David played for powerhouse Miami Northwestern High before starring at Fort Scott Community College and the University of Nebraska, where he was named Big Ten Linebacker of the Year in 2011. An arrest while playing for TCU just days before the Alamo Bowl his senior season likely cost him his spot in the NFL draft, but he made the Seahawks as an undrafted free agent before several more arrests led to his arrest after two seasons. Type of school: Public . San Antonio College), he became a star at West Virginia, where he was an All-Big East linebacker and finished second in the nation in sacks in 2010. Lavonte David played for powerhouse Miami Northwestern High before starring at Fort Scott Community College and the University of Nebraska, where he was named Big Ten Linebacker of the Year in 2011. Ward played eight seasons in the NFL and won a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots in 2004. And in the spirit of thinking outside of the box, we're tabbing the late, great Heath Ledger as the best thing to ever step foot in the Stadium Bowl. Brady was never better than in the state championship game. Located just three miles from the West Virginia border, you'll get a glimpse of the sheer beauty of the place if you make sure you're there before sundown. It amplifies the noise for the home team to some pretty chaotic levels, and it also runs right up to a street in the middle of Guthrie. Venues are separated into three categories: Arenas, race tracks, and stadiums. This is a stadium that continually ends up mentioned when we talk about the best high school football venues in the country. While Newell Stadium didn't technically open until six years after Benjamin Smith graduated, we're putting him on the list anyways. They've won eight state championships, and the field is named for legendary coach Don Shows, who helped guide the careers of future NFL players for decades. Based on MaxPreps methodology, the Cougars amassed 304 points from play over 2010 to 2019 to edge Mallard Creek, which finished second with 287 points. They wouldn't have got there without star quarterback Logan Anderson, the Class 5A Player of the Year who was also an All-State punter for Madison. The school district paid almost $8 million in renovations to the stadium in the last decade, and when you see the list of NFL talent that's come out of the school, you'll understand why. High school: Bishop Hendricken High School. On3 released its updated national class of 2024 football recruiting rankings on Monday. It would be hard to beat the mid-to-late 1980s as the best time to watch football at J. Birney Crum. NFL/CFL: Philadelphia Eagles (2008), San Francisco 49ers (2009), Edmonton Eskimos (2011), Saskatchewan Roughriders (2012). Jelsma Stadium is better known as The Rock thanks to the 30-foot high sandstone wall behind one of the end zones and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Few players in Nebraska high school football history can hold a candle to what Norfolk Catholic High's Aaron Hughes did in 1991. Mitchell Stadium has enough fame in the state that a Division I football game was once played there when West Virginia University faced Virginia Tech in 1953. Madison County didn't spare any expense when it built a state-of-the-art, $8.8 million stadium for Madison High School as part of a $27 million bond issue that was approved in 2017. 46. By Staff Reports | March 1, 2023 6:00 pm ET Follow @clemsoninsider. While this stadium has existed in some form since 1929, the updated Darlington Memorial Stadium that opened in 1989 has seen as good a display of high school football in the last three decades as any stadium. American Legion Memorial Stadium is a 10,500-seat stadium located on 7th Street in the Elizabeth community of Charlotte, North Carolina. Kingston Stadium was a pretty swingin' place in the two decades after it opened in 1952, with Canadian Football League exhibition games in 1961 and NFL exhibition games in 1961, 1962 and 1963. Bank Of America Stadium is the largest stadium by capacity in North Carolina, USA. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. High school: Norfolk Catholic High School, Norfolk High School, Lutheran High Northeast. High school: Baldwin High School, Hana High School, Kihei Charter School, King Kekaulike High School, Lahainaluna High School, Lanai High School, Maui High School, Moloka'i High School, St. Anthony High School. Today, it is also the site of soccer and lacrosse games in addition to football. Sitting in the shade of the Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge, BREC Memorial Stadium has been home to area high school football teams since the 1950s and remains one of the largest high school football stadiums in the nation. He played six seasons in the NFL before knee injuries ended his career. This stadium was renamed for legendary running back and Pueblo, Colorado, native Dutch Clark "The Flying Dutchman" in 1980. Everything seems to be bigger than life . If you're going to make it to just one game at Howard Wood Field in your lifetime, we recommend being there for the Bob Burns Dakota Bowl, which always features 11-time state champion O'Gorman High. 18 overall by the Minnesota Vikings in 1994, Washington played 11 seasons in the NFL. Prentice finished his college career with some of the most vaunted NCAA records of all time career rushing touchdowns (73), career touchdowns (78), career points and consecutive carries without a fumble. Kwity was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts with the No. America's Best High School Football Stadiums, Cathy Parker Field, Diamond Ranch Academy Stadium, eagle stadium, High School Football Fields, Jelsma Stadium, Mitchell Stadium, Monument. Some have been built with millions and millions of dollars. Madison has won seven state championships, including three consecutive titles from 1982 to 1984. There are so many things to love about The Cougar Dome the home stadium for Quince Orchard High School. Northern High's greatest player of all time is probably cornerback Dewayne Washington, who went on to star at North Carolina State and was the No. Burlington (N.C.) Cummings High School four-star wide receiver Jonathan Paylor announced a top eight featuring Clemson along with Alabama, South Carolina, NC State, Colorado . Doss starred at running back, linebacker and safety for Canton McKinley and was named a high school All-American. It's all brick with stadium seating on both home and visitor sides and a jumbotron that shows in-game replays. 5 - Freedom Field, Warner Robins, Ga. 47. That all starts with Fertitta Field and its accompanying, 40,000-square-foot training facility The Fertitta Athletic Center that was built for $9.5 million and completed in 2012. largest high school football stadium in north carolina largest high school football stadium in north carolina. The fire that shut down Butte High Stadium in 1973 kept it closed until renovations in 2011 let it reopen in grand fashion. After serving a tour of duty in Vietnam, Stephenson returned home to coach college baseball, first as an assistant at Missouri and Oklahoma, before taking over the program at Wichita State, where he won a national championship in 1989. Dressler, who was named the North Dakota Gatorade Player of the Year in 2003, set 19 receiving records at North Dakota before being named CFL Rookie of the Year in 2008 and winning a Grey Cup with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2013. Built as part of the Works Progress Administration in the mid-1930s, Mitchell Stadium also serves as the home field for a team in another state Virginia's Graham High School, which is the only high school in the nation that plays home games in a different state. That begins with the great teams at Hampton High led by legendary coach Mike Smith, who won back-to-back national titles in 1997 and 1998. Lawrence High eventually named its stadium after Pete Cooper, who also led the Bulldogs to a state runner-up finish a stunning seven more times. Don Hansen doled out punishment as a linebacker for Reitz High, leading them to the 1961 state championship, before playing alongside Dick Butkus at the University of Illinois, where the duo led the Illini to a Rose Bowl win over Washington following the 1963 season. That begins with the great teams at Hampton High led by legendary coach Mike Smith, who won back-to-back national titles in 1997 and 1998. Courtesy/Tomball ISD Tomball ISD Stadium is the newest. The building is also an important landmark in area sports and civil rights history. Originally named Medford Stadium, the name changed to honor legendary Medford High head coach Fred Spiegelberg upon his retirement in 1983. Lawrence High has actually played in the state championship game every decade since winning its first title in 1973. What's really cool is Knafelc stuck around in Green Bay after his 11-year NFL career as the PA announcer at Lambeau Stadium from 1964 until 2004. NFL: Kansas City Chiefs (2002-06), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2007-10). The Bismarck Community Bowl is putting in as much or more work as any stadium on this list. As it's been pointed out by others many times, the stadium still has a lot of its charm because it's nestled right up to a neighborhood in Hartland, Wisconsin. Memorial Stadium is a football field in West Mesquite High School. What will really take your breath away are the stunning views of Puget Sound and Commencement Bay. And the view from there is pretty magnificent. Deshea Townsend was a star quarterback for South Panola High alongside future Alabama teammate and NFL linebacker Dwayne Rudd, leading the team to a 15-0 record and the state championship in 1993. Focused on leaving a legacy in the Miami community as Super LIV came to the city in early 2020, Nike decided it would spend $2 million to renovate Traz-Powell Stadium ahead of the big game. How's this for a winner? High schools: Jefferson High School, Washington High School, Kennedy High School. Both are located next to Central Piedmont Community College. But it's the framing of the home side of the stadium that makes it so unique, specifically the gigantic, yellow bridgework stretching out from both sides of the press box. One thing that's never played at JFK Stadium? One big reason for that was senior running back Kevin Brady, who rushed for 1,870 yards and had his No. No stadium in the United States can say it was home to more future NFL talent than Miami's Traz-Powell Stadium. And if you do go, make sure you're there for the Bell Game between Pueblo Centennial and Pueblo Central. Propelled by three straight champions, and four in the last five years, Charlotte Catholic is the most dominant high school football team from North Carolina over the last decade. The "Bowl" side of the stadium isn't a straight wall line, but kind of a squiggly line. In South Carolina, they'll know you're talking about Dorman High's football stadium if you call it by any of its nicknames as well Taj Mahal, The Palace or The University of Dorman. City: Reidsville. He famously was overtaken for a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics in the last 10 meters of the 5,000-meter race. The foundation of the stadium on the home side was originally meant to be a retaining wall for Reitz High School until a quick-thinking member of the school staff observed it could actually be the beginning of a football stadium. In an interesting piece of football history, the Minnesota Vikings played their first game an exhibition at Howard Wood Field against the Dallas Cowboys on Aug. 5, 1961. 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