2013 Angelo State Football Recruiting Guide

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Angelo State plays all of its home games at San Angelo Stadium. The facility seats 17,500 fans in a horseshoe configuration. Rams football fans are without a doubt some of the best in the nation. asu annually ranks among the top 20 in attendance, while several other asu athletic teams also rank high on national lists. asu recently ranked fourth in the nation in 2005, as the Rams rolled into the ncaa Division II playoffs. In 1978 and 1980, Angelo State led the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (naia ) in attendance, setting a school record with 12,391 fans per game during the 1978 naia National Championship season. The Rams have been ranked in the top 15 in ncaa D-II 13 times since 1980.

THE TOP CROWDS AT SAN ANGELO STADIUM: 16,500 vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville, 1978 (W, 21-19) 16,000 vs. Abilene Christian, 1982 (W, 24-14) 16,000 vs. Abilene Christian, 1978 (W, 33-8) 15,500 vs. East Central, 1987 (W, 31-24) 15,100 vs. Abilene Christian, 1989 (W, 50-14) 14,000 vs. Eastern New Mexico, 1990, (L, 15-14) 13,112 vs. Howard Payne, 1979 (W, 20-12) 13,000 vs. Sam Houston State, 1989 (W, 38-7) 13,000 vs. Texas State, 1981 (L, 31-7)

San Angelo Stadium

RECENT ADDITIONS

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The stadium was renovated in 2003 with the addition of a top-of-the-line artificial turf surface and an expanded scoreboard, which features a large video board. In 2010, construction was completed on a new dressing room facility at the south end of the stadium.


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