COUGHLIN ALUMNI STADIUM Inc., a Brookings-based firm which is a worldleader in the production of display boards. Over the last half-dozen years, all of the stadium practice fields have been reworked and replanted, giving SDSU one of the top complexes around. All of the fields feature an underground watering system. Stadium seating has also been upgraded with yellow and blue fiberglass covers on the west grandstand and elevated bleachers on the east side.
SDSU RECORD BY OPPONENT AT COUGHLIN-ALUMNI STADIUM
In the quest to maintain Coughlin-Alumni Stadium as one of the top football facilities in Division II football, the stadium undergone major changes during the past two summers. Lights were added, new restrooms constructed, and a new ticket booth added. With the addition of the lights, CAS became the home of the Brookings High School Bobcats. Coached by former Jackrabbit quarterback Gary Maffett, the Bobcats won the South Dakota Class AA 11-man championship in 2000.
Through the first 40 years of operation, there have been 211 games at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium. SDSU has a record of 122-89 at home during that time ... and there has never been a tie game at CAS.
Coughlin-Alumni Stadium, the home of the Jackrabbits, is in its 41st season. The stadium opened September 22, 1962, when the Jacks lost a 9-7 decision to Arkansas State.
The stadium project was started after Charles Coughlin, a 1909 SDSU graduate, donated $50,000 towards the building of a new stadium to replace State Field. The remaining $250,000 of the original $300,000 cost was raised from alumni, students and fields of SDSU. Within two years after the completion of the stadium, a lockerroom facility was constructed and a press box added. The field includes a scoreboard complete with message center, manufactured by Daktronics,
LARGEST CROWDS AT COUGHLIN-ALUMNI STADIUM 16,193 15,866 15,193 14,286 14,147
Oct. 19, 1985 Oct. 18, 1975 Oct. 22, 1977 Oct. 8, 1988 Sept. 28, 1974
South Dakota South Dakota South Dakota Augustana Augustana
W 24-12 W 24-22 L 10-15 W 37-22 W 35-6
There have been 14 crowds of 11,000 or more in the history of Coughlin-Alumni Stadium, all of them for Hobo Day games. The largest non-Hobo Day crowd was 10,891 for the 1996 Cereal Bowl game vs. USD. The largest Beef Bowl crowd is 10,468, vs. USD in 1987. PAGE - 48
The largest crowd ever to see a football game of any kind in South Dakota came through the turnstiles on Hobo Day, October 19, 1985, when 16,193 saw SDSU defeat the University of South Dakota 24-12. USD was undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the nation at the time.
Opponent W Arkansas State College ......................0 Augustana (SD) College....................16 California-Davis ..................................0 Central Missouri State University........1 Colorado State University ..................0 Drake University .................................0 Eastern Montana .................................1 Ferris State..........................................1 Grand Valley State...............................1 Hamline University..............................1 Idaho State University .........................1 Minnesota State, Mankato...................5 University of Minnesota-Duluth ..........0 University of Missouri-Rolla ...............1 University of Montana.........................0 Montana State University ....................0 Moorhead State University..................0 Morningside College.........................19 University of Nebraska-Kearney ..........1 University of Nebraska-Omaha............9 University of North Dakota ..................9 North Dakota State University .............5 University of Northern Colorado .........5 University of Northern Iowa ...............3 Northwestern (Ia) College ..................1 Northwest Missouri State....................1 Parsons College..................................0 Slippery Rock......................................1 University of South Dakota................16 South Dakota Tech ..............................2 Southwest State University .................4 St. Cloud State University .................12 St. Thomas..........................................1 Wayne State College (NE) ...................1 Wayne State University (Mich)............0 Weber State University ........................0 Western Illinois University ..................0 Western State College ........................1 Wisconsin-Stevens Point ....................1 Wisconsin-Stout .................................2 Youngstown State University...............1 Overall Record.........................122 NCC games only .......................89
Last L Meeting 1 1962 4 2001 1 1998 0 1988 1 1966 2 1969 0 1972 0 2001 0 2000 0 1975 0 1968 10 2001 1 1967 0 1972 1 1970 2 1964 1 1978 2 2000 0 1991 3 2000 10 1999 15 1999 8 2001 6 1979 1 1974 0 1995 1 1965 0 1994 9 2000 0 1996 0 1993 4 2001 0 1970 0 2000 1 1971 1 1968 1 1980 1 1973 0 1986 0 1998 2 1974 89 ..578 67 .570
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