^ Shelton, Chris; Young, Matt (August 3, 2022). The football stadium is right there on campus and named for the school's first principal, Raymond Torii. Weston Dressler was a dynamo on the football field at just 5-foot-7 and 170 pounds first at Bismarck High, then at the University of North Dakota then for a decade in the Canadian Football League. Pro's- Home side is extremely steep, and is 45 rows high. The school has pumped out NFL players for decades. Brady was never better than in the state championship game. 98110-2111. Benson donated $11 million dollars to expand the stadium from 15,000 to 22,400 seats in 2015. After being named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and a consensus AP All-American in 2011, Still played four seasons in the NFL. Click on the stadium name for even more information about the stadium from TexasBob.com, including address, playing surface information and more. Sign up with Facebook. City. Varsity games are played on Saturday afternoons because the stadium doesn't have lights, and the stadium itself is surrounded by a forest on three sides and Lake Ellyn Park behind the visiting bleachers. In an interesting piece of football history, the Minnesota Vikings actually played their first game (an exhibition) at Howard Wood Field against the Dallas Cowboys on Aug. 5, 1961. He played four seasons in the majors for the New York Giants. High schools: Washington High School, Lincoln High School, Roosevelt High School, O'Gorman High School. Year opened: 1937 (closed in 1973, reopened in 2011), NFL: Philadelphia Eagles (2010-13), Indianapolis Colts (2014-15), Buffalo Bills (2016-17). Mitchell Stadium also 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. 4. At Northern Iowa, Washington was a two-time Gateway Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 1995 and 1996 and a two-time NCAA Division I-AA (now FCS) All-American. 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. High schools: Hampton High School, Bethel High School, Kecoughtan High School, Phoebus High School.