Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium
Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium is the home of the Arkansas Razorbacks football team of the University of Arkansas, which is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The current head coach of the football team is coach Houston Nutt.
In the year 2001, the stadium was expanded to its current 72,000 seat capacity from its previous capacity of 51,000 seats. In addition to the additional seating, several improvements were made, such as a new scoreboard and "Jumbotron", more luxury boxes, expanded food court, revitalized locker rooms, etc.
The stadium is not the only "home" of the Razorback football team. Some of the "home" games (usually 2 or 3 each season) are played in War Memorial Stadium which is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, approximately 190 miles (by interstate) from the University of Arkansas main campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas. After somewhat of a statewide controversy (some people wanted all the games played in Donald W. Reynolds Razorback stadium, while some people wanted games to continue being split with War Memorial Stadium), in 2001 an agreement was signed with War Memorial Stadium to allow games to be played there for each of the next 15 seasons.
Stadium Facts & Figures
Current Capacity of the Stadium: 72,000
First Game in Stadium: Sept. 24, 1938 (Arkansas 27, Oklahoma A&M 7)
Stadium Dedicated: Oct. 3, 1938 (Baylor 9, Arkansas 6)
Before 1938, the Hogs (another name for the Arkansas Razorbacks) played in a 300-seat stadium built in the year 1901 on land on top of "The Hill" which is now occupied by Mullins Library and the Fine Arts Center (in the "center" of campus).
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