Rice–Totten Stadium
Rice–Totten Stadium is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose stadium location in Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States. It serves as the home field of the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team of Mississippi Valley State University. The stadium opened in 1958 as Magnolia Stadium and was renamed in 2000 in honor of former MVSU football players Jerry Rice and Willie Totten, who set many NCAA Division I-AA records in the 1980s.[2] Rice went on to a 20-year career in the National Football League (NFL) and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[3] Totten played professional football for several years after college and then went into coaching, serving as the head football coach at Mississippi Valley State from 2002 to 2009. He is one of the few college football coaches to have coached a game at a facility named after themselves.
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| Former names | Magnolia Stadium (1958–2000) |
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| Location | Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 33°30′34″N 90°20′35″W |
| Owner | Mississippi Valley State University |
| Operator | Mississippi Valley State University |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
| Surface | Natural grass[1] |
| Opened | 1958 |
| Tenants | |
| Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (NCAA) | |
In 2005, the field at Rice–Totten Stadium was renamed Charles "Chuck" Prophet Field in honor of the school's former athletic director and sports information director.[4]
References
- "2010 MVSU Media Guide". Mississippi Valley State University Athletics. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
- Burrus, Bill (March 26, 2000). "Valley renamed stadium". The Greenwood Commonwealth. Greenwood, Mississippi. p. 8. Retrieved July 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
. - "Jerry Rice, Mississippi Valley lit up scoreboards 30 years ago". foxsports.com. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
- Roderick W. Mosley (June 20, 2008). "Mississippi Valley State Mourns the loss of Charles "Chuck" Prophet". Retrieved September 20, 2014.