Stallworth Stadium

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Stallworth Stadium is a stadium in Baytown, Texas. It is primarily used for American football and soccer and is the home field of Robert E. Lee High School, Ross S. Sterling High School, and Goose Creek Memorial High School. All three schools are in the Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District.

The stadium holds 16,500 people and opened in 1969 when Memorial Stadium (now Sultis Stadium) on the Robert E. Lee campus became too small.[1] Stallworth Stadium is on a neutral site and not on any of the three campuses in GCCISD.

President Gerald Ford waving towards the stands in the Stadium.

On October 29, 1976, President Gerald Ford attended a game between the Robert E. Lee Ganders and the Aldine-McArthur Generals.[2] The President, on the campaign trail in Houston, stayed long enough to see the Ganders reach a 21–0 lead over the Generals en route to a 34–0 victory.

In addition, the Bayou Bowl, a high school all-star game between players from Louisiana and Texas, takes place annually at the venue. Starting in 2006, the stadium is occasionally used for middle school football games.

The stadium was also the home of the Baytown chapter of The American Cancer Society's Bay Area Relay for Life until it moved to Royal Purple Raceway, due to the GCCISD bus barn in the stadium's parking lot.

The stadium is among the largest non-collegiate fields in the state.

The stadium is named after Robert E. Lee High School coach Dan Stallworth.

Stallworth Stadium is among the largest high school football stadiums by capacity in Texas:[3]

Location Stadium Capacity
Mesquite Memorial Stadium 19,400
Corpus Christi Buccaneer Stadium 18,000
Baytown Stallworth Stadium 16,000
McAllen McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium 13,500
Carrollton Tommy Standridge Stadium 13,000
Irving Joy and Ralph Ellis Stadium 12,500
Bedford Pennington Field 12,500
San Benito Bobby Morrow Stadium 12,000
Austin Burger Stadium 12,000
Denton CH Collins Stadium 12,000
Houston Jones-Cowart Stadium 12,000
Pasadena Veterans Memorial Stadium 12,000
Cypress Cy-Fair FCU Stadium 11,000
Austin Kelly Reeves Stadium 11,000
Commerce Memorial Stadium 11,000
San Antonio Dub Farris Stadium 10,000
Dallas Forester Stadium 10,000
San Antonio Jerry Comalander Stadium 10,000
Harlingen J. Lewis Boggus Stadium 10,000
Brownsville Sams Memorial Stadium 10,000
Corsicana Tiger Stadium 10,000
New Braunfels Unicorn Stadium 10,000
Waller Waller ISD Stadium 10,000

References
  1. "Stallworth Stadium". TexasBob.com. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  2. "Stallworth's Top 10 at 35". The Baytown Sun. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  3. "Texas Football Stadium Database".


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