FOOTBALL FIELD HOUSE
• Completed in August 2009, the football field house was constructed in approximately one year
• The building — which covers 49,000 square feet — includes a locker room, players’ lounge, weight room and training room as well as the Jim and Frances Yance Coaches Suite, which includes the main foyer, coaches’ offices, reception and administrative offices
• The 8,000-square foot weight room includes state-of-the-art equipment
• A 100-meter four-lane covered track is located outside the weight room
• The 120 individual player lockers — which each have player’s names illuminated above — include a secure area to lock valuables as well as fans to dry out shoulder pads and cleats
• There are more than 10 Sony Bravia 52-inch flat screen televisions throughout the building, including six in the players’ lounge and two in the weight room
• The players’ lounge also has a built-in dry bar with an area to keep all refreshments refrigerated
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LADD-PEEBLES STADIUM
• Ladd-Peebles Stadium, located near the heart of downtown Mobile, has been hosting football games since 1948.
• Since the announcement that USA will use the facility for its home contests, the stadium has undergone numerous renovations including the addition of 11 suites that currently makes the capacity 33,471. The interior of the stadium was refurbished with an overall paint job in the school’s red and blue colors, as well as the addition of USA banners and signage both inside and out of the facility.
• In its first-ever season, USA posted a 7-0 mark at the stadium, outscoring the opposition 321-41 while averaging better than 18,000 fans per contest.
• That included drawing nearly 27,000 for the program’s debut on Sept. 5 — a 30-13 victory over Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy — as well as a crowd of more than 23,000 for the season finale against Huntingdon (Ala.) College.
• Season two saw the Jags once again average more than 18,000 fans while winning all seven of their home contests.
• In addition to serving as the home of the Jags, Ladd-Peebles Stadium currently plays host annually to the Dollar General Bowl and the Senior Bowl. The Dollar General Bowl currently has ties to the Sun Belt Conference and the Mid-American Conference while the Senior Bowl — which brings approximately 100 of the top collegiate players to Mobile each January — moved to the Port City in 1951.
Top Five Attended South Alabama Football Games at Ladd-Peebles Stadium
1. 38,129 vs. Mississippi State, 9/13/14
2. 30,837 vs. Troy, 10/20/16
3. 26,783 vs. Hargrave (Va.) Academy, 9/5/09
4. 24,582 vs. Tennessee-Martin, 10/15/11
5. 23,789 vs. Troy, 9/29/12
