M. M. Roberts Stadium, American football stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States
M. M. Roberts Stadium, known as "The Rock", is an American football stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, home of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. It has double-decked grandstands on the east and west sides, a south end zone enclosure with 33 suites, and a playing surface called Carlisle-Faulkner Field.
The stadium was originally built in 1932 during the Great Depression with support from a local businessman and unemployed workers from the area. It has since been expanded and upgraded to meet the evolving needs of the athletic programs.
The playing surface is still called Faulkner Field, and since 2004 its full name has honoured Gene Carlisle, a Southern Miss graduate and donor who funded the new Momentum Turf surface. The Pride of Mississippi Marching Band sits with students, and the 2015 opener against Mississippi State drew a record 36,641 spectators.
The field sits at the north end zone's Southern Miss Athletic Center, opened in 2002, while the enclosed south end zone added in 2008 holds 33 specialty suites and a club level on the east side. The Pride of Mississippi Marching Band is seated with the student section. Gates open onto both the east and west double-decked stands.
The nickname "The Rock" refers to prison work crews, though none were used: Southern Miss players hauled the concrete for the 1938 east stands themselves. The playing surface keeps the name Faulkner Field, after L.E. Faulkner, the businessman who paid for the first materials.
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