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Delaware Stadium is the home of the Blue Hens football and lacrosse teams, and also hosts the annual Blue-Gold Delaware High School Football All-Star game and University of Delaware graduation ceremonies. Delaware Stadium has served as a host site of NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse tournament competition four times, most recently in 2017 for the Men's Division I Lacrosse Quarterfinals.
The stadium was erected in 1952 and enlarged prior to the 1964, 1970, 1972 and the 1975 football season. The seating capacity is currently 22,000. The largest Delaware Stadium crowd was the 23,619 spectators that watched the Blue Hens host Temple on October 27, 1973.
Delaware Stadium has undergone extensive renovations throughout the years, most recently the installment of a new synthetic FieldTurf surface in July, 2017. Plans for future renovations were announced in December of 2018.
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In 2002, the Delaware Stadium playing surface was dedicated as Tubby Raymond Field, recognizing Delaware's College Football Hall of Fame head coach who retired following the 2001 season after compiling 300 victories in 36 seasons. Raymond passed away in December of 2017.
