DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake University football team will have new home turf to defend this fall as workers completed installation of a new FieldTurf HD Classic surface at Drake Stadium on Monday (June 13, 2016).
FieldTurf HD Classic is reputed to be the most up-to-date turf in the industry and is used at the University of Wisconsin Camp Randall, the Indianapolis Colts Lucas Oil Stadium and the University of Texas Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
The blue end zones have "DRAKE" sewn into the north and "BULLDOGS" into the south in white. The Drake logo at midfield outlined in blue is woven into the field, as is "JOHNNY BRIGHT FIELD" on the southeast sideline at the 25-yard line.