WOODWARD FIELD

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Campus aerila view of Eastern Washington University, with Woodward Field (pre-red turf) can be easily seen just left of center.

Woodward Field (now know as Roos Field) is an outdoor college football stadium on the campus of Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington, U.S. It is home to the Eastern Washington Eagles of the Big Sky Conference in Division I (FCS). The facility opened in 1967 and the Eagles have accomplished a 112-51 (.664) record at home. The seating capacity was doubled in 2004 to its current capacity of 11,702.

The stadium was originally named Woodward Field in honor of former Eagles head football and basketball coach Arthur C. Woodward. It replaced the original Woodward Field, which was located near the present JFK Library. The field was renamed before the start of the 2010 season in honor of Michael Roos, a former football player, and major donor for the Red Turf project.

On February 26, 2010, ESPN reported that Eastern Washington planned to remove the natural turf at Woodward Field and replace it with red SprinTurf, making it the second Division 1 college football program to have a non-green playing surface (Boise State of the WAC has a blue surface). A funding drive was begun in late January 2010, with EWU alumnus Michael Roos donating $500,000 toward the installation costs, and fellow alum and ESPN personality Colin Cowherd also making a donation. On May 20, 2010 the Eastern Washington Board of Trustees approved a name change to Roos Field, scheduled for the 2010 season, upon the successful completion of the project.

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