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DANA J. DYKHOUSE STADIUM Jackrabbit football moved into their new home in the fall of 2016 with the completion of Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium. The new venue started out with a bang, with the first game played on September 10, 2016 when the Jackrabbits defeated Drake University , 56-28. The first event at the stadium was the Jacks Bash concert days earlier, featuring country music artists Lee Brice , Little Big Town , and Luke Bryan . At the time of our tour, SDSU was headed into their 10th season, and Christy says the last decade had flown by. “This is arguably the best—if you combine the newest and best facility—in Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level football,” said Christy. With a capacity of 19,340 (up from 11,000), the stadium has a soy-based turf field with bleachers and chairback seats, suite and loge seating, and a 3,100-square- foot LED video board by Daktronics. The facility’s namesake comes from lead donor Dana Dykhouse—a former 1970s SDSU football player whose team number was 71.
“TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT'S STILL THE BIGGEST SCOREBOARD IN FCS FOOTBALL.” Austin Buysse
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