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68-818: The stadium replaced Legion Field as the home of the UAB Blazers football program. The Blazers played their first game in the stadium on October 2, 2021 against Liberty . In December 2021, the stadium hosted the Super 7, the football championship games of the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA), as part of a three-year rotation with Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Jordan–Hare Stadium in Auburn that will run through at least 2032. The stadium has hosted

136-632: A World Cup qualification match against Guatemala at the stadium on March 30, 2005. When the City of Birmingham changed back to an artificial turf field in 2006, the United States Soccer Federation announced that it would no longer be scheduling men's national team games for Legion Field. Legion Field has also been used as a concert venue, hosting famous artists of many different genres, including U2 , Ruben Studdard , Pink Floyd , and The Rolling Stones . In 1979 and 1980,

204-486: A 32–15 advantage over Auburn in games played at Legion Field. Alabama and Auburn used Legion Field as an alternate home stadium for much of the 20th century. At its height, Legion Field seated over 20,000 more people than Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium and Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium, making it a natural choice for games likely to attract large crowds. Between its use for the Iron Bowl and as an alternate home stadium for

272-490: A Samford University professor, William Lee Slagle, fatally stabbed one of his debating team students and escaped. Slagle was finally captured six months later. In 1994, Samford's board of trustees voted to allow the board to elect its own members. This gave the university formal independence from the Alabama Baptist State Convention, but until 2017 convention leaders retained ex officio seats on

340-412: A campus event because these ministries were affirming of LGBTQ+ individuals. In justifying the move, Vice President of Student Affairs Phil Kimrey stated, “Throughout its history, the university has consistently subscribed to and practiced biblically orthodox beliefs," and "the university has a responsibility to formally partner with ministry organizations that share our beliefs.” On-campus protests against

408-500: A chapter of OUTLaw at Samford's Cumberland School of Law . OUTLaw is a national organization supporting LGBTQ+ law students. As of 2023, an off-campus student group, Samford Prism, had been formed to support LGBTQ+ students. Another group of alumni and other community members, SAFE Samford, also advocated on behalf of students. Samford, a Christian university , offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs, with 170 undergraduate majors, minors and concentrations. The university

476-438: A decade-long expansion of new athletics facilities that included a tennis center, a basketball arena, a football field house and a softball stadium. For the 2016–17 academic year, the economic and fiscal impacts of the university on Alabama were $ 424.8 million, 2,424 jobs, $ 16.1 million in state income and sales taxes, and $ 6 million in local sales tax. In 2013, the university established a new College of Health Sciences, including

544-529: A fire destroyed all of the college's property, including its only building. While the college recovered from the fire, the Civil War began. Howard College was converted to a military hospital by the Confederate government in 1863. During this time, the college's remaining faculty offered basic instruction to soldiers recovering at the hospital. For a short period after the war, federal troops occupied

612-413: A monumental horseshoe-shaped amphitheater. Capacity was increased to 25,000 in 1934 and to 45,000 in 1948, and the bowl was enclosed. In 1961, a 9,000 seat upper deck was added to the east side of the stadium, increasing capacity to 54,600. In 1965, a new press box was built in the stadium and capacity was further increased to 68,821. The first nationally televised night college football game at Legion Field

680-564: A new stadium on the Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex grounds in July 2019. UAB football moved into the new 47,000-seat Protective Stadium , in 2021. Legion Field served as the home field of the UAB Blazers , members of Conference USA , from 1991 to 2020. The Blazers temporarily left Legion Field without a primary tenant during the school's two-year hiatus from football. The Blazers returned to Legion Field for

748-495: A space for students to discuss topics related to sexual orientation and gender identity “in an open-minded and accepting environment,” even though the organization had been approved by both the Student Government Association and the faculty. Similar actions occurred again in 2022. In late August, Samford administration “uninvited” representatives of Episcopalian and Presbyterian campus ministries from

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816-620: Is built in the Georgian Colonial style based on Colonial Williamsburg as envisioned by Lena Vail Davis, wife of then President Harwell Davis when the campus was moved to the Shades Valley area of Jefferson County in 1953-57. The campus was designed by the Birmingham architectural firm Van Keuren & Davis, and most later buildings have also been designed by the same firm, known as Davis Architects since 1986. In 1983

884-516: Is divided into the School of the Arts, Howard College of Arts and Sciences, Brock School of Business, Beeson Divinity School , Orlean Beeson School of Education, Cumberland School of Law , Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing, McWhorter School of Pharmacy , School of Health Professions, and School of Public Health. The faculty-to-student ratio at Samford University is 1:13. Approximately two-thirds of

952-519: Is named in honor of the American Legion , a U.S. organization of military veterans . The stadium served as the primary venue for Alabama Crimson Tide home games until the late 1990s and was for many years the site of the annual Iron Bowl rivalry game against Auburn . The UAB football team played at Legion Field from their inception in 1991 through the 2020 season. It has also hosted teams from various professional football leagues. Since

1020-554: The 1964 Civil Rights Act . Initially, the school's leaders declined to express their commitment to desegregation. For example, the university declined to apply for the NDEA Student Loan Program for 1965-66 because it would have to affirm desegregation. Cumberland School of Law faced the greatest immediate risk of losing accreditation. In 1967, it admitted Samford's first black student, Audrey Lattimore Gaston. The entire university proceeded with desegregation. In

1088-474: The 1996 Summer Olympics —the opening match between the United States and Argentina drew 83,810 spectators, the stadium's all-time record for any event. All of the later-round soccer games moved to Athens, Georgia , after preliminary games had been played in various other cities. Legion Field has also hosted exhibition games by the U.S. men's and women's national soccer teams . The men's team played

1156-585: The 2023 season , Protective Stadium served as the home stadium for the Birmingham Stallions and New Orleans Breakers . Legion Field has hosted various high school football games throughout its history. From 1996 until 2008, Legion Field was used by the Alabama High School Athletic Association for the Super Six high school football championships. Legion Field has been used as a site for major soccer events, including preliminary matches in

1224-1034: The Birmingham Americans (1974) and Birmingham Vulcans (1975) of the World Football League (1974–1975), the Alabama Vulcans of the American Football Association (1979), the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League (1983–1985), and the Birmingham Fire of the World League of American Football (later NFL Europe ) in 1991–92. In 1995 , it was the home field of the Birmingham Barracudas for their single season of play as part of

1292-886: The Buffalo Bills 33–10, and on August 27, 1988, when the Washington Redskins defeated the Atlanta Falcons 34–17. In 1968, the Boston Patriots of the American Football League played one "home" game against the New York Jets at Legion Field. The Jets, featuring former Alabama quarterback Joe Namath , won the game 47–31. The inaugural 2022 season of the USFL was played at Protective Stadium and Legion Field. For

1360-527: The GI Bill boosted enrollment beyond capacity. The college moved to the Shades Valley in Homewood, Alabama . Construction on the new campus began in 1955. It opened in 1957. In 1961, the college acquired Cumberland School of Law , one of the nation's oldest law schools. In addition to the law school, Howard College added a new school of business and reorganized to achieve university status in 1965. Since

1428-470: The New Orleans Breakers . Birmingham Legion FC , a USLC soccer team, has played at Protective Stadium since the 2022 season. Birmingham Legion FC set a club-best attendance mark of 18,418 fans in a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal match played against Major League Soccer (MLS) club Inter Miami CF on June 7, 2023. A June 2022 concert by Garth Brooks set an attendance record for

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1496-501: The 1854 fire. A public dedication of the memorial was held on February 15, 2022. In 2024, the university announced a new residence hall would be named in honor of Gaston. Andrew Westmoreland was appointed president of the university in 2006. That year, the Jane Hollock Brock Recital Hall was dedicated as part of the university’s fine arts complex. A new soccer and track facility opened in 2011, part of

1564-538: The 1970s due to the larger capacity and the difficulty in traveling to Auburn for most of the 20th century. Auburn played all home games against Tennessee at Legion Field until 1978, except in 1974, when the game was played in Auburn. Auburn also played all home games against Georgia Tech at Legion Field until 1970. Auburn played its last home game at Legion Field in 1991, but took part in the Birmingham Bowl at

1632-511: The 20th century—even though Tuscaloosa is only 45 minutes west of Birmingham. The Crimson Tide hosted Tennessee in odd-numbered years in Birmingham until 1998, and hosted LSU in even-numbered years from 1964 through 1986, except for 1980. Well into the 1990s, Alabama usually played anywhere from three to four home games a year at Legion Field. Alabama also played its entire 1987 home schedule at Legion Field due to major renovations at Bryant–Denny Stadium. The stadium's association with Alabama football

1700-555: The Crimson Tide and Tigers, Legion Field played host to many of the most important football games in Alabama's history. Well into the 1980s, Alabama played most of its important games, as well as the Iron Bowl, at Legion Field—to the point that most of Alabama's "home" football history from the 1920s to the 1980s took place in Birmingham. In addition to the larger capacity, Birmingham was more accessible than Tuscaloosa for much of

1768-614: The East Lake Land Company owned by Robert Jemison, Sr. and relocated to the newly developing community of East Lake, six miles from the center of Birmingham, Alabama , and moved the institution there. Faculty who remained in Marion formed Marion Military Institute (MMI) on the old campus. MMI continues to operate in Marion. In 1913, the college became fully and permanently coeducational. Howard College added its School of Music in 1914 and School of Education and Journalism

1836-629: The Major League Baseball Draft, and 19 Bulldog football players have been chosen in the National Football League Draft. Past student-athletes include national-championship football coaches Bobby Bowden and Jimbo Fisher All-Pro defensive back Cortland Finnegan , NFL standouts include James Bradberry (Carolina Panthers), Michael Pierce (Baltimore Ravens) and Jaquiski Tartt (San Francisco 49ers), and baseball’s Phillip Ervin, who has had success with

1904-611: The NCAA at the Division I level as a member of the Southern Conference . Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis and indoor and outdoor track and field. Women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field and volleyball. In the NCAA's 2013 report, Samford student-athletes achieved an average Academic Progress Rate of 990,

1972-527: The Samford Board of Trustees for fifteen years and as its president for two years. The first financial gift, $ 4,000, was given by Julia Tarrant Barron and both she and her son also gave land to establish the college. The university also honors the Reverend Milo P. Jewett and Edwin D. King as founders. King and Barron derived much of their wealth, with which they supported the college, from

2040-515: The Southern Conference and 18th in the country among all NCAA Division 1 schools for Graduation Success Rate by the NCAA with an average score of 97%. Nine teams posted perfect scores. Samford is first among Division I schools in Alabama and in the Southern Conference. The Bulldogs have won 74 conference championships since joining the Southern Conference in 2008. In the last 20 years, 28 Samford baseball players have been selected in

2108-543: The Southwestern Athletic Conference used the stadium for their conference championship from 1999 to 2012, but moved to Houston's NRG Stadium in 2013. The Southeastern Conference played their first two conference title games here in 1992 and 1993. This stadium has also hosted four different bowl games in its history: Legion Field has served as the home stadium for various professional football teams in Birmingham. It served as home field for

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2176-639: The activities of leaders and protesters of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and early 1960s. The officers of the Samford Student Government Association challenged a segregated concert held on campus by the Birmingham Symphony by inviting as guests the student government officers of nearby Miles College , a historically black school. Segregation by private universities was outlawed by

2244-436: The annual Birmingham Bowl since the bowl's 2021 edition —played on December 28, 2021, it was the first event at the venue to sell out. The United States Football League (USFL) played most of its 2022 games in Birmingham at Protective Stadium with the rest played at Legion Field . In 2023, Protective Stadium became one of the league's four hub sites, hosting home games for the Birmingham Stallions and also "home" games for

2312-486: The board, were consulted on trustee selection, and the new trustees were presented to the convention for affirmation. Convention leaders are still invited to the board's meetings. The university's corporate expression of faith commitment remains The Statement of the Baptist Faith and Message of 1963 , without amendment. As a private, segregated institution, Samford University was to some degree insulated from

2380-501: The change included a silent vigil outside a university-wide worship service on September 20. On September 30, President Beck Taylor stated more explicitly in a video message that "we decided to limit Samford’s formal ministry partnerships to churches and to organizations that support Samford’s traditional view of human sexuality and marriage." This ended Samford’s nearly thirty-year relationship with Birmingham Episcopal Campus Ministries. In October, Taylor declined university recognition to

2448-404: The college and sheltered freed slaves on its campus. In 1865, the college reopened. Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry , an attorney, former US Congressman and Confederate military officer, served as president from 1865 to 1868. He was committed to the cause of broader education, and supported expansion of normal school training. In 1887, Howard College's board of trustees accepted an offer of land from

2516-641: The construction of a new facility to house Brock School of Business. In 2014, the West Village residence complex opened. That December, the university purchased the adjacent headquarters of Southern Progress, a subsidiary of Time, Inc. It subsequently named these buildings the home of the College of Health Sciences. The university ended its long financial connection with the Alabama Baptist State Convention in July 2017 when

2584-550: The ensuing years, Alabama decreased the number of games scheduled in Birmingham. The last home game for Alabama at Legion Field was against the University of South Florida on August 30, 2003. Though Alabama had a couple of games scheduled at Legion Field in 2005 and 2008, the stadium's poor state of repair (see above) led Alabama to end its contract with the city of Birmingham in 2004 and move all home games to Tuscaloosa. Auburn also used Legion Field for some home games well into

2652-455: The existing Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing and McWhorter School of Pharmacy , and the newly created School of Health Professions and the School of Public Health. The dean of the nursing school, Nena Sanders, was named vice-provost of the new college, and after her retirement in 2020 the nursing school was renamed the Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing. In 2013, the university announced

2720-637: The facility played host to the Drum Corps International World Championships. If Protective Stadium had not been completed in time for the 2022 World Games , that event's opening and closing ceremonies would have been held at Legion Field. It remains in use at least through the World Games, as it served as the venue for flag football . Samford University Samford University is a private Christian university in Homewood, Alabama , United States. It

2788-448: The fall of 1969 Elizabeth Sloan Ragland became the first African American student to live on campus. On June 1, 2020, the university announced the installation of a memorial honoring "the sacrifices of many African Americans for the mission and vision of Samford University even in days when their efforts were invisible or barely acknowledged." It specifically named Gaston and an enslaved servant named Harry who died while saving students from

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2856-482: The few home games it still scheduled for Birmingham . The city removed the upper deck in 2005 since the capacity was greater than the need for its tenants. In 2015, renovations took place including general improvements and overall renovations including a new and larger video scoreboard along with a new and improved sound system. The stadium's future beyond the 2020 college football season is uncertain. The Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center Authority started construction of

2924-425: The field went back to an artificial surface with infilled FieldTurf . The field has a conventional north–south alignment at an approximate elevation of 570 feet (170 m) above sea level . In 2004 , a structural evaluation determined that the 9,000 seat upper deck would need major remediation to meet modern building codes. With little prospect of adequate repairs on the way, the University of Alabama withdrew

2992-479: The first time in two years on September 2, 2017, setting a new attendance record in a 38–7 victory over Alabama A&M . Legion Field was well known for hosting the regular season-ending rivalry between Alabama and Auburn each year from 1948 to 1988. Because of Birmingham's major industry of iron and steel manufacturing, the game became known as the " Iron Bowl ." From the series' resumption in 1948 to 1987, each team rotated claiming home-field rights, with Alabama as

3060-485: The following year. The college introduced its Department of Pharmacy in 1927. At the time, it was the only program of its kind in the Southeastern United States . During World War II , Howard College hosted a V-12 Navy College Training Program , allowing enlisted sailors to earn college degrees while receiving military training. After the war, the number of veterans attending the college under

3128-448: The highest in Alabama. It marked the eighth consecutive year that Samford has been a leader in APR measures, beginning in 2005 when it placed 7th in the nation in the inaugural ranking. The university is one of only 61 schools to have received an NCAA Public Recognition Award for academic excellence in the past eight years. In 2019, Samford's athletics teams were ranked first in Alabama and

3196-405: The large crowds that attended the game even in the 1950s. Additionally, Birmingham was much more accessible to the rest of the state well into the 1970s. By the 1980s, Jordan-Hare Stadium had expanded to seat over 80,000 people. Combined with Legion Field's decades-long association with Alabama football (see below), this led Auburn fans to lobby for making the Iron Bowl a home-and-home series, or at

3264-520: The name "Howard University" was already in use by a school in Washington, D.C. , Howard College was renamed as "Samford University" in honor of Frank Park Samford, a longtime trustee of the school. In 1973, the university acquired Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing. Samford University established a study center in 1984 for students to study abroad in Kensington, England . On September 21, 1989,

3332-660: The nominal home team in even-numbered years and Auburn as the nominal home team in odd-numbered years. Tickets were split equally between the two athletic departments to sell, similar to other rivalries like the Red River Shootout between Oklahoma and Texas or the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party between Georgia and Florida. For many years, the Iron Bowl was played in Birmingham more or less out of necessity. Neither Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium nor Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium were nearly large enough to accommodate

3400-646: The people they enslaved. The university was established after the Alabama Baptist State Convention decided to build a school for men in Perry County, Alabama . The college's first nine students began studies in January 1842 with a traditional curriculum of language, literature and sciences. In those early years, the graduation addresses of several distinguished speakers were published, including those by Thomas G. Keen of Mobile, Joseph Walters Taylor , Noah K. Davis and Samuel Sterling Sherman . In October 1854,

3468-472: The removal of its east-side upper deck in 2005, Legion Field has a seating capacity of approximately 71,594. At its peak, it seated 83,091 for football and had the name "Football Capital of the South" emblazoned from the facade on the upper deck. Legion Field is colloquially called "The Old Gray Lady" and "The Gray Lady on Graymont". Construction of a 21,000-seat stadium began in 1926 at the cost of $ 439,000. It

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3536-718: The same stadium in 2015 as a postseason bowl game. Legion Field has hosted a number of other college football games. The annual Magic City Classic between Alabama A&M University and Alabama State University has been played here since 1946. The Steel City Classic featuring Miles College and Stillman College is also played at Legion Field. The MEAC / SWAC Challenge was played at Legion Field from 2005 to 2007, but moved to Orlando in 2008. Birmingham–Southern College played against Mississippi College's junior varsity team in Legion Field on September 6, 2007, in their first football game since 1939. In terms of postseason play,

3604-717: The short-lived expansion of the Canadian Football League into the United States. In 2001 , it was the home field for the single season of the Birmingham Thunderbolts of the XFL . In 2019 , it was the home field for the Birmingham Iron of the Alliance of American Football . There have also been at least two NFL preseason games here, on August 8, 1970, when the New York Jets defeated

3672-548: The stadium on March 23, 2024 as part of the Stadium Championship Series West. This was the first Monster Jam stadium show in Alabama. Legion Field Legion Field is an outdoor stadium in the southeastern United States in Birmingham, Alabama , primarily designed to be used as a venue for American football , but occasionally used for other large outdoor events. Opened in 1927, it

3740-524: The town. Its second campus is now the home of Marion Military Institute . In 1887, the college moved to the East Lake community in Birmingham across the street from Ruhama Baptist Church. The university is now located approximately 5 miles (8 km) south of downtown Birmingham in Homewood, Alabama 's Shades Valley along Lakeshore Drive in Homewood, just 2 miles (3 km) from Interstate 65 . It

3808-434: The trustees announced they would no longer accept funds from the convention. Later that year Samford and the state convention agreed that Samford would no longer present its slate of trustees to the convention for affirmation and that convention officers would no longer have an ex officio position on the board. This ended key aspects of Samford's formal connection to the state convention that had existed for decades. Still, by

3876-486: The trustees’ own rule, all trustees must be members of Baptist churches and 75% from Alabama. Samford is a collaborative partner of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities . In August 2020, Westmoreland announced he would retire on June 30, 2021. On March 10, 2021, it was announced that he will be succeeded by Whitworth University president Beck A. Taylor . Taylor took office on July 1, 2021. In May 2022,

3944-447: The undergraduate student body coming from outside the state of Alabama. 97 percent of all May 2019 undergraduate alumni were employed or enrolled in graduate school or in internships within six months of graduation. 81 percent of May 2015 graduates completed an internship during their time at Samford. During 2015, Samford students completed 716,902 hours of community service. The university fields 17 varsity sports and participates in

4012-693: The university established a study center in London, England, to facilitate students studying abroad. Named the Daniel House, the center is located at 12 Ashburn Gardens in South Kensington and hosts 15-24 students each semester. In 2014 the university purchased the campus of the Southern Progress Corporation which borders its main campus to the east. (The land had originally been part of Samford's undeveloped campus and

4080-553: The university received a $ 100 million gift from the estate of alumnus Marvin Mann, making it the largest single-donor gift ever made to a higher education institution in Alabama. Samford has been involved in several well publicized incidents in which the university rejected LGBTQ+ students' requests to form student organizations or refused to work with Christian groups that were LGBTQ+ affirming. In 2017, President Westmoreland rejected Samford Together, an organization that sought to create

4148-514: The university's classes have fewer than 20 students. In 2023, the college accepted 83.3% of applicants, with those admitted having an average 3.8 GPA and an average 1160 SAT score or average 26 ACT score. Samford has moved four times during its history. Originally, Howard College was located in Marion, Alabama , a black-belt town between Selma and Tuscaloosa ; it was later the birthplace of Coretta Scott King . The college moved twice in

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4216-451: The venue of approximately 50,000 fans. The stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2022 World Games in July 2022. A round of the 2024 Monster Energy American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Supercross Championship Series was held at the stadium in March. It is the second Supercross race held in Alabama during the 50-year history of the series. Monster Jam came to

4284-637: The very least allow Auburn to move its home games to Jordan-Hare. At the time, Alabama was Auburn's only major rival to have never played a game on the Plains. Ultimately, in 1989 , Auburn moved its home games in the series to Jordan-Hare. Thus, tickets for games held at Legion Field were no longer split equally. Auburn did host an Iron Bowl home game at Legion Field in 1991, but since then all Iron Bowls have been played at Auburn in odd-numbered years. In 2000 , Alabama followed suit and decided to no longer play its home games against Auburn at Legion Field. Alabama holds

4352-537: Was between Ole Miss and Alabama on October 4, 1969 . In 1970, the natural grass turf was replaced with Poly-Turf , which was in turn replaced by AstroTurf in 1975. Seating capacity was increased to 75,808 in 1977 and further increased to 83,091 in 1991. The turf was changed back to a natural Bermuda grass surface in 1995 in order to host soccer events for the Summer Olympics in Atlanta . In 2006,

4420-408: Was completed in 1927 and named Legion Field as a war memorial in honor of the recently-established American Legion . In the stadium's first event, 16,800 fans watched Howard College (now known as Samford University ) shut out Birmingham–Southern College 9–0 on November 19, 1927. Over the years, the stadium grew. The expansions didn't follow the designer's initial intent on the stadium becoming

4488-450: Was founded by Baptists in 1841 as Howard College and located until 1887 in Marion, Alabama . In the fall of 2024, the university enrolled 6,101 students from 45 states, 1 U.S. territory, and 16 countries. In 1841, Samford University was founded as Howard College in Marion, Alabama . It was named for the eighteenth-century English philanthropist John Howard . Some of the land was donated by Reverend James H. DeVotie , who served on

4556-514: Was previously sold by Samford to Southern Progress.) The three huge buildings on the former Southern Progress campus are strikingly modern in their architecture and nestled among trees. This contrasts with the Georgian Colonial classicism of the central campus. In 2023, Samford University enrolled 3,832 undergraduate and 1,959 graduate and professional students. Students from 49 states and 16 countries attend Samford, with 74 percent of

4624-461: Was so strong that from the 1980s onward, Auburn lobbied to have its home games in the Iron Bowl played in Auburn. Until 1999, Alabama played at least three games at Legion Field every season. In 1998, Alabama double-decked the east stands at Bryant-Denny, bringing its capacity to a few hundred more seats than that of Legion Field. Due to the disrepair of Legion Field and the added capacity in Tuscaloosa, Alabama moved major conference games on campus. In

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