- Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Stadium
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Dudy Noble Full name Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium Location 145 Lakeview Dr. Owner Mississippi State University Operator Mississippi State University Surface Tiflawn & Tifway II Bermuda Grass Capacity 15,000 (7,200 seats)[1] Record attendance 14,991[2] (current NCAA on-campus record) Field dimensions LF: 330, LC: 376, CF: 390, RC: 374, RF: 326 Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Stadium, is a baseball facility on the campus of Mississippi State University and is the home of the Bulldogs Baseball Team. DNF-PDS has been the setting of Southeastern Conference Tournaments, NCAA Regional and Super Regional Championships, and it holds the current NCAA on-campus single-game attendance record at 14,991.
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Championships
It has served as the home to seven Southeastern Conference championship teams, has twice hosted NCAA District III tournaments (1973 and 1974), five SEC tournaments (1979, 1981, 1983, 1988 and 1995), 11 NCAA Regional tournaments (1979, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2000 and 2003), and a Super Regional in 2007.
NCAA record attendance
SEC weekend games typically draw the largest crowds, giving rise to huge weekend gatherings. Mississippi State currently holds the NCAA record for the largest single game on-campus baseball attendance at 14,991 and the largest SEC crowd for a 3-game weekend series at 29,915. In 2007 versus the Clemson Tigers, MSU had the NCAA's top two all-time highest attended Super Regional games with 12,620 and 13,715 fans.
Mississippi State has all of the top 9 on-campus crowds in the history of college baseball. Overall, DNF-PDS has held 9 crowds over 12,000 and 24 crowds over 10,000.
In 2010, the Bulldogss ranked 6th in Division I college baseball in attendance, averaging 6,065 per home game.[3]
Top baseball crowds at DNF-PDS
Rank Attendance Opponent Date 1 14,991 Florida April 22, 1989 2 14,378 Louisiana State April 16, 1988 3 13,761 Arkansas April 25, 1992 4 13,715 Clemson June 9, 2007 5 13,617 Georgia April 8, 2006 6 13,123 Mississippi April 15, 2000 7 12,708 Auburn April 24, 1993 8 12,620 Clemson June 8, 2007 9 12,360 Georgia April 6, 2002 10 11,763 Auburn April 12, 2003 11 11,496 Florida State May 27, 1990 12 11,174 Florida April 13, 1991 13 11,127 South Alabama May 26, 2000 14 11,089 Tennessee April 17, 2010 15 10,958 Auburn April 9, 2005 16 10,832 Notre Dame May 28, 2000 17 10,688 Washington May 25, 1997 18 10,617 Florida April 17, 2004 19 10,588 North Carolina May 28, 1989 20 10,555 Kentucky April 18, 2009 21 10,382 Florida April 25, 1987 22 10,324 Kentucky March 31, 2007 23 10,284 Middle TN St. May 30, 2003 24 10,050 Alabama April 10, 1999 25 9,784 Notre Dame May 27, 2000 26 9,593 Vanderbilt April 21, 1990 27 9,424 Georgia March 29, 2008 28 9,264 Louisiana State March 24, 2001 29 9,243 Louisiana State May 15, 1993 30 9,184 Michigan May 26, 1985 References
- ^ Dudy Noble Field Ranked Fifth By Rivals.com at mstateathletics.com, URL accessed May 5, 2010. Archived 5/5/10
- ^ http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?PRINTABLE_PAGE=YES&ATCLID=925407&DB_OEM_ID=16800
- ^ Brian Foley (January 6, 2011). "2010 NCAA Baseball Attendance Leaders". Archived from the original on 02-04-11. http://www.webcitation.org/5wH7srbCd. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
Baseball parks of the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division Western Division Sewell–Thomas Stadium (Alabama) • Baum Stadium (Arkansas) • Plainsman Park (Auburn) • Alex Box Stadium (LSU) • Dudy Noble Field (Mississippi State) • Swayze Field (Ole Miss)
Coordinates: 33°27′46″N 88°47′40″W / 33.46278°N 88.79444°WCategories:- Baseball venues in Mississippi
- College baseball venues in the United States
- Buildings and structures in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
- Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
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