Southern Miss Plays Football at "The Rock"

[AppWyo]

MM Roberts Stadium, also known as "The Rock", is an American football stadium located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is the home of The University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles football team.

[AppinVA]

A couple of years ago they refused to play football at both Rocks.

[AppYosef!]

That's fine...there are plenty of rocks in the world.
Both stadiums may be called "The Rock" but only one "Rock" truly ROCKS...and that one is in Boone!

[Oldlknapp]

I didn’t think they even had rocks way down there.

[BambooRdApp]

Is our Rock bigger than their Rock...Did not see a Rock outside their stadium,.Fake News

[Rekdiver]

Is our Rock bigger than their Rock...Did not see a Rock outside their stadium,.Fake News

Technically their rocks are hard clay...........

[InFor6More]

Is our Rock bigger than their Rock...Did not see a Rock outside their stadium,.Fake News

Are you thinking they have rock envy?

[BambooRdApp]

Is our Rock bigger than their Rock...Did not see a Rock outside their stadium,.Fake News

Are you thinking they have rock envy?

Of course..they envy us in many ways. No better way to show admiration than to copy our brand name for our stadium...

[pop5app]

We should start a trophy game with them now. Both team play at the “Rock” and both teams are black and gold. What better was to challenge the teams than to have a piece of granite on a board to possess from year to year.

[AppState89]

The 3,333 Rock is the real "Rock"

Real "Rock" average attendance 30,642 (32,679 including ECU game)

Baby "Rock" average attendance 24,267

There is only one ROCK!!!! The one that Rocks with real fans!!!

[appdaze]

I have to admit they got their name through a pretty great story.


The stadium was originally opened on October 29, 1932 as "Faulkner Field", with a wooden grandstand which held 4,000 spectators at the time. It was named for local businessman L.E. Faulkner, who financed the materials and equipment for the stadium, which was built for free by local unemployed workers during the Great Depression. In 1938, permanent concrete stands which also housed dormitory space for student-athletes were built on the east side of the field, with the help of Southern Miss football players hauling the concrete. It was from this (hauling concrete blocks) that the stadium received the nickname "The Rock" (in reference to prison work crews—none of which were used to build the stadium).

[Rekdiver]

24k attendance is pretty good for a crappy team

[AppState89]

24k attendance is pretty good for a crappy team

I was thinking the same. Pretty high for a 1 win team.

[biggie]

Yes compare their attendance to some of the bad SBC teams this season, must be something good bringing in the fans at SoMiss.

[ASU843]

I have to admit they got their name through a pretty great story.


The stadium was originally opened on October 29, 1932 as "Faulkner Field", with a wooden grandstand which held 4,000 spectators at the time. It was named for local businessman L.E. Faulkner, who financed the materials and equipment for the stadium, which was built for free by local unemployed workers during the Great Depression. In 1938, permanent concrete stands which also housed dormitory space for student-athletes were built on the east side of the field, with the help of Southern Miss football players hauling the concrete. It was from this (hauling concrete blocks) that the stadium received the nickname "The Rock" (in reference to prison work crews—none of which were used to build the stadium).

Doesn't look like they copied anything. Glad to have them in our conference. I have been there a couple of times. Good town, good school and even better people.

[CornCobPipes]

KBS sits on a rock, we have Grandfather's Mt and Howard's Knob......what they got other than some bogus tradition? .......I'll wait.......case dismissed.

Some things need change and this is a classic example besides what are they 190ft above sea level

[ASU843]

There are those who get joy over putting another school down. Their tradition is definitely not bogus. Perhaps they should change their bogus school colors too? Welcome to the Sun Belt. Glad they joined!

[AppWyo]

See the difference? There black is #000000, ours #222222, Coastal Carolina's #111111. Their gold #FFAB00 or #FFD046, our gold #FFCC00
OFFICIAL COLORS
The official Southern Miss colors are black and gold,
chosen in 1912.
PRINT MEDIA AND PROMOTIONAL ITEMS
Black - 100% Black
Gold - The Pantone® values for gold are
123 C, 123 CP, 115 UP and 115 U.
The CMYK values are 0% Cyan, 19% Magenta,
89% Yellow and 0% Black.
WEB
Black - #000000
Gold - #FFAB00 or #FFD046
Appalachian's primary colors
Appalachian's primary colors are black and gold.
Gold may be represented by Pantone 115U, Pantone 116C or Pantone 871C.
Process Black
Pantone 115U
For printing on UN-COATED paper
Pantone 116C
For printing on COATED paper
Pantone 871C
For printing on COATED paper
CMYK
cyan 0%
magenta 0%
yellow 0%
black 100%
RGB
red 34%
green 34%
blue 34%
HEX: #222222
Rich Black Option
CMYK
cyan 60%
magenta 60%
yellow 60%
black 100%
RGB
red 0%
green 0%
blue 0%
HEX: #000000
CMYK
cyan 0%
magenta 9%
yellow 80%
black 0%
CMYK
cyan 0%
magenta 16%
yellow 100%
black 0%
Restricted use: Metallic gold (Pantone 871C) and gold foil may only be used by the Office of the Chancellor, or with permission from the Office of University Communication.
University color palette
CMYK
cyan 0%
magenta 0%
yellow 0%
black 100%
RGB
red 34
green 34
blue 34
HEX: #222222
CMYK
cyan 0%
magenta 16%
yellow 100%
black 0%
RGB
red 255
green 204
blue 0
HEX: #ffcc00
CMYK
cyan 21%
magenta 14%
yellow 41%
black 0%
RGB
red 205
green 203
blue 162
HEX: #cdcba2
CMYK
cyan 26%
magenta 30%
yellow 59%
black 1%
RGB
red 192
green 168
blue 120
HEX: #c0a878
CMYK
cyan 100%
magenta 76%
yellow 36%
black 22%
RGB
red 0
green 66
blue 104
HEX: #014266
CMYK
cyan 34%
magenta 94%
yellow 87%
black 52%
RGB
red 100
green 23
blue 23
HEX: #641717
CMYK
cyan 75%
magenta 38%
yellow 89%
black 29%
RGB
red 63
green 101
blue 58
HEX: #3f653a
CMYK
cyan 31%
magenta 24%
yellow 25%
black 0%
RGB
red 179
green 179
blue 179
HEX: #b3b3b3
CMYK
cyan 15%
magenta 11%
yellow 11%
black 0%
RGB
red 213
green 215
blue 216
HEX: #d5d7d8