Memorial Stadium | The Rock | Home of the Indiana Hoosiers Football Team

 Memorial Stadium is a football stadium located in Bloomington, Indiana.  It serves as the home football field of the Indiana Hoosiers Football Team.  Memorial Stadium opened in 1960 and holds 50,180 IU Fans. In 2005, head football coach Terry Hoeppner had a southern Indiana limestone boulder nicknamed "The Rock" installed in the north end zone as a new campus tradition. This limestone boulder was found prior to Hoeppner's first season at IU in the practice field. It was removed, put on a granite slab and moved to the stadium. The Hoosiers and coach Hoeppner walked out and touched the Rock before running onto the field at every home game during Hoeppner's time as head coach. Heavy rains in June of 2008 created a large sinkhole in the south endzone of Memorial Stadium.  IU is currently replacing the AstroPlay turf with a new FieldTurf playing surface and will be ready for the start of the 2008 football season.