Francis Field is a 2,000-seat
football field in
Greenville, Illinois
:
Greenville is a city in Bond County, Illinois, United States, east of St. Louis. The population as of the 2020 census was 7,083, up from 7,000 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Bond County.
Greenville is part of the St. Louis ...
. It is home to the
Greenville University
Greenville University is a private university in Greenville, Illinois, United States. It is affiliated with the Free Methodist Church. Established as Greenville College in 1892, the institution was renamed Greenville University in 2017.
History ...
Panthers
football
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team
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As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to in ...
. The facility opened in 1987.
Francis Field has been the host location of the
National Christian College Athletic Association
The National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) is an association of Christian universities, colleges, and Bible colleges in the United States and Canada whose mission is "the promotion and enhancement of intercollegiate athletic c ...
Victory Bowl
The Victory Bowl is the annual championship game for football-playing members of the National Christian College Athletic Association. It is one of the few post-season bowl games for smaller schools. NCCAA membership is not exclusive, and many of ...
, three times in
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
, in 2012, and in 2019.
"Victory Bowl Goes to Greenville"
Stltoday.com
The ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' is a regional newspaper based in St. Louis, Missouri, serving the St. Louis metropolitan area. It is the largest daily newspaper in the metropolitan area by circulation, surpassing the ''Belleville News-Democrat'' ...
, November 20, 2012.
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Francis Field
College football venues in Illinois
Athletics (track and field) venues in Illinois
Buildings and structures in Bond County, Illinois
1987 establishments in Illinois
Sports venues completed in 1987
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