Rice–Totten Stadium is a 10,000-seat

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a design philosophy that stres ...

location in

Itta Bena, Mississippi Itta Bena is a city in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,049 at the 2010 census. The town's name is derived from the Choctaw phrase ''iti bina'', meaning "forest camp". Itta Bena is part of the Greenwood, Mississipp ...

, United States. It serves as the home field of the

Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football The Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils are the college football team representing the Mississippi Valley State University. The Delta Devils play in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision as a member of the Southwestern Athletic ...

team of

Mississippi Valley State University Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU, The Valley or Valley) is a Public university, public Historically black colleges and universities, historically black university in Mississippi Valley State, Mississippi, adjacent to Itta Bena, Mississ ...

. The stadium opened in 1958 as Magnolia Stadium and was renamed in 2000 in honor of former MVSU football players

Jerry Rice Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played for 20 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He won three Super Bowl titles with the San Francisco 49ers before two shorter ...

and

Willie Totten Willie "Satellite" Totten (born July 4, 1962) is an American football coach and former college quarterback who played with Jerry Rice in Mississippi. He is the quarterbacks coach at Southern University. Totten played college football for the Mi ...

, who set many NCAA Division I-AA records in the 1980s. Rice went on to a 20-year career in the

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(NFL) and was inducted into the

Pro Football Hall of Fame The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional football (gridiron), professional American football, located in Canton, Ohio. Opened on September 7, 1963, the Hall of Fame enshrines exceptional figures in the sport of profes ...

. Totten played professional football for several years after college and then went into coaching, serving as the head football coach at Mississippi Valley State from 2002 to 2009. He is one of the few college football coaches to have coached a game at a facility named after themselves In 2005, the field at Rice–Totten Stadium was renamed Charles "Chuck" Prophet Field in honor of the school's former athletic director and sports information director.

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File:FieldTurfRiceTotten2024.jpg, Field turf upgrade at Rice–Totten Stadium (completed in 2024) File:FieldTurfRiceTotten2024p2.jpg, Field turf upgrade at Rice–Totten Stadium (completed in 2024)

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