Alexander Durley Sports Complex
Encyclopedia
Alexander Durley Sports Complex is a 5,500-seat multi-purpose stadium
in Houston, Texas
. It is home to the Texas Southern University
Tigers football
team
. The facility is named after former Tiger head coach, Alexander Durley
.
Multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...
in Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
. It is home to the Texas Southern University
Texas Southern University
Texas Southern University is a historically black university located in Houston, Texas, United States....
Tigers football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team
Team
A team comprises a group of people or animals linked in a common purpose. Teams are especially appropriate for conducting tasks that are high in complexity and have many interdependent subtasks.A group in itself does not necessarily constitute a team...
. The facility is named after former Tiger head coach, Alexander Durley
Alexander Durley
Alexander Durley was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Texas Southern University from 1949 to 1964 and at Prairie View A&M University from 1969 to 1970, compiling a career college football record of 109–65–9....
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