M. M. Roberts Stadium, better 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.
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 that the stadium received the nickname \"The Rock\".
The stadium was expanded again in 1950, when the 7,500-seat West Stadium Dormitory stands were built for $350,000. Later, 2,000 bleacher seats were added, as well as new lights and a new scoreboard. By the end of this expansion, the stadium seated 15,000.
