This photo was taken in 2012, shortly after Lindenwood University replaced grass on its football field in Belleville with maroon-and-gray-striped artificial turf. It drew wide criticism.

ST. LOUIS — Tiny Lindenwood University has tackled the challenge of making its stadium unforgettable in its first year of college football.For good or bad, the newly installed striped football ...

ST. LOUIS-- Soon after his school moved forward with plans for stadium improvements last fall, Scott Spinner began a search. A $2.3 million renovation project had been approved, and the Lindenwood ...

People weighed in from all over the country in 2012, when Lindenwood University replaced grass on the football field of its Belleville campus with maroon-and-gray-striped artificial turf.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Lindenwood University-Belleville's football team practices Thursday, July 12, 2012, on the school's eye-catching new striped ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Tiny Lindenwood University has tackled the challenge of making its stadium unforgettable in its first year of college football.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tiny Lindenwood University has tackled the challenge of making its stadium unforgettable in its first year of college football. For good or bad, the newly installed striped ...

BELLEVILLE (AP) — A university in southwestern Illinois that's making its leap into college football this fall has tackled how to make its program instantly unique with a new turf ...

ST. LOUIS – Tiny Lindenwood University has tackled the challenge of making its stadium unforgettable in its first year of college football. For good or bad, the newly installed striped football ...

Lindenwood U.: No apologies for unusual turf. July 14, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. | Updated July 14, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. by JIM SUHR, Associated Press ...