10/08/2026
🏟️ KENTUCKY STADIUM SERIES #30 | PARNELL FAMILY STADIUM | COLUMBIA, KY
Stop #30 takes us to Columbia, Kentucky, and Lindsey Wilson University, home of the Blue Raiders and Parnell Family Stadium.
The stadium opened in 2010 as Lindsey Wilson brought football back after a 75-year absence. Before that season, the school had not fielded a football team since 1935.
Originally known as Blue Raider Stadium, the facility was renamed Parnell Family Stadium in 2021 in recognition of the Parnell family and their longtime support of Lindsey Wilson.
The stadium seats more than 2,000 fans and features an artificial-turf football field surrounded by an eight-lane track. From above, the bright blue field markings, grandstand and surrounding Lindsey Wilson campus give the stadium a distinctive setting in the heart of Columbia.
The football program has packed a lot of success into its modern era. During the COVID-delayed 2020 season, Lindsey Wilson went a perfect 11-0 and captured its first NAIA National Championship, defeating Northwestern College 45-13 in the title game in May 2021.
After disappearing for three-quarters of a century, Blue Raider football returned in 2010 and within just over a decade, Lindsey Wilson had climbed all the way to the top of the NAIA.
What do you think of Parnell Family Stadium?
And where should Kentucky Stadium Series #31 take us next?
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