{{Short description|Stadium in Mississippi, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox venue | name = Rice–Totten Stadium | nickname = | image = File:Rice Totten Stadium.jpg | fullname = | location = Mississippi Valley State University<br>Itta Bena, Mississippi
| | coordinates = {{coord|33|30|34|N|90|20|35|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | broke_ground = | built = | opened = 1958 | renovated = | expanded = | closed = | demolished = | owner = Mississippi Valley State University | operator = Mississippi Valley State University | surface = Field turf | construction_cost = | architect = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | general_contractor = | project_manager = | main_contractors = | former_names = Magnolia Stadium (1958–2000) | tenants = Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (NCAA) | seating_capacity = 10,000 | dimensions = | scoreboard = }}
'''Rice–Totten Stadium''' is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose stadium location in Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States. It serves as the home field of the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team of Mississippi Valley State University. The stadium opened in 1958 as '''Magnolia Stadium''' and was renamed in 2000 in honor of former MVSU football players Jerry Rice and Willie Totten, who set many NCAA Division I-AA records in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Burrus |first=Bill |title=Valley renamed stadium |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81721661/the-greenwood-commonwealth/ |newspaper=The Greenwood Commonwealth |location=Greenwood, Mississippi |date=March 26, 2000 |page=8 |access-date=July 18, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> Rice went on to a 20-year career in the National Football League (NFL) and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web| title=Jerry Rice, Mississippi Valley lit up scoreboards 30 years ago|work=foxsports.com|url=http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/jerry-rice-mississippi-valley-lit-up-scoreboards-30-years-ago-102114|access-date=August 1, 2017}}</ref> 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.
==Gallery== <gallery> 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) </gallery>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mvsu.edu/athletics/football/article.php?entryID=1623 |access-date=September 20, 2014|title=Mississippi Valley State Mourns the loss of Charles "Chuck" Prophet|author=Roderick W. Mosley|date=June 20, 2008}}</ref>
==See also== * List of NCAA Division I FCS football stadiums
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{{Mississippi Valley State University}} {{Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football navbox}} {{Southwestern Athletic Conference football venue navbox}} {{Mississippi college football venues}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rice-Totten Field}} Category:College football venues in Mississippi Category:Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football Category:Multi-purpose stadiums in the United States Category:Buildings and structures in Leflore County, Mississippi Category:1958 establishments in Mississippi Category:Sports venues completed in 1958
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