Concerned that VUU’s football team was playing off-site, Hovey decided to invest his own money into building an on-campus stadium. In 1907, he used $7,900 to purchase the land where the field ...

Fourteen women – seven from VUU and seven from Bowie State – lined up at 1 p.m. and played at Willie Lanier Field at Hovey Stadium in front of about 50 fans. The game, with no admission charge ...