Games at College Stadiums

[Rebel-Fan-74]

I know the Championships are played on college fields and Spartanburg plays "HOME" games at Wofford. Are there special rules about goal posts? Don't think they change them out so they are not to High School size... If a Field Goal or a PAT hit the upright, it would have been good at a high school field.

Just wondered if that has ever been an issue in a game before?

[bbrown1240]

I know Clemson changes out their goal posts for the state championships. Not sure if USC does or not.

[Dave Pickren]

Wofford uses the same goal post.

[EHSMeanGreen]

I know the Championships are played on college fields and Spartanburg plays "HOME" games at Wofford. Are there special rules about goal posts? Don't think they change them out so they are not to High School size... If a Field Goal or a PAT hit the upright, it would have been good at a high school field.

Just wondered if that has ever been an issue in a game before?

I have gone to the State Championship games many times. "Most" years they change the size of the goal posts from the college size to the high school regulation size at the college fields.
(SC does it most years and Clemson has done it every year they have hosted)
As a matter of fact, it is the first thing that I look for when walking into the stadium.

And yes, it has been a factor in the outcome of a state championship game.
1991 4A State Championship game between Laurens and Lower Richland. (College Goal Posts)
Lower Richland missed an extra point wide right (maybe by a foot), I believe that it would have been good with the high school goal posts. LR lost to Laurens 28-27.

[trojangrad78]

Just a quick internet search turned this up (http://www.sportsknowhow.com/football/f ... sions.html)

High school football goal posts are 23 feet 4 inches wide.

NFL/College football goal posts are 18 feet 6 inches wide.

The fields are the same width at 160 feet or 53 1/3 yards, so no extra width to help the spread offenses.

just an fyi.

[DeCav]

The first thing that occurred to me was that if each team uses the same width goal post then there's no advantage. But clearly if you had one team who's thing was winning games with their kicker vs. an equally talented team who had no kicking game thus rarely attempts FG's or extra points, then advantage goes just a little bit to the team with the bad kicker right?

[Rebel-Fan-74]

And in an OT game... I stop you and then I run a couple stright up the middle, bring in the kicker and he hits the left upright. Would have been good at a high school stadium, but no, we go another OT now...