WholeHogSports · Jul 21, 2019
A natural look: Insiders detail Razorbacks' switch back to grass
Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium is shown Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Fayetteville. Crews are in their fourth month of a field installation at Arkansas' football home that will change the surface back to natural grass in time for the Razorbacks' Aug. 31 season opener against Portland State. FAYETTEVILLE — Natural grass will return to the field at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium within a few weeks.
The University of Arkansas football team will play home games on a natural surface this fall for the first time since 2008 — the team’s first season under then-head coach Bobby Petrino, who had artificial turf installed in 2009 at a cost of $1.1 million.