{"id":216,"date":"2017-09-11T18:42:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T18:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/?p=216"},"modified":"2017-09-12T13:55:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T13:55:48","slug":"victory-new-turf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/git-center\/2017\/09\/11\/victory-new-turf\/","title":{"rendered":"Victory on new turf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Photos by Rory Doyle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Statesmen faced off against Chowan University on Sept. 9, marking the first game on the brand new turf at Parker Field-McCool Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Delta State set the tone early, taking their opening drive 64 yards in just seven plays \u2014 and the Statesmen never looked back from there. DSU moved to 2-0 after beating Chowan 42-13.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the Statesmen this season at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gostatesmen.com\">http:\/\/www.gostatesmen.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy these game-time and behind-the-scenes images from the Gulf South Conference&#8217;s most stunning football field.<\/p>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-374 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/09\/9.9.17-new-turf-football-game-2-1-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/09\/masks-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-257 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/09\/9.9.17-new-turf-football-game-28-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/09\/9.9.17-new-turf-football-game-35-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/09\/9.9.17-new-turf-football-game-134-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/09\/9.9.17-new-turf-football-game-25-1-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/09\/9.9.17-new-turf-football-game-123-1-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/09\/9.9.17-new-turf-football-game-110-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-323\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/09\/9.9.17-new-turf-football-game-95-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/09\/9.9.17-new-turf-football-game-49-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/09\/9.9.17-new-turf-football-game-74-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/09\/9.9.17-new-turf-football-game-120-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/09\/9.9.17-new-turf-football-game-113-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/09\/9.9.17-new-turf-football-game-63-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/09\/9.9.17-new-turf-football-game-60-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/09\/9.9.17-new-turf-football-game-106-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/photostories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2017\/09\/9.9.17-new-turf-football-game-144-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos by Rory Doyle The Statesmen faced off against Chowan University on Sept. 9, marking the first game on the brand new turf at Parker Field-McCool Stadium. 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