Each week during the regular season, a trivia question will be posted to test your knowledge of Raider Football History. A randomly selected correct answer will be awarded 2 tickets to a Raider home game.
In September 1975 after 29 years without a stadium, Brian Piccolo Memorial Stadium was built on the St. Thomas Aquinas High School campus. The Raiders finally had a place to call home.
Prior to the building of Piccolo Stadium, locations, such as, Stranahan Field, Lockhart Stadium, McArthur Stadium and the Plantation Athletic League (P.A.L.) Field served as the home field for the Raiders.
Name the stadium that the Raiders used as their home field for only year? And the year this stadium served as a Raider football home?
Hint #1: The Raiders' opponent this week calls this stadium their home.
Hint #2: This was the year Raider football great, Brian Piccolo, while at Wake Forest University led college football in scoring and rushing yards.
Bonus Hint: This was the year the Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, marking their first live performance on American television, the appearance became the catalyst for the mid-1960s, "The British Invasion", of American popular music.
Last week's question: Name both the St. Thomas linebacker and safety that were featured in a 2006 blocked punt play against the South Broward Bulldogs?
Answer: St. Thomas linebacker, Vinnie Zann, pushed his blocker back on the resulting punt, and the punted ball caromed off the South Broward blocker's helmet and high into the air where Aquinas safety, Major Wright, caught the ball in the air in the end zone for a touchdown.
The winner of last week's contest is "sta alumna". The former Aquinas student wins 2 tickets to a Raider home game.
As always, thanks to all of you Raider fans that entered the contest.
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