Baylor tops Boise State in Cactus Bowl at Chase Field

PHOENIX — Chase Field is an offensive-friendly park and on Tuesday night Baylor showed that reputation extends beyond the diamond and onto the gridiron.

The Baylor Bears put up 515 yards of offense, snapped a six-game losing streak and cruised to a 31-12 win over Boise State in the 28th annual Cactus Bowl.

Converting a baseball park into a football field is far from an easy task, but it did provide a fun and unique atmosphere for the teams and the 33,388 fans in attendance at the D-backs’ home field.

Yankee Stadium, Marlins Park and Tropicana Field also hosted or host bowl games this season, but Chase Field was the only park that brought in additional seats as 3,800 extra seats were placed in right-center field, creating better views and atmosphere along the Baylor sideline.

The field, which ran across the diamond with one goal post in left field and the other along the first-base line, was installed a week before the game. Roughly 90,000 square feet of sod was brought in on Dec. 19 and installed over a two-day period, according to Justin Balich, director of game and event operations for the Cactus and Fiesta Bowls.

Chase Field getting a bit of a makeover tonight. #Dbacks #CactusBowl #BoiseState …

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