Editing Mobile, Alabama (section)

===Football===
Mobile is the home of two [[American football|football]] stadiums.  The [[Ladd-Peebles Stadium]] opened in 1948 and has a current capacity of 40,646, making it the [[List of American football stadiums by capacity|fourth-largest stadium in the state]].<ref name="ladd">{{cite web |title=''Ladd–Peebles Stadium'' |work=LaddPeeblesStadium.com |url=http://www.laddpeeblesstadium.com/default.asp |access-date=April 23, 2007 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070314214436/http://www.laddpeeblesstadium.com/default.asp |archive-date=March 14, 2007}}</ref>  [[Hancock Whitney Stadium]] opened in 2020 on the campus of [[University of South Alabama]] and has a current capacity of 25,450.

Mobile has been home to the [[Senior Bowl]] since 1951, featuring the best college seniors in [[College football|NCAA football]].<ref name="srbowl">{{cite web |title=The Senior Bowl |work=Seniorbowl.com |url=http://www.seniorbowl.com/2007/gamerecaps1950s.htm |access-date=April 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912014456/http://www.seniorbowl.com/2007/gamerecaps1950s.htm |archive-date=September 12, 2007}}</ref>

The [[68 Ventures Bowl]], originally known as the Mobile Alabama Bowl and later the GMAC Bowl, GoDaddy.com Bowl, Dollar General Bowl, and LendingTree Bowl, has been played at Hancock Whitney Stadium since 2021. The game was originally played at Ladd–Peebles Stadium from 1999 to 2020. It features opponents from the [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]] and [[Mid-American Conference|Mid-American]] conferences.<ref>{{cite web |title=Date set for 15th annual Godaddy Bowl |work=Godaddybowl.com |url=http://godaddybowl.com/date-set-15th-annual-godaddy-bowl/ |access-date=November 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203031933/http://godaddybowl.com/date-set-15th-annual-godaddy-bowl/ |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Since 1988, Ladd–Peebles Stadium has hosted the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic. The top graduating high school seniors from their respective states compete each June.<ref name="AMall-star">{{cite web |title=''History of the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic'' |work=ahsaasports.com |url=http://www.ahsaasports.com/football/alms-allstar/history.asp |access-date=April 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928104708/http://www.ahsaasports.com/football/alms-allstar/history.asp |archive-date=September 28, 2007}}</ref>

The University of South Alabama in Mobile established a football team in 2007, which went undefeated in its 2009 inaugural season. Their program moved to Division I/FBS in 2013 as a member of the [[Sun Belt Conference]]. The team currently plays at Hancock Whitney Stadium, after playing at Ladd-Peebles Stadium prior to the start of the 2020 Season.<ref name="football">{{cite web |title=Proposal for NCAA-Football at USA |work=University of South Alabama |url=http://www.southalabama.edu/footballproposal/ |access-date=April 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207144041/http://www.southalabama.edu/footballproposal/ |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>