About Ahearn Field
Ahearn Field was a College Football stadium in Manhattan, Kansas. It opened in 1911 and closed in 1922. Its only tenant was Kansas State Wildcats (College Football, 1911–1921). On our ranked lists it ranks 37th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.
Appears in
Venue Information
Year Opened
Year Closed
Location
Elevation
320 m above sea level
Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.
The site today
- World War I Memorial Stadium (opened 1922) now stands on or beside the site.
Later venues are matched by the recorded coordinates in our own venue records.
Teams
| Team | League | Years |
|---|---|---|
|
Kansas State Wildcats While based here: 11 seasons · 43-32-8 regular season · no postseason trips (postseason results on record for 7 of 11 seasons)
College Football · 1911–1921
Missouri Valley 1913–1921 · Independent 1911–1912 · Major College
|
College Football | 1911–1921 |
Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Ahearn Field built?
Ahearn Field opened in 1911.
What is on the site of Ahearn Field today?
World War I Memorial Stadium (opened 1922) now stands on or beside the site.
Where did the Kansas State Wildcats play after Ahearn Field?
After leaving Ahearn Field in 1921, the Kansas State Wildcats moved to Memorial Stadium in 1922. They played there until 1967.
Sources
Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.
- Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
- OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
- VenueStats: What stands on the site today.
- VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
- Wikidata (CC0): Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point).
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| World War I Memorial Stadium | 1922– | Same site |
| Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium | 1968– | 1.2 mi |
| Yager Stadium Moore Bowl | 1928– | 49 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.