Alumni Oval

Opened in 1893

About Alumni Oval

Alumni Oval is a former name of Buddy Teevens Stadium at Memorial Field, used 1893–1922. Buddy Teevens Stadium at Memorial Field is a College Football stadium in Hanover, New Hampshire. It opened in 1893. It seats 13,000. Its current tenant is Dartmouth Big Green (College Football), since 1893. By capacity it ranks 186th of 256 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 1st oldest of 368 stadiums and arenas still in use, 59th for most name changes among 125 venues with 3 or more names and 1st longest single tenancy (133 years) of the 102 longest on record. It has also been known as Memorial Field (1923–2024).

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Photo of Alumni Oval
Photo by Kane5187. License: Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Venue Information

Capacity

13,000

Source: Wikidata

Year Opened

1893

Address

4 Crosby Street, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755

Elevation

502 ft

153 m above sea level

Address 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.

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Teams

Home seasons at Alumni Oval by team, 1893–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.
Team League Years
Dartmouth Big Green
While based here: 116 seasons · 476-246-33 regular season in the 89 seasons with results on record · no postseason trips (postseason results on record for 68 of 89 seasons)
College Football · 1893–present
Dartmouth (1893–1919)
Dartmouth Indians (1920–1973)
Dartmouth Big Green (1974–2026)
Ivy Group 1956–2026 · Independent 1899–1955 · Triangular Football League 1893–1898 · FCS (Division I-AA)
  1. Home venue unknown 1881–1892
  2. Buddy Teevens Stadium at Memorial Field 1893–present
College Football 1893–present

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.

Game results are on record only for top-division college football seasons; other seasons count toward seasons here but not toward the record.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of Alumni Oval?

The capacity of Alumni Oval is 13,000.

When was Alumni Oval built?

Alumni Oval opened in 1893.

Who plays at Alumni Oval?

Alumni Oval is the home venue of Dartmouth Big Green.

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

Historical Names

Memorial Field

1923 - 2024

Alumni Oval

1893 - 1922

Current

Location

Coordinates: 43.7011, -72.2842
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Nearby Venues

VenueYearsDistance
Youngman Field at Alumni Stadium 1991– 49 mi
Centennial Field 1906– 70 mi
Wildcat Stadium 1936– 78 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

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Teams on Wikipedia

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.

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