About Beury Stadium
Beury Stadium is a former name of Temple Stadium, used until 1995. Temple Stadium was a College Football stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1928, closed in 1995 and was demolished in 1997. Its last recorded capacity was 20,000. Its only tenant was Temple Owls (College Football, 1929–1977). On our ranked lists it ranks 229th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.
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Venue Information
Year Opened
Year Closed
Location
Elevation
102 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.
Teams
| Team | League | Years |
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Temple Owls While based here: 42 seasons · 43-25-2 regular season in the 7 seasons with results on record · no postseason trips
College Football · 1929–1977
Independent 1970–1977 · Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference 1962–1969 · Independent 1930–1955 · Division I
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College Football | 1929–1977 |
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the capacity of Beury Stadium?
The capacity of Beury Stadium is 20,000.
When was Beury Stadium built?
Beury Stadium opened in 1928.
Where did the Temple Owls play after Beury Stadium?
After leaving Beury Stadium in 1977, the Temple Owls moved to Veterans Stadium in 1978. They played there until 2002.
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 compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
- Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point).
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA): Photograph.
Historical Names
Temple Stadium
Unknown - 1995
Beury Stadium
Unknown - 1995
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Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Connie Mack Stadium | 1909–1970 | 5.5 mi |
| Baker Bowl | 1887–1938 | 5.8 mi |
| Oakdale Park | 1882–1882 | 5.8 mi |
| Centennial Grounds | 5.9 mi | |
| Forepaugh Park | 6.1 mi | |
| Frankford Stadium | 1923–1931 | 6.4 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.