University Field

Opened in 1895

About University Field

University Field is a former name of Denny Field, used until 1920. Denny Field was a College Football stadium in Seattle, Washington. It opened in 1895 and closed in 1920. Its only tenant was Washington Huskies (College Football, 1915–1919). On our ranked lists it ranks 88th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.

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88th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years
32nd shortest-lived of 142 football stadiums with known opening and closing years
24th shortest-lived of 110 College Football stadiums with known opening and closing years

Venue Information

Year Opened

1895

Year Closed

1920

Location

Seattle, Washington

Elevation

192 ft

58 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

Home seasons at University Field by team, 1895–1920. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Washington Huskies While based here: 5 seasons · 14-4-2 regular season · no postseason trips College Football · 1915–1919 Pacific Coast Conference 1916–1919 · Independent 1915 · Major College Territory map on ImperialismMap Denny Field 1915–1919 Husky Stadium 1920–2011 CenturyLink Field 2012 Husky Stadium 2013–present	College Football	1915–1919

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 University Field built?

University Field opened in 1895.

Where did the Washington Huskies play after University Field?

After leaving University Field in 1919, the Washington Huskies moved to Husky Stadium in 1920. They played there until 2011.

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): Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 33 m of this point).
Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA): Photograph.

Historical Names

Denny Field

Unknown - 1920