About Fairfield Stadium
Fairfield Stadium was a College Football stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. It opened in 1928 and closed in 1990. Its only tenant was Marshall Thundering Herd (College Football, 1929–1988). On our ranked lists it ranks 207th 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
172 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
- The site is now part of Prindle Field, a park.
From OpenStreetMap data near the venue's recorded coordinates, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Maps show what is there now, not the old footprint.
Teams
| Team | League | Years |
|---|---|---|
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Marshall Thundering Herd While based here: 43 seasons · 52-153-3 regular season in the 20 seasons with results on record · no postseason trips
College Football · 1929–1988
Southern 1977–1988 · Independent 1969–1976 · MAC 1959–1968 · 2 earlier conferences · FCS (Division I-AA)
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College Football | 1929–1988 |
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
When was Fairfield Stadium built?
Fairfield Stadium opened in 1928.
What is on the site of Fairfield Stadium today?
The site is now part of Prindle Field, a park.
Where did the Marshall Thundering Herd play after Fairfield Stadium?
After leaving Fairfield Stadium in 1988, the Marshall Thundering Herd moved to Joan C. Edwards Stadium in 1991.
Sources
Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.
- Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
- OpenStreetMap (ODbL): What stands on the site today.
- 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 4 m of this point).
- Wikimedia Commons (Public domain): Photograph.
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Joan C. Edwards Stadium | 1991– | 1.2 mi |
| Spartan Municipal Stadium | 1928– | 37 mi |
| University of Charleston Stadium at Laidley Field | 1918– | 44 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.