Herty Field

Opened in 1891

About Herty Field

Herty Field is recorded as a College Football stadium in Athens, Georgia. It opened in 1891. Its only tenant was Georgia Bulldogs (College Football, 1902–1910).

Photo of Herty Field — Photo by Pruddle at English Wikipedia. License: CC BY 2.5. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Venue Information

Year Opened

1891

Location

Athens, Georgia 30609

Elevation

745 ft

227 m above sea level

Operator

University of Georgia

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.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

Teams

Home seasons at Herty Field by team, 1891–1910. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Georgia Bulldogs While based here: 9 seasons · 27-31-7 regular season College Football · 1902–1910 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1902–1910 · Major College Territory map on ImperialismMap Herty Field 1902–1910 Sanford Field 1911–1928 Sanford Stadium 1929–present	College Football	1902–1910

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 Herty Field built?

Herty Field opened in 1891.

Who operates Herty Field?

Herty Field is operated by University of Georgia.

Where did the Georgia Bulldogs play after Herty Field?

After leaving Herty Field in 1910, the Georgia Bulldogs moved to Sanford Field in 1911. They played there until 1928.

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 0 m of this point), Architect and operator.
Wikimedia Commons (CC BY): Photograph.

Location

Coordinates: 33.9560, -83.3756

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
Sanford Field	1911–	0.4 mi
Sanford Stadium	1929–	0.4 mi
Ponce de Leon Park	1907–1965	58 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

Georgia Bulldogs

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