Iowa Field

Opened in 1890

About Iowa Field

Iowa Field was a College Football stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. It opened in 1890 and closed in 1929. Its last recorded capacity was 30,000. Its only tenant was Iowa Hawkeyes (College Football, 1894–1929). On our ranked lists it ranks 139th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.

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139th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years
60th shortest-lived of 142 football stadiums with known opening and closing years
46th shortest-lived of 110 College Football stadiums with known opening and closing years

Venue Information

Capacity

30,000

Source: Wikidata

Year Opened

1890

Year Closed

1929

Location

Iowa City, Iowa

Elevation

651 ft

198 m above sea level

Operator

University of Iowa

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 Iowa Field by team, 1890–1929. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Iowa Hawkeyes While based here: 36 seasons · 154-85-8 regular season · no postseason trips (postseason results on record for 16 of 36 seasons) College Football · 1894–1929 Big Ten Conference 1900–1929 · Independent 1898–1899 · Western Interstate University Football Association 1894–1897 · Major College Territory map on ImperialismMap Iowa Field 1894–1929 Kinnick Stadium 1930–present	College Football	1894–1929

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

What is the capacity of Iowa Field?

The capacity of Iowa Field is 30,000.

When was Iowa Field built?

Iowa Field opened in 1890.

Who operates Iowa Field?

Iowa Field is operated by University of Iowa.

Where did the Iowa Hawkeyes play after Iowa Field?

After leaving Iowa Field in 1929, the Iowa Hawkeyes moved to Kinnick Stadium in 1930.

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), Architect and operator.

Location

Coordinates: 41.6597, -91.5399

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
Kinnick Stadium	1929–	0.6 mi
Blum Stadium	1966–	49 mi
Douglas Park		51 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

Iowa Hawkeyes

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