About McCook Field
McCook Field was a College Football stadium in Lawrence, Kansas. It opened in 1892 and closed in 1921. Its last recorded capacity was 15,000. Its only tenant was Kansas Jayhawks (College Football, 1892–1920). On our ranked lists it ranks 103rd 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
275 m above sea level
Operator
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.
The site today
- David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium (opened 1921) now stands on or beside the site.
Later venues are matched by the recorded coordinates in our own venue records.
Teams
| Team | League | Years |
|---|---|---|
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Kansas Jayhawks While based here: 25 seasons · 113-50-14 regular season · no postseason trips (postseason results on record for 7 of 25 seasons)
College Football · 1892–1920
Missouri Valley 1907–1920 · Independent 1900–1906 · Western Interstate University Football Association 1892–1896 · Major College
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College Football | 1892–1920 |
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 McCook Field?
The capacity of McCook Field is 15,000.
When was McCook Field built?
McCook Field opened in 1892.
What is on the site of McCook Field today?
David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium (opened 1921) now stands on or beside the site.
Who operates McCook Field?
McCook Field is operated by University of Kansas.
Where did the Kansas Jayhawks play after McCook Field?
After leaving McCook Field in 1920, the Kansas Jayhawks moved to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium in 1921.
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: What stands on the site today.
- 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
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium | 1921– | Same site |
| Haskell Memorial Stadium | 1926– | 1.8 mi |
| Yager Stadium Moore Bowl | 1928– | 25 mi |
| Sporting Park | 2011– | 25 mi |
| Hy-Vee Arena | 1974– | 36 mi |
| Athletic Park | 36 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.