About Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium was a College Football stadium in Mansfield, Connecticut. It opened in 1953 and closed in 2012. Its last recorded capacity was 16,200. Its only tenant was UConn Huskies (College Football, 1953–2002). On our ranked lists it ranks 196th 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
194 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
- Werth Family Basketball Champions Center now stands on or beside the site.
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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UConn Huskies While based here: 36 seasons · 11-23 regular season in the 3 seasons with results on record · no postseason trips
College Football · 1953–2002
Independent 2000–2002 · Atlantic 10 Conference 1999 · Yankee Conference 1953–1990 · FBS (Division I-A)
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College Football | 1953–2002 |
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
What is the capacity of Memorial Stadium?
The capacity of Memorial Stadium is 16,200.
When was Memorial Stadium built?
Memorial Stadium opened in 1953.
What is on the site of Memorial Stadium today?
Werth Family Basketball Champions Center now stands on or beside the site.
Where did the UConn Huskies play after Memorial Stadium?
After leaving Memorial Stadium in 2002, the UConn Huskies moved to Pratt & Whitney Stadium in 2003.
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): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point).
- Wikimedia Commons (Public domain): Photograph.
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pratt & Whitney Stadium | 2003– | 19 mi |
| Rentschler Field | 1933–1999 | 20 mi |
| East Hartford Velodrome | 1926–1929 | 21 mi |
| Hartford Ball Club Grounds | 1874–1876 | 22 mi |
| PeoplesBank Arena | 1975– | 22 mi |
| Mohegan Sun Arena | 2001– | 23 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.