About Mountaineer Field
Mountaineer Field was a College Football stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. It opened in 1924, closed in 1979 and was demolished in 1987. Its last recorded capacity was 38,000. Its only tenant was West Virginia Mountaineers (College Football, 1924–1979). On our ranked lists it ranks 182nd 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
277 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 occupied by West Virginia University's Life Sciences Building.
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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West Virginia Mountaineers While based here: 56 seasons · 297-235-25 regular season · 7 postseason trips
College Football · 1924–1979
Independent 1968–1979 · Southern 1950–1967 · Independent 1928–1949 · 2 earlier conferences · FBS (Division I-A)
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College Football | 1924–1979 |
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 Mountaineer Field?
The capacity of Mountaineer Field is 38,000.
When was Mountaineer Field built?
Mountaineer Field opened in 1924.
What is on the site of Mountaineer Field today?
The site is now occupied by West Virginia University's Life Sciences Building.
Where did the West Virginia Mountaineers play after Mountaineer Field?
After leaving Mountaineer Field in 1979, the West Virginia Mountaineers moved to Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in 1980.
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).
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium | 1980– | 0.9 mi |
| Cameron Stadium | 1885– | 40 mi |
| Schenley Park | 1889– | 55 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
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