About New Beaver Field
New Beaver Field was a College Football stadium in State College, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1909 and closed in 1959. Its last recorded capacity was 30,000. Its only tenant was Penn State Nittany Lions (College Football, 1909–1959). On our ranked lists it ranks 169th 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
375 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.
Teams
| Team | League | Years |
|---|---|---|
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Penn State Nittany Lions While based here: 51 seasons · 275-137-30 regular season · 3 postseason trips (postseason results on record for 45 of 51 seasons)
College Football · 1909–1959
Independent 1909–1959 · University Division
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College Football | 1909–1959 |
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 New Beaver Field?
The capacity of New Beaver Field is 30,000.
When was New Beaver Field built?
New Beaver Field opened in 1909.
Where did the Penn State Nittany Lions play before New Beaver Field?
Before moving to New Beaver Field in 1909, the Penn State Nittany Lions played at Beaver Field from 1893 to 1908.
Where did the Penn State Nittany Lions play after New Beaver Field?
After leaving New Beaver Field in 1959, the Penn State Nittany Lions moved to Beaver Stadium in 1960.
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: Coordinates (compiled by VenueStats; no outside source was kept for this point), Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): Capacity.
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Beaver Field | 1893–1909 | 0.4 mi |
| Old Main Lawn | 0.4 mi | |
| Beaver Stadium | 1960– | 1.3 mi |
| Columbia Park | 1884– | 35 mi |
| DeGol Field | 2005– | 45 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
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