Ownby Stadium

Opened in 1926

About Ownby Stadium

Ownby Stadium was a College Football stadium in University Park, Texas. It opened in 1926 and closed in 1998. Its last recorded capacity was 23,783. Its only tenant was SMU Mustangs (College Football, 1926–1929, 1989–1994). On our ranked lists it ranks 243rd shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.

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243rd shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years
123rd shortest-lived of 142 football stadiums with known opening and closing years
95th shortest-lived of 110 College Football stadiums with known opening and closing years

Venue Information

Capacity

23,783

Source: Wikipedia

Year Opened

1926

Year Closed

1998

Location

University Park, Texas

Elevation

581 ft

177 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

Gerald J. Ford Stadium (opened 2000) now stands on or beside the site. (Source: Wikipedia)

Teams

Home seasons at Ownby Stadium by team, 1926–1998. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
SMU Mustangs While based here: 10 seasons · 39-56-9 regular season · no postseason trips College Football · 1926–1929, 1989–1994 Southwest Conference 1926–1994 · FBS (Division I-A) Territory map on ImperialismMap Armstrong Field 1915–1925 Ownby Stadium 1926–1929 Cotton Bowl 1930–1971 Texas Stadium 1972–1973 Cotton Bowl 1974–1978 Texas Stadium 1979–1986 Ownby Stadium 1989–1994 Cotton Bowl 1995–1999 All 9 home venues of the SMU Mustangs Armstrong Field 1915–1925 Ownby Stadium 1926–1929 Cotton Bowl 1930–1971 Texas Stadium 1972–1973 Cotton Bowl 1974–1978 Texas Stadium 1979–1986 Ownby Stadium 1989–1994 Cotton Bowl 1995–1999 Gerald J. Ford Stadium 2000–present	College Football	1926–1929, 1989–1994

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 Ownby Stadium?

The capacity of Ownby Stadium is 23,783.

When was Ownby Stadium built?

Ownby Stadium opened in 1926.

What is on the site of Ownby Stadium today?

Gerald J. Ford Stadium (opened 2000) now stands on or beside the site.

Where did the SMU Mustangs play before Ownby Stadium?

Before moving to Ownby Stadium in 1926, the SMU Mustangs played at Armstrong Field from 1915 to 1925.

Where did the SMU Mustangs play after Ownby Stadium?

After leaving Ownby Stadium in 1994, the SMU Mustangs moved to Cotton Bowl in 1995. They played there until 1999.

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, What stands on the site today.

Location

Coordinates: 32.8394, -96.7822

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
Armstrong Field		Same site
Moody Coliseum	1956–	0.1 mi
Gerald J. Ford Stadium	2000–	0.1 mi
American Airlines Center	2001–	3.8 mi
Cotton Bowl	1930–	4.3 mi
Reunion Arena	1980–2009	4.8 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

SMU Mustangs

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