Shaw Stadium

Opened in 1923

About Shaw Stadium

Shaw Stadium is recorded as an NFL stadium in East Cleveland, Ohio. It opened in 1923. Its only tenant was Cleveland Rams (NFL, 1938).

Venue Information

Year Opened

1923

Location

East Cleveland, Ohio 44112

Elevation

654 ft

199 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

Home seasons at Shaw Stadium by team, 1923–1938. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Cleveland Rams While based here: 1 season · 4-7 regular season · no postseason trips NFL · 1938 Territory map on ImperialismMap League Park 1937 Shaw Stadium 1938 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1939–1941 All 9 home venues of the Cleveland Rams League Park 1937 Shaw Stadium 1938 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1939–1941 League Park 1942–1945 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 1946–1979 Anaheim Stadium 1980–1994 Edward Jones Dome 1995–2015 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 2016–2019 SoFi Stadium 2020–present	NFL	1938

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

When was Shaw Stadium built?

Shaw Stadium opened in 1923.

Where did the Cleveland Rams play before Shaw Stadium?

Before moving to Shaw Stadium in 1938, the Cleveland Rams played at League Park in 1937.

Where did the Cleveland Rams play after Shaw Stadium?

After leaving Shaw Stadium in 1938, the Cleveland Rams moved to Cleveland Municipal Stadium in 1939. They played there until 1941.

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: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
Wikidata (CC0): Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 20 m of this point).

Location

Coordinates: 41.5408, -81.5833

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
DiSanto Field	2005–	2.2 mi
League Park	1891–1946	3.7 mi
National League Park	1887–	4.5 mi
Don Shula Stadium	2003–	4.6 mi
National Association Grounds		4.7 mi
Cleveland Arena	1937–1977	4.8 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

Cleveland Rams

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