Skelly Field

Opened in 1930

About Skelly Field

Skelly Field is a former name of Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium, used 1930–1946. Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium is a College Football stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It opened in 1930. It seats 30,000. Its current tenant is Tulsa Golden Hurricane (College Football), since 1930. By capacity it ranks 109th of 241 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 54th oldest of 354 stadiums and arenas still in use, 59th for most name changes among 121 venues with 3 or more names and 46th longest single tenancy (96 years) of the 100 longest on record. It has also been known as Skelly Stadium (1947–2007).

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Photo of Skelly Field — Photo by Chippothenut. License: CC BY 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Venue Information

Capacity

30,000

#109 in College Football of 241

Year Opened

1930

#51 oldest in College Football of 242

Location

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104

Elevation

763 ft

232 m above sea level

#85 highest in College Football of 242

Operator

Tulsa Golden Hurricane

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.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

Teams

Home seasons at Skelly Field by team, 1930–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Tulsa Golden Hurricane While based here: 97 seasons · 516-485-18 regular season · 23 postseason trips · 2026 in progress College Football · 1930–present American 2014–2026 · C-USA 2005–2013 · Western Athletic Conference 1996–2004 · 4 earlier conferences · FBS (Division I-A) Territory map on ImperialismMap Home venue unknown 1914–1929 Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium 1930–present	College Football	1930–present

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.