Stanford Field

Opened in 1905

About Stanford Field

Stanford Field was a College Football stadium in Stanford, California. It opened in 1905 and closed in 1921. Its last recorded capacity was 15,000. Its only tenant was Stanford Cardinal (College Football, 1918–1920). On our ranked lists it ranks 48th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.

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48th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years
14th shortest-lived of 142 football stadiums with known opening and closing years
8th shortest-lived of 110 College Football stadiums with known opening and closing years

Venue Information

Capacity

15,000

Source: Wikidata

Year Opened

1905

Year Closed

1921

Location

Stanford, California

Elevation

67 ft

20 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 Stanford Field by team, 1905–1921. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Stanford Cardinal While based here: 3 seasons · 8-10 regular season · no postseason trips College Football · 1918–1920 Pacific Coast Conference 1918–1920 · Major College Territory map on ImperialismMap Home venue unknown 1894–1904 Stanford Field 1918–1920 Stanford Stadium 1921–present	College Football	1918–1920

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 Stanford Field?

The capacity of Stanford Field is 15,000.

When was Stanford Field built?

Stanford Field opened in 1905.

Where did the Stanford Cardinal play after Stanford Field?

After leaving Stanford Field in 1920, the Stanford Cardinal moved to Stanford Stadium in 1921.

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): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 5 m of this point).
Wikimedia Commons (Public domain): Photograph.

Location

Coordinates: 37.4306, -122.1625

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
Stanford Stadium	1921–	0.3 mi
Levi's Stadium	2014–	11 mi
Stevens Stadium	1962–	14 mi
SAP Center	1993–	16 mi
CEFCU Stadium	1933–	18 mi
Oakland Coliseum	1966–	22 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

Stanford Cardinal

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