About University Athletic Grounds
University Athletic Grounds was a College Football stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1885 and closed in 1895. Its only tenant was Pennsylvania Quakers (College Football, 1885–1894). On our ranked lists it ranks 33rd 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
21 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
- The site is now occupied by Memorial Tower, part of the University of Pennsylvania's Quadrangle dormitories.
From OpenStreetMap data near the venue's recorded coordinates, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Maps show what is there now, not the old footprint.
Teams
| Team | League | Years |
|---|---|---|
|
Pennsylvania Quakers While based here: 10 seasons · 92-41 regular season
College Football · 1885–1894
Independent 1894 · Intercollegiate Football Association 1885–1893 · Major College
|
College Football | 1885–1894 |
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 University Athletic Grounds built?
University Athletic Grounds opened in 1885.
What is on the site of University Athletic Grounds today?
The site is now occupied by Memorial Tower, part of the University of Pennsylvania's Quadrangle dormitories.
Where did the Pennsylvania Quakers play after University Athletic Grounds?
After leaving University Athletic Grounds in 1894, the Pennsylvania Quakers moved to Franklin Field in 1895.
Sources
Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.
- Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
- OpenStreetMap (ODbL): What stands on the site today.
- 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 0 m of this point).
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Civic Center | 1930–1996 | 0.3 mi |
| Franklin Field | 1895– | 0.4 mi |
| Martin Luther King Jr Arena | 1920–1981 | 0.9 mi |
| Jefferson Street Grounds | 1871–1890 | 2.1 mi |
| Keystone Park | 2.1 mi | |
| Columbia Park | 1901–1908 | 2.2 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.