University Park

Opened in 1898

Several venues share the name “Ohio Field”. See all of them.

About University Park

University Park is a former name of Ohio Field, used 1898–1907. Ohio Field was a College Football stadium in Columbus, Ohio. It opened in 1898, closed in 1921 and was demolished in 1922. Its only tenant was Ohio State Buckeyes (College Football, 1900–1921). On our ranked lists it ranks 80th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.

Appears in

Photo of University Park — Photo by OSU Archives. License: Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Venue Information

Year Opened

1898

Year Closed

1921

Location

Columbus, Ohio

Elevation

758 ft

231 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

A marker, “Site of Ohio Field”, stands at the site.

From OpenStreetMap data near the venue's recorded coordinates, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Maps show what is there now, not the old footprint.

Teams

Home seasons at University Park by team, 1898–1921. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Ohio State Buckeyes While based here: 22 seasons · 58-31-7 regular season · 1 postseason trip (postseason results on record for 8 of 22 seasons) College Football · 1900–1921 Big Ten Conference 1913–1921 · Ohio Athletic Conference 1902–1912 · Independent 1900–1901 · Major College Territory map on ImperialismMap Recreation Park II 1897 Ohio Field 1900–1921 Ohio Stadium 1922–present	College Football	1900–1921

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 Park built?

University Park opened in 1898.

What is on the site of University Park today?

A marker, “Site of Ohio Field”, stands at the site.

Where did the Ohio State Buckeyes play before University Park?

Before moving to University Park in 1900, the Ohio State Buckeyes played at Recreation Park II in 1897.

Where did the Ohio State Buckeyes play after University Park?

After leaving University Park in 1921, the Ohio State Buckeyes moved to Ohio Stadium in 1922.

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 8 m of this point).
Wikimedia Commons (Public domain): Photograph.

Historical Names

Ohio Field

1908 - 1921

University Park

1898 - 1907

Current

Location

Coordinates: 40.0028, -83.0094

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
Ohio Stadium	1922–	0.6 mi
Nationwide Arena	2000–	2.3 mi
Neil Park		2.9 mi
Recreation Park I	1883–1884	3.5 mi
Recreation Park II	1889–1897	4.1 mi
Branch Rickey Arena	1976–	20 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

Ohio State Buckeyes

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