War Memorial Stadium

Opened in 1950

Several venues share the name “War Memorial Stadium”. See all of them.

About War Memorial Stadium

War Memorial Stadium is a College Football stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. It opened in 1950. It was designed by Frederic Hutchinson Porter. It seats 29,181. Its current tenant is Wyoming Cowboys (College Football), since 1950. By capacity it ranks 117th of 256 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 91st oldest of 368 stadiums and arenas still in use and 82nd longest single tenancy (76 years) of the 102 longest on record.

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Venue Information

Capacity

29,181

Source: Wikidata

#117 in College Football of 256

Year Opened

1950

#88 oldest in College Football of 257

Location

Laramie, Wyoming 82071

Elevation

7,219 ft

2,200 m above sea level

#1 highest in College Football of 257

Architect

Frederic Hutchinson Porter

Operator

University of Wyoming

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 War Memorial Stadium by team, 1950–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Wyoming Cowboys While based here: 77 seasons · 442-397-11 regular season · 19 postseason trips · 2026 in progress College Football · 1950–present Mountain West 1999–2026 · Western Athletic Conference 1962–1998 · Skyline Conference 1950–1961 · FBS (Division I-A) Territory map on ImperialismMap Home venue unknown 1903–1921 Corbett Field 1922–1949 War Memorial Stadium 1950–present	College Football	1950–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.