Oldest Playing Field In America

College Search & Selection
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<p>Wesleyan celebrated the 125th anniversary of Andrus Field yesterday:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.rep-am.com/story.php?id=14649%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.rep-am.com/story.php?id=14649&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>According to [url=<a href="http://www.nescac.com/Records/fbrecordbook.htm%5DNESCAC%5B/url"&gt;http://www.nescac.com/Records/fbrecordbook.htm]NESCAC[/url&lt;/a&gt;], 7 of the 12 oldest football fields in the US are at NESCAC schools. </p>

<p>Oldest Collegiate Football Fields in America</p>

<ol>
<li> Wesleyan (Conn.) - Andrus Field (Oct. 31, 1881)</li>
<li> Williams - Weston Field (Nov. 1883)</li>
<li> Amherst - Pratt Field (Fall 1891)</li>
<li> U. of the South - McGee Field (Nov 7, 1891)</li>
<li> Ill. Wesleyan - Illinois Wesleyan Field (Fall 1893)</li>
<li> U. of Pennsylvania - Franklin Field (Oct. 1, 1895)</li>
<li> Bowdoin - Whittier Field (Fall 1896)</li>
<li> Hamilton - Steuben Field (1897)</li>
<li> Colorado College - Washburn Field (Oct. 1, 1898)</li>
<li>Bates - Garcelon Field (Sept. 30, 1899)
11t. Occidental - Patterson Field (1900)
11t. Trinity (Conn.) - Jessee Field (1900)</li>
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<p>An editorial from the Hartford paper notes its likeness to "a forest primieval":</p>

<p><a href="http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-andrusfield.artnov02,0,3086436.story?coll=hc-headlines-editorials%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-andrusfield.artnov02,0,3086436.story?coll=hc-headlines-editorials&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>A photo just before Bowdoin game:
<a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/newsletter/snapshot/1106footballfield.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wesleyan.edu/newsletter/snapshot/1106footballfield.html&lt;/a>
Wesleyan finished the season 3:5</p>

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<p>Maybe the lack of a cordial handshake between Bellichick and Mangini on Sunday was because they were still lamenting the season ending 41-0 Wesleyan loss to Trinity from the day before.</p>

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<p>Anyone have one on gyms?</p>

<p>The Palestra in Philly seems pretty old and Hec Edmundson at the U Dub seemed ancient even back in the day...</p>

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Team              Arena     Built
Fordham     Rose Hill Gymnasium     1925
Oregon          MacArthur Court     1927
Harvard     Lavietes Pavilion   1927
Pennsylvania    The Palestra            1927
Butler          Hinkle Fieldhouse   1928
Washington  Bank of America Center  1928
Minnesota   Williams Arena          1928
Yale            Payne Whitney Gym   1932
Oklahoma St.    Gallagher-Iba Arena     1938
Duke            Cameron Indoor Stadium  1939
The Citadel     McAllister Field House  1939
Seton Hall  Walsh Gymnasium     1939
St. Joseph's    Alumni Mem. Fieldhouse  1949
Elon            Alumni Gymnasium    1949
Oregon State    Gill Coliseum           1950
Georgetown  McDonough Gymnasium     1951
Rice            Autry Court             1951
Idaho St.   Reed Gym            1951
Vanderbilt  Memorial Gymnasium  1952

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<p>Thanks Erica. Didn't know Hec went corporate...</p>

<p><a href="http://gohuskies.cstv.com/facilities/hec-edmundson.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://gohuskies.cstv.com/facilities/hec-edmundson.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Speaking of corporate Georgetown now plays most of their games off-campus at the Verizon Center.</p>