Drake Field (stadium)

Drake Field
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LocationAuburn, Alabama, United States
Coordinates32°36′07″N 85°29′15″W / 32.60194°N 85.48750°W / 32.60194; -85.48750
OwnerAlabama Polytechnic Institute
OperatorAlabama Polytechnic Institute
Capacity7,550 (1939)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground1909
OpenedOctober 7, 1911
Tenants
Auburn University Tigers (football) (1911–1939)

Auburn University Tigers (baseball) (1911–1949)

Auburn High School Tigers (football) (1911–1920, 1935–1939)

Drake Field was an American football, baseball, and track stadium on the campus of Auburn University, in Auburn, Alabama, United States. From 1911 to 1939, Drake field was the home field of the Auburn University Tigers football team. The stadium was also home to the Auburn University Tigers baseball team from 1911 through 1949, and the Auburn High School Tigers football team from 1911 through 1920 and 1935 through 1939. It had a capacity of 7,550 in 1939.[1]

  1. ^ Fred Turbyville, The Blue Book of College Athletics (Baltimore: F. Turbyville, 1939), 39.