Memorial Stadium (Storrs)

Memorial Stadium
Location	Stadium Road ; Storrs, CT 06269
Coordinates	41°48′16″N 72°15′19″W / 41.80444°N 72.25528°WCoordinates: 41°48′16″N 72°15′19″W / 41.80444°N 72.25528°W
Owner	State of Connecticut
Capacity	16,200
Tenants
	Connecticut Huskies (NCAA) 1953–2002

Memorial Stadium was a stadium in Storrs, Connecticut. It was primarily used for American football, and was the home field of the University of Connecticut football team between 1953 and 2002. The team's current home is Rentschler Field in East Hartford. It was built for UConn's move up to the NCAA's University Division (later known as Division I-A and now as the Football Bowl Subdivision) in college football.

The stadium held 16,200 people and was built in 1953. It was demolished^[1] in May 2012 to make way for a new $40 million basketball practice facility, the UConn Basketball Champions Center,^[2] which opened in 2014.

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Events and tenants
Preceded by First Stadium	Host of the College Cup 1959	Succeeded by

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[1] "Demolition Of Memorial Stadium Begins".

[2] "Uconn Basketball Champions Center".

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v t UConn Huskies football
Venues	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields (1896–1952) Memorial Stadium (1953–2002) Rentschler Field (2003–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Rhode Island Syracuse UMass
Culture & lore	Civil Conflict Jonathan the Husky University of Connecticut Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Tenants


Location	Stadium Road Storrs, CT 06269
Coordinates	41°48′16″N 72°15′19″W / 41.80444°N 72.25528°W / 41.80444; -72.25528Coordinates: 41°48′16″N 72°15′19″W / 41.80444°N 72.25528°W / 41.80444; -72.25528
Owner	State of Connecticut
Capacity	16,200
Connecticut Huskies (NCAA) 1953–2002