Clyde Williams Field Explained

Stadium Name:Clyde Williams Field
Location:Sheldon Ave
Ames, IA 50011
Coordinates:42.024°N -93.653°W
Broke Ground:1914
Opened:1915
Closed:1975
Demolished:June–November, 1978
Owner:Iowa State University
Operator:Iowa State University
Construction Cost:$32,000 (approx. original)
Former Names:State Field (1915–1938)
Tenants:Iowa State football
Iowa State track and field
Seating Capacity:5,000 (1915–1924)
14,000 (1925–1929)
16,000 (1930–1931)
20,000 (1932–1960)
29,000 (1961–1965)
35,000 (1966–1974)

Clyde Williams Field was an outdoor stadium on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. It was the home of the Iowa State Cyclones football and track and field teams.

It was originally built in 1914–15, just south of the recently completed State Gym. It originally held 5,000 spectators, but expansions in 1925, 1930, 1932, 1961 and 1966 brought the final capacity up to approximately 35,000. The stadium was the home of the Cyclones football team from its completion until 1975, when Jack Trice Stadium opened in the newly built Iowa State Center complex to the south of the main campus. Clyde Williams Field was razed in 1978. The site is now occupied by Eaton and Martin Halls, two residence halls constructed in 2002 and 2004, respectively.

The stadium was known as State Field until October 1938 when it was renamed for Clyde Williams, coach and athletic director at the school who died in March 1938.

Football attendance

YearGamesTotalAverage
19283 12,922 4,307
19294 22,731 5,683
19303 13,576 4,525
19314 22,573 5,643
19325 13,412 2,682
19334 15,931 3,983
19345 35,744 7,149
19355 28,024 5,605
19365 27,045 5,409
19374 25,091 6,273
19384 55,322 13,831
19394 36,944 9,236
19404 31,608 7,902
19414 33,347 8,337
19424 24,525 6,131
19435 23,866 4,773
19445 25,591 5,118
19454 30,368 7,592
19464 44,745 11,186
19475 54,677 10,935
19486 68,014 11,336
19494 56,533 14,133
19505 71,534 14,307
19514 49,717 12,429
19525 50,488 10,098
19534 42,625 10,656
19545 51,108 10,222
19554 46,508 11,627
19564 44,086 11,022
19574 44,542 11,136
19585 52,282 10,456
19594 41,575 10,394
19604 63,619 15,905
19614 70,361 17,590
19625 85,982 17,196
19634 67,820 16,955
19644 81,192 20,298
19655 79,157 15,831
19664 93,465 23,366
19675 104,585 20,917
19685 122,261 24,452
19695 127,352 25,470
19704 110,185 27,537
19715 139,042 27,805
19725 166,106 33,221
19735 158,482 31,696
19745 162,456 32,419

External links