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341:, in which Mines claimed the most medals. Its first football game took place on October 7, 1893, a 6-0 Mines victory over the University of Denver. It has been home to the football Orediggers through all but the first five seasons of their existence (their previous home were the now-destroyed grounds at the southeast corner of 19th and Illinois streets in Golden), and has been renovated several times throughout its existence. The field was originally called Athletic Park, renamed Brooks Field after Mines trustee and benefactor Ralph D. Brooks in 1922. It was renamed Campbell Field after 1939 undefeated team member and benefactor Harry D. Campbell in 2010, and finally named Alumni Field in 2022. Alumni Field is the oldest football field in the west, the oldest in 1506: 140: 36: 1494: 354:
1922 and 1924 the current grandstands were built by noted local builder William "Cement Bill" Williams. This featured wooden bench seats upon a steel superstructure, with home and visiting locker rooms, public restrooms and refreshment stand beneath. In 1922 the dirt surface was converted to natural grass, part of which was scraped back to dirt surface for a
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with steps down to the field level. In 2010, the field was converted to its third surface, synthetic turf. In 2022, the artificial turf was upgraded and the facility is renamed Alumni Field at Marv Kay Stadium. The first expansion of the stadium, the McKee West End Zone, is opened in 2023 adding seating, a beer garden, and fan circulation improvements.
325:. Originally it was a dirt surface all-purpose athletic field in exactly its current configuration, built within a clay pit, a fitting mined-out home for the Orediggers. Its first athletic contest, held on May 20, 1893, was the first annual Colorado Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Field Day, featuring many athletic contests between the 370:
project scooped out the slopes at the west side of Brooks Field to make room to construct a track around the surface, and it has hosted track and field events since. Around the 1980s the grandstands were renovated to cover most wooden benches with metal surfaces and create a central concourse, along
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Historic photographs show Brooks Field as a dirt surface, without grandstands and surrounded by a board fence. Despite such conditions it is known to have hosted crowds of spectators, who could have used nearby slopes to view games from. Later early wooden grandstands were added to the park. In
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Alumni Field has hosted many notable athletes and teams over its many years of play. Although missing out on the legendary 103–0 victory of the Orediggers over the
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The first live nationally televised football game in the Rocky Mountain region took place here on November 15, 1952, a game between the Orediggers and
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Alumni Field hosted the latter part of the Orediggers' 18-game football winning streak against collegiate teams that spanned from 1888 to 1894.
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The first live televised football game in the Rocky Mountain region took place here on November 1, 1952, a game between the Orediggers and
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The 3rd perfect and 4th unbeaten season of the football Orediggers took place here in its inaugural season in 1893 (5-0-0, CFA Champions).
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in 1890 as well as their first Colorado Football Association championship in 1891, it has hosted 14 championship football teams and more:
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Alumni Field hosted the latter half of the football Orediggers' streak of 6 winning seasons from 1888 to 1894.
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The first football playoff game at Alumni Field took place on November 13, 2004, as the Orediggers beat
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team, it became a primarily football facility in 1937 after baseball was moved to
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Athletic Park (1893–1922), Brooks Field (1922–2010), Campbell Field (2010–2022)
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CSM's earliest known football loss at Alumni Field took place in 1894 to the
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football and the 5th oldest college football field in the nation.
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during season each year. Originally home also to the CSM
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William "Cement Bill" Williams (1922–24 grandstands)
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Golden, Colorado
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39°45′11″N 105°13′39″W / 39.75306°N 105.22750°W / 39.75306; -105.22750
Colorado School of Mines
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Colorado Summit
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