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 Year Games Total Average 1928 3 12,922 4,307 1929 4 22,731 5,683 1930 3 13,576 4,525 1931 4 22,573 5,643 1932 5 13,412 2,682 1933 4 15,931 3,983 1934 5 35,744 7,149 1935 5 28,024 5,605 1936 5 27,045 5,409 1937 4 25,091 6,273 1938 4 55,322 13,831 1939 4 36,944 9,236 1940 4 31,608 7,902 1941 4 33,347 8,337 1942 4 24,525 6,131 1943 5 23,866 4,773 1944 5 25,591 5,118 1945 4 30,368 7,592 1946 4 44,745 11,186 1947 5 54,677 10,935 1948 6 68,014 11,336 1949 4 56,533 14,133 1950 5 71,534 14,307 1951 4 49,717 12,429 1952 5 50,488 10,098 1953 4 42,625 10,656 1954 5 51,108 10,222 1955 4 46,508 11,627 1956 4 44,086 11,022 1957 4 44,542 11,136 1958 5 52,282 10,456 1959 4 41,575 10,394 1960 4 63,619 15,905 1961 4 70,361 17,590 1962 5 85,982 17,196 1963 4 67,820 16,955 1964 4 81,192 20,298 1965 5 79,157 15,831 1966 4 93,465 23,366 1967 5 104,585 20,917 1968 5 122,261 24,452 1969 5 127,352 25,470 1970 4 110,185 27,537 1971 5 139,042 27,805 1972 5 166,106 33,221 1973 5 158,482 31,696 1974 5 162,456 32,419
References
External links Iowa State Special Collections photo of Clyde Williams Field Iowa State Special Collections photo of Clyde Williams Field https://www.flickr.com/photos/isuspecialcollections/sets/72157603913632060/with/2267544540/ Clyde Williams Field gate from Iowa State University Facilities Planning & Management