- Address: 1001 East 17th Street, Bloomington
- Country: United States
- Capacity: 52,000
- Opened: 8 October 1960
- Main use: American football
- Tenants: Indiana Hoosiers (American football)
Extra stadium info – Memorial Stadium
The construction of the venue, which is also known as The Rock, started in 1958. It opened in 1960 with a capacity of 48,000. The Memorial Stadium is owned by the Indiana University Bloomington. The American football team of the Indiana Hoosiers moved to the venue in 1960. The Hoosiers played their first game in 1887. Arthur Burnham Woodford was the manager of the Indiana Hoosiers in that game. He was born in Connecticut in 1861. Arthur Burnham Woodford died in Connecticut in 1946.
Two conference titles and a record attendance
The American football team of the Indiana Hoosiers won their first-ever conference title in 1945. In 1967, the Indiana Hoosiers won their second conference title. Two years later, the Memorial Stadium’s record attendance was broken when 56,000 fans showed up for an American football game between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Purdue Boilermakers. The Hoosiers represent the Indiana University Bloomington and the Boilermakers represent the Purdue University in Indiana.
