Northwestern Field
Northwestern Field was a football stadium in Evanston, Illinois. It opened in 1905 and was home to the Northwestern Wildcats football team prior to the Dyche Stadium opening in 1926. It had a capacity of 10,000 people.Northwestern Field was located on Central Ave, seventy-five feet east of the current stadium.
After significant victories during the 1903 season drew large crowds, Northwestern business manager and former Evanston mayor William Dyche lobbied the school for a new stadium, arguing that 1,000-seat Sheppard Field could no longer meet popular demand. A lot northwest of campus was chosen for the project, with construction beginning in 1904 and ending in 1905.
