Clyde Williams Field

{{Short description|Outdoor stadium at Iowa State University}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox venue | name = Clyde Williams Field | nickname = | image = | location = Sheldon Ave Ames, IA 50011 | coordinates = {{coord|42.024|-93.653|region:US-IA_type:edu|display=inline,title}} | broke_ground = 1914 | opened = 1915 | closed = 1975 | demolished = June–November, 1978 | owner = Iowa State University | operator = Iowa State University | surface = | construction_cost = $32,000 (approx. original) | architect = | 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== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- ! 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 |}

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==External links== * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/isuspecialcollections/2267544540/in/photostream/lightbox/#/photos/isuspecialcollections/2267544540/in/photostream/ Iowa State Special Collections photo of Clyde Williams Field] * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/isuspecialcollections/2275477736/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Iowa State Special Collections photo of Clyde Williams Field] * https://www.flickr.com/photos/isuspecialcollections/sets/72157603913632060/with/2267544540/ * [http://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/memorials/marker.asp?id=38-06 Clyde Williams Field gate from Iowa State University Facilities Planning & Management]

Category:Defunct college football venues Category:Iowa State Cyclones sports venues Category:College football venues in Iowa Category:Defunct sports venues in Iowa Category:1915 establishments in Iowa Category:1975 disestablishments in Iowa Category:Sports venues demolished in 1978 Category:University and college buildings and structures completed in 1915 Category:Iowa State Cyclones football Category:1978 disestablishments in Iowa