Originally, the facility was known simply as the campus athletic grounds; it was renamed Corbett Field in 1931 in honor of John Corbett, who coached the football team from 1915 to 1923.[2] Construction of a new grandstand at the east end of the field was authorized that same fall.[3] The field was eventually expanded to have a seating capacity of 9,000 spectators,[4] at an approximate elevation of 7,190 feet (2,190 m) above sea level.
Corbett Field was replaced as the football venue in 1950 with the opening of War Memorial Stadium; it continued as the home of the university's track team for several years.[5][6] The grandstands were subsequently demolished; the land is now used by the university's business school and as a parking lot located to the east of the university's student union.[1][7]
