Yager Stadium (Miami University)

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Yager Stadium
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View from the west grandstand
Yager Stadium (Miami University)
Location Weeb Ewbank Way
Oxford, Ohio 45056
Coordinates 39°31′10″N84°43′58″W / 39.51944°N 84.73278°W / 39.51944; -84.73278
Owner Miami University
OperatorMiami University
Capacity 24,286 (2005–present) [1]
30,012 (1995–2004) [2]
25,183 (1983–1994) [2]
Record attendance30,087 (October 2, 1999 vs Marshall) [3]
Surface FieldTurf (2003–present)
Natural Grass (1983–2002)
Construction
Broke ground 1982
OpenedOctober 1, 1983
Renovated2003–2005
Construction cost$13.5 million
($42.6 million in 2024 dollars [4] )
ArchitectClough, Harbour & Associates (renovations)
Tenants
Miami RedHawks (NCAA) (1983–present)

Yager Stadium is a football stadium in Oxford, Ohio, United States, on the campus of Miami University. It is home to the Miami RedHawks football team. Built in 1983, the stadium has a seating capacity of 24,286. [1] It replaced Miami Field, which had been used since 1895. The stadium is named for Fred C. Yager, class of 1914, who was the lead benefactor in stadium's construction.

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History and design

The stadium has an unbalanced layout, with the west grandstands being 20 rows taller than the east (student) grandstands. A small set of bleachers sit in the north end zone; there are no seats in the south end zone under the main scoreboard. A Cradle of Coaches room is located inside the stadium, along with football offices, player meeting rooms, and locker rooms.

The university has undertaken a continued series of facility upgrades beginning in 2003 with the addition of a FieldTurf playing surface. [5] Other recent substantial upgrades of the facility include broadcast-quality permanent lighting, a new scoreboard with three Daktronics videoboards and the Cradle of Coaches plaza in 2004, and new student bleacher sections on the east sideline and the north end zone in 2005.

The Dauch Indoor Sports Center at the north end zone opened in 2015. The 91,000-square-foot building includes a turf football field and other practice facilities for track and field sports. The construction was funded in part by former Miami football players David Dauch and Ben Roethlisberger, after whom the indoor field is named. [6]

Largest attendance

RankDateAttendance [1] OpponentResult
1October 2, 199930,087#17 Marshall L, 14–32
2October 18, 199729,027MarshallW, 45–21
3October 1, 198328,230 Western Michigan L, 18–20
4November 4, 200328,023#15 Bowling Green W, 33–10
5October 29, 198328,012 Northern Illinois L, 0–17
6November 2, 199127,884Bowling GreenL, 7–17
7November 1, 198627,840 Central Michigan W, 59–21
8October 25, 199727,702 Cincinnati L, 31–342OT
9September 27, 200327,512CincinnatiW, 42–37
10October 17, 198727,382 Ohio W, 10–9

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Facilities". Miami University RedHawks. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Marty Williams (September 30, 1999). "Miami Wins, But Not at the Ticket Counter". Dayton Daily News.
  3. ↑ "Miami University RedHawks Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on January 21, 2016.
  4. ↑ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–" . Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  5. ↑ RedHawks, Miami University (June 25, 2003). "Gift Leads to Installation of Field Turf at Miami". Miami University RedHawks. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
  6. ↑ Robinette, Eric (April 12, 2015). "Miami University debuts new $14M indoor sports facility". Journal-News. Retrieved September 24, 2025.


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