Beaver Field- a few older pics that maybe only a couple guys here can remember having been there

[PSU73]

Just came across some old pictures....

This is a still from 1890 that I heard rumored is being studied as a possible fix to our running game:


Dated as 1924...name the buildings:



A more common view of Beaver Field (at a different location??) date unknown

 

[Erial_Lion]

I’m guessing PSU didn’t have the top Turfgrass program in the country at the time of the first pic.

 

[FrontierLion]

Packed house in that first picture from 1890... wonder what's time the lots opened that day?

 

[dcf4psu]

1890 game - attendance 4.

 

[dcf4psu]

First photo resembles rugby to me.

 

[WestSideLion]

Is that Pattee and Old Main in the background of pic 2? That was the year before my grandmother was born. Her grandparents, The Meeks, lived right down on College and Atherton at that time.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

Wow TREMENDOUS

 

[NittPicker]

Looks like #2 and #3 are the same location. #2 is looking south while #3 is looking north.

#2 - Yes, Old Main in the left background with the roof of Schwab Auditorium visible. A bit closer is Carnegie Building which is where the Bellisario College is now located. Just behind that, the building with the peaked roof is where Willard now stands. Center background is Irvin Hall and Watts Hall. The first house to the left of Irvin Hall is still there. The second one is now where Pattee stands.

#3 - Of course what is now the biomechanics lab is still there. The Nittany Deck now covers most of what was the stadium. A lot of those College Heights houses/buildings are still there. I believe what was the elementary school just above and a bit right of the press box was purchased by the university fairly recently. Park Ave. runs directly behind the enclosed part of the stadium.

 

[BobPSU92]

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[Chris92]

"A cold and snowy day vs. Pittsburgh" 1955

 

[ps_1294]

Just came across some old pictures....

This is a still from 1890 that I heard rumored is being studied as a possible fix to our running game:
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Dated as 1924...name the buildings:
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A more common view of Beaver Field (at a different location??) date unknown
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Alert…in that first picture, Big Ten refs would call illegal formation against us…. But not against OSU or Michy!

 

[NittPicker]

1890 game - attendance 4.

Even back then the students were slow to arrive.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

@PSU73 dude top 5 things I’ve seen here!

 

[pap]

First photo resembles rugby to me.

It was Rugby until 1906 when Walter Camp redesigned the game

 

[pap]

Just came across some old pictures....

This is a still from 1890 that I heard rumored is being studied as a possible fix to our running game:
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Dated as 1924...name the buildings:
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A more common view of Beaver Field (at a different location??) date unknown
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Last pic current location

 

[Erial_Lion]

1890 game - attendance 4.

Though our ticket office announced it as over 15,000.

 

[Woodpecker]

Alert…in that first picture, Big Ten refs would call illegal formation against us…. But not against OSU or Michy!

Snap infraction!

 

[Woodpecker]

 

[manatree]

#2 - Yes, Old Main in the left background with the roof of Schwab Auditorium visible. A bit closer is Carnegie Building which is where the Bellisario College is now located. Just behind that, the building with the peaked roof is where Willard now stands. Center background is Irvin Hall and Watts Hall. The first house to the left of Irvin Hall is still there. The second one is now where Pattee stands.

#3 - Of course what is now the biomechanics lab is still there. The Nittany Deck now covers most of what was the stadium. A lot of those College Heights houses/buildings are still there. I believe what was the elementary school just above and a bit right of the press box was purchased by the university fairly recently. Park Ave. runs directly behind the enclosed part of the stadium.

That is the Armory, where the new portion of Willard is now.

Ihlseng Cottage is next to Irvin. Originally built as faculty housing, first resident was Magnus Ihlseng, head of the School of Mines. It was turned into the first Infirmary in 1914.

The old College Heights school is now home to the Penn State Press.

 

[NitneLiun]

If I'm not mistaken, the old football field is now where Rec Hall is.

 

[Woodpecker]

1890 game - attendance 4.

And yet an excessive crowd noise penalty was called.

 

[pap]

If I'm not mistaken, the old football field is now where Rec Hall is.

Old beaver field was opposite of Rec hall Thye were across the street from one another Beave field was directly behind Nittany lion Inn

 

[pap]

Though our ticket office announced it as over 15,000.

No that is Pit that does that

 

[manatree]

If I'm not mistaken, the old football field is now where Rec Hall is.

Old beaver field was opposite of Rec hall Thye were across the street from one another Beave field was directly behind Nittany lion Inn

Old Beaver Field (first picture) was in the general vicinity of the current parking lot behind Whitmore and Bouck.

New Beaver Field (second and third pictures) was in the general vicinity of Kern and the Nittany parking deck.

 

[manatree]

Here are a few postcards of Old Beaver field from my postcard collection.

 

[manatree]

Here are a few postcards of New Beaver field from my postcard collection.

 

[manatree]

Here are a few postcards of Beaver Stadium from my postcard collection.

 

[PSUForever]

Packed house in that first picture from 1890... wonder what's time the lots opened that day?

I think it was supposed to be a white out but the 4 people in attendance decided to wear black suits instead.

 

[Erial_Lion]

No that is Pit that does that

What was our announced attendance today?

 

[dcf4psu]

My first time to Beaver Stadium in the 1970's was when the track was still part of the complex. I also remember games kicked off at 1:00 and because there was almost no televised games the flow of the game and the time it took the game to be played was much different than today. I was at the Nebraska game with the first portable lights to accommodate the late afternoon kickoff. It also took quite awhile for fans to get used to all the television timeouts.

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

Beaver Stadium today truly is the house that Joe built.

 

[PSUForever]

1:30 kickoffs. Done by 4:30.

 

[PSUForever]

1:30 kickoffs. Done by 4:30.

 

[PSU73]

Here are a few postcards of New Beaver field from my postcard collection.

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Thanks for sharing these!! Love the historical views/perspectives.

 

[Roar More]

1:30 kickoffs. Done by 4:30.

Even though the clock stopped after every out of bounds play and did not start until the next snap.

 

[Catch1lion]

Even back then the students were slow to arrive.

It was the first noon game.

 

[step.eng69]

Here are a few postcards of Old Beaver field from my postcard collection.

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Great post card collection, manatree.

 

[VaDave4PSU]

Though our ticket office announced it as over 15,000.

I'm curious about the point spread.

 

[PSUForever]

Even though the clock stopped after every out of bounds play and did not start until the next snap.

Joe liked to run it which helped.