O'Brien Stadium

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O'Brien Stadium
Former names	Lincoln Field
Location	100 Grant Avenue Charleston, IL 61920
Opened	1970
Renovated	1999
Owner	Eastern Illinois University
Operator	Eastern Illinois University
Surface	Pro-Grass
Construction cost	$1.7 million^[1]
Architect	Atkins, Barrow & Graham, Inc.^[1]
Capacity	10,000
Tenants
Eastern Illinois Panthers (NCAA) (1970–present)

O'Brien Stadium is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Charleston, Illinois. It is home to the Eastern Illinois University Panthers football and track and field teams. The stadium also plays host to the IHSA State Finals in track and field every year. The stadium features a nine-lane track and in 2004 an artificial turf field was installed.

In 2009 a state of the art scoreboard was installed on the north end of the field with a video board and new sound system.

The record attendance for O'Brien field was 12,600 on November 9, 1980 vs. Northern Iowa. The all-time record at O'Brien Stadium is 146-65-3 as of 2011.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Illinois January 21". Engineering News-Record (New York City: McGraw-Hill) 182 (1): 38. 1969.

External links

O'Brien Stadium

v t e Eastern Illinois University

Athletics	Basketball: (seasons 2012–13 2013–14) Football

Buildings	Booth Library Coaches Stadium at Monier Field Lantz Arena McAfee Gym O'Brien Stadium Pemberton Hall

Media	WEIU

v t e Eastern Illinois Panthers football

Venues	O'Brien Stadium (1970–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Mid-America Classic (Illinois State)

Culture & lore	Billy the Panther

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

National championship seasons in bold

v t e Football stadiums of the Ohio Valley Conference

Governors Stadium (Austin Peay) O'Brien Stadium (Eastern Illinois) Roy Kidd Stadium (Eastern Kentucky) JSU Stadium (Jacksonville State) Roy Stewart Stadium (Murray State) Houck Stadium (Southeast Missouri State) LP Field (Tennessee State) Tucker Stadium (Tennessee Tech) Graham Stadium (UT Martin)

College football venues in Illinois

Division I
FBS

Big Ten	Memorial Stadium (Illinois) Ryan Field (Northwestern)

MAC	Huskie Stadium (Northern Illinois)

Division I
FCS

Missouri Valley	Hancock Stadium (Illinois State) Hanson Field (Western Illinois) Saluki Stadium (Southern Illinois)

OVC	O'Brien Stadium (Eastern Illinois)

Division II

GLVC	Leemon Field (McKendree) QU Stadium (Quincy)

Division III

CCIW	Augustana Stadium/Ericson Field (Augustana) Benedetti–Wehrli Stadium (North Central) Frank M. Lindsay Field (Millikin) Holmgren Athletic Complex (North Park) Illinois Wesleyan Stadium (Illinois Wesleyan) Langhorst Field (Elmhurst) McCully Field (Wheaton)

Midwest	Bobby Woll Memorial Field (Monmouth) England Field (Illinois College) Farwell Field (Lake Forest) Knox Bowl (Knox)

Northern	Cougar Stadium (Concordia) Sam Greeley Field (Rockford) Spartan Stadium (Aurora) Sports Complex at Benedictine University (Benedictine)

UAA	Stagg Field (Chicago)

UMAC	Francis Field (Greenville) Freesen Field (MacMurray) McKinzie Field (Eureka)

NAIA

Mid-States	Bruce R. Deaton Memorial Field (Saint Xavier) Joliet Memorial Stadium (St. Francis) Leslie A. Frazier Field (Trinity International) Ward Field (Olivet Nazarene)

Independent	Lindenwood Stadium (Lindenwood University – Belleville)

Wrigley Field

Coordinates: 39°28′50″N 88°10′52″W / 39.480517°N 88.181168°W / 39.480517; -88.181168

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