Coughlin–Alumni Stadium

Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
Construction
Location	N Campus Dr and Stadium Rd Brookings, South Dakota 57007
Owner	South Dakota State University
Operator	South Dakota State University
Capacity	15,000
Surface	Grass
Broke ground	1961
Opened	September 22, 1962
Tenants
South Dakota State Jackrabbits football (1962-2015)

Coughlin–Alumni Stadium is a stadium in Brookings, South Dakota. It hosts the South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team. The stadium holds 15,000 spectators and opened in 1962.^[1] In 2014 a proposal for a new football stadium went through, and construction began on Dana J. Dykehouse Stadium, which is slated to open in 2016, ending a 53-year tradition of football at Coughlin-Alumni.^[2]

References

External links

Coughlin-Alumni Stadium - South Dakota State University Athletics

South Dakota State University

Athletics	Football Men's basketball Women's basketball

Facilities	Coughlin Campanile Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Frost Arena McCrory Gardens and South Dakota Arboretum South Dakota State University Innovation Campus Wenona Hall and Wecota Hall

Related	Dakota Marker Hobo Day

South Dakota State Jackrabbits football

Venues	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium (1962–present)

Bowls & rivalries	South Dakota Showdown Series (South Dakota) Dakota Marker (North Dakota State)

Culture & lore	Jack Rabbit "Ring the Bell"

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 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 2014 2015

Stadiums of the Missouri Valley Football Conference

Hancock Stadium (Illinois State) Memorial Stadium (Indiana State) Plaster Sports Complex (Missouri State) Fargodome (North Dakota State) UNI-Dome (Northern Iowa) DakotaDome (South Dakota) Coughlin–Alumni Stadium (South Dakota State) Saluki Stadium (Southern Illinois) Hanson Field (Western Illinois) Stambaugh Stadium (Youngstown State)

College football venues in South Dakota

Division I
FCS

Missouri Valley	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium (South Dakota State) DakotaDome (South Dakota)

Division II

Northern Sun	Kirkeby–Over Stadium (Augustana) Clark Swisher Field (Northern State) USF Sanford Health Sports Complex (Sioux Falls)

Rocky Mountain	Lyle Hare Stadium (Black Hills State) O'Harra Stadium (Mines)

NAIA

GPAC	Joe Quintal Field (Dakota Wesleyan)

Independent	Trojan Field (Dakota State)

Howard Wood Field

Coordinates: 44°19′15″N 96°46′48″W / 44.32083°N 96.78000°W / 44.32083; -96.78000