Lewis Field Stadium

Lewis Field
Tenants

Location	Hays, Kansas
Owner	Fort Hays State University
Operator	Fort Hays State University
Capacity	6,362
Surface	Poligras
Opened	1936
Fort Hays Tigers

This article is about the sports facility in Hays, Kansas. For other facilities of the same name, see Lewis Field (disambiguation).

Lewis Field is a sport stadium in Hays, Kansas. The facility is primarily used by Fort Hays State University for college football team. The stadium is also the primary home field for Hays High School and Thomas More Prep-Marian. ^[1] It was named to honor William Alexander Lewis, president of Fort Hays State University from 1913 to 1933.^[2]

References

↑ Hays USA Outdoor Recreation
↑ Fort Hays State University Athletics Lewis Field

External links

Lewis Field official site, with photos

Fort Hays State University

Academics	Schools College of Arts & Sciences College of Business & Entrepreneurship College of Education & Technology College of Health & Life Sciences Location Hays, KS People Alumni

Athletics	Teams Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Football Mascot Victor E. Tiger Facilities Lewis Field Stadium Gross Memorial Coliseum Misc Go! You Hays Tigers!

Other	Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science Forsyth Library Sternberg Museum of Natural History

Established: 1902 – Endowment: $64.303 million – Students: 14,210 (Fall 2015)

Football stadiums of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association

Walton Stadium (Central Missouri)
Wantland Stadium (Central Oklahoma)
Francis G. Welch Stadium (Emporia State)
Lewis Field Stadium (Fort Hays)
Hunter Stadium (Lindenwood)
Hughes Stadium (Missouri Southern)
Spratt Stadium (Missouri Western)
Ron & Carol Cope Stadium (Nebraska–Kearney)
Doc Wadley Stadium (Northeastern State)
Bearcat Stadium (Northwest Missouri)
Carnie Smith Stadium (Pittsburg State)
Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl (Washburn)

College football venues in Kansas (list)

Division I
FBS

Big 12	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium (Kansas State) Memorial Stadium (Kansas)

Division II

Mid-America	Carnie Smith Stadium (Pittsburg State) Francis G. Welch Stadium (Emporia State) Lewis Field Stadium (Fort Hays State) Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl (Washburn)

NAIA

Heart of America	Liston Stadium (Baker) Larry Wilcox Stadium (Benedictine) Pioneer Stadium (MidAmerica Nazarene)

Kansas Collegiate	Adair-Austin Stadium (Friends) Lindstrom Field (Bethany) Thresher Stadium (Bethel) Gene Bissell Field (Kansas Wesleyan) McPherson Stadium (McPherson) Peoples Bank Field (Ottawa) Saint Mary Field (Saint Mary) Joel Wiens Stadium (Tabor) Smisor Stadium (Sterling) Richard L. Jantz Stadium (Southwestern)

Cessna Stadium
Great Bend High School Memorial Stadium (Wheat Bowl)
Haskell Memorial Stadium (Haskell Indian Nations)
McCook Field (Kansas)
Memorial Stadium (Kansas State)

Coordinates: 38°51′59″N 99°20′21″W / 38.86639°N 99.33917°W / 38.86639; -99.33917 (Lewis Field)

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