Yale Bowl

Yale Bowl Stadium (full name, usually called Yale Bowl)

Aerial view in 2012
Location	81 Central Avenue New Haven, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°18′47″N 72°57′36″W / 41.313°N 72.960°W / 41.313; -72.960
Owner	Yale University
Operator	Yale University
Capacity	61,446 (2006–present) 64,246 (1994–2005) 70,896 (1914–1993)
Surface	Natural grass
Construction
Broke ground	August 1913
Opened	November 21, 1914; 102 years ago (1914-11-21)
Construction cost	$750,000 ($17.9 million in 2017 dollars)
Architect	Charles A. Ferry (Class of 1871)
Tenants
Yale Bulldogs (NCAA) (1914–present) New York Giants (NFL) (1973–1974) Connecticut Bicentennials (NASL) (1976–1977)

Yale Bowl
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
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Location	Chapel St. and Yale Ave., New Haven, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°18′47″N 72°57′38″W / 41.31306°N 72.96056°W / 41.31306; -72.96056Coordinates: 41°18′47″N 72°57′38″W / 41.31306°N 72.96056°W / 41.31306; -72.96056
Built	1914
Architect	Charles A. Ferry; Sperry Engineering Co.
NRHP Reference #	87000756
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 27, 1987
Designated NHL	February 27, 1987

The Yale Bowl is a football stadium in New Haven, Connecticut on the border of West Haven, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the main campus of Yale University. The home of the Yale Bulldogs football team, it was built in 1913-14 with 70,896 seats; renovations have since reduced its capacity to 61,446. Despite the renovations, no stadium in the United States is both older and larger than the Yale Bowl.

The Yale Bowl is currently the largest university-owned stadium by capacity in the second tier of college football, NCAA Division I FCS. (Tennessee State University rents the larger off-campus Nissan Stadium used by the NFL's Tennessee Titans).

The Yale Bowl inspired the design and naming of the Rose Bowl, from which is derived the name of college football's post-season games ("bowl games") and the NFL's "Super Bowl".

In 1973 and 1974, it hosted the New York Giants of the National Football League while Yankee Stadium was being renovated and Giants Stadium was under construction.