Georgetown has played on nine different home fields in its history. Here is a review of the homes of the Blue and Gray since 1887.
National Park (1891-1893)
aka American League Park, Boundary Field
7th and Florida Avenue, N.W.
Built: 1890
Closed: 1911
Turf: Grass
Capacity: 6,500
Not to be confused with the present home of the Washington Nationals, National Park was built to replace "Capitol Park", a 1,500 seat field built for the Washington Nationals in the Swampoodle neighborhood of Northeast Washington, near the current site of Union Station (Georgetown played a handful of games at Capitol Park as a visiting team to local clubs. (Photo Credit: Google Images)
Built: 1894
Closed: 1930
Turf: Grass
Capacity: 5,000
he cost of off-campus rent for National Park led Georgetown officials to return home in the 1894 season and construct a suitable "multi-sport" facility for football and baseball on the site of its old ballpark. The 6,000 seat Georgetown Field hosted baseball and football events at the Hilltop for three decades, with easy access to the streetcar lines that ran to the campus gates. (Photo Credit: Georgetown University)
Griffith Stadium (1921-1950)
aka American League Park
7th and Florida Avenue, N.W.
Built: 1911
Closed: 1961
Turf: Grass
Capacity: 32,000
Georgetown enjoyed its greatest fame while playing at Griffith Stadium, home to the American League's Washington Senators and the NFL's Washington Redskins. The Hoyas won 23 of 26 at Griffith from 1925 through 1928 and a perfect 17-0 from the 1938 through 1941 seasons. Drawing as many as 25,000 to a game, attendance declined after World War II, leading to the sport's abrupt cancellation after the 1950 season.(Photo Credit: Google Images)
Built: 1906
Razed: 1977
Capacity: 6,000
Kehoe Field, the former intramural field, served as the home for the revival of Georgetown football. With stands built by students to accommodate the often oversold Homecoming crowds, Kehoe served as the home for football, intramural, and track events through the 1976 season. (Photo Credit: Georgetown University)
Built: 1963
Closed: 1999
Turf: Grass
Capacity: No seating
During the 1977 and 1978 seasons, games were rescheduled to the nearby baseball field while the Yates Field House project was under construction. Seating capacity is unknown and many fans took advantage of the natural bowl of the field to enjoy the games. (Photo Credit: Georgetown University)
Built: 1979
Turf: Astroturf
Capacity: 2,000
With campus space at a premium and dwindling football attendance in Division III, the decision was made to raze Kehoe Field and place an Astroturf field on the roof of the new Yates Field House.
Opening for the 1979 season, attendance was restricted to one side of the field for safety reasons and for the first three seasons of the facility, bleachers were actually taken down after each season so as not to compromise the structural integrity of the roof.
The facility was found unsuitable for football after the 2001 season and was closed by the University before a structural renovation in the late 2010's.
Built: 1994
Turf: Grass
Capacity: 2,400
Following the move off Kehoe Field in 2002, games were moved to the Harbin Field soccer facility. This was deemed a temporary move pending the construction of the Multi-Sport Facility.
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Built: 2005, completed 2020
Turf: Field Turf
Capacity: 3,750
Designed as a 4,500 seat, double-decked project in the early 2000's, Georgetown suspended construction during the fall of 2005, leading to 15 years of changing plans and and temporary bleachers described as "an eyesore" by one University official. Following a naming gift in 2015, Georgetown moved forward with a less expensive design which was finally completed in 2020.
Old Georgetown Field (1889-1890)
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Built: Unknown
Razed: 1894
Turf: Grass
Capacity: No seating
The first two seasons of Georgetown varsity football do not list any home field; it can be presumed that games were held on campus but the game accounts located do not, as yet, confirm this. Games were confirmed at the old college baseball field (which lacked permanent seating) in the 1889 and 1890 seasons. The field was eventually razed to construct the "new" Georgetown Field in 1894. (Photo Credit: Georgetown University)
National Park (1891-1893)
aka American League Park, Boundary Field7th and Florida Avenue, N.W.
Built: 1890
Closed: 1911
Turf: Grass
Capacity: 6,500
Not to be confused with the present home of the Washington Nationals, National Park was built to replace "Capitol Park", a 1,500 seat field built for the Washington Nationals in the Swampoodle neighborhood of Northeast Washington, near the current site of Union Station (Georgetown played a handful of games at Capitol Park as a visiting team to local clubs. (Photo Credit: Google Images)
Georgetown Field (1894-1920)
37th and O Streets, N.W.Built: 1894
Closed: 1930
Turf: Grass
Capacity: 5,000
he cost of off-campus rent for National Park led Georgetown officials to return home in the 1894 season and construct a suitable "multi-sport" facility for football and baseball on the site of its old ballpark. The 6,000 seat Georgetown Field hosted baseball and football events at the Hilltop for three decades, with easy access to the streetcar lines that ran to the campus gates. (Photo Credit: Georgetown University)
Griffith Stadium (1921-1950)
aka American League Park7th and Florida Avenue, N.W.
Built: 1911
Closed: 1961
Turf: Grass
Capacity: 32,000
Georgetown enjoyed its greatest fame while playing at Griffith Stadium, home to the American League's Washington Senators and the NFL's Washington Redskins. The Hoyas won 23 of 26 at Griffith from 1925 through 1928 and a perfect 17-0 from the 1938 through 1941 seasons. Drawing as many as 25,000 to a game, attendance declined after World War II, leading to the sport's abrupt cancellation after the 1950 season.(Photo Credit: Google Images)
Kehoe Field I (1964-1976)
37th and O Streets, N.W.Built: 1906
Razed: 1977
Capacity: 6,000
Kehoe Field, the former intramural field, served as the home for the revival of Georgetown football. With stands built by students to accommodate the often oversold Homecoming crowds, Kehoe served as the home for football, intramural, and track events through the 1976 season. (Photo Credit: Georgetown University)
GU Baseball Field (1977-1978)
37th and 0 Streets, N.W.Built: 1963
Closed: 1999
Turf: Grass
Capacity: No seating
During the 1977 and 1978 seasons, games were rescheduled to the nearby baseball field while the Yates Field House project was under construction. Seating capacity is unknown and many fans took advantage of the natural bowl of the field to enjoy the games. (Photo Credit: Georgetown University)
Kehoe Field II (1979-2001)
37th and O Streets, N.W.Built: 1979
Turf: Astroturf
Capacity: 2,000
With campus space at a premium and dwindling football attendance in Division III, the decision was made to raze Kehoe Field and place an Astroturf field on the roof of the new Yates Field House.
Opening for the 1979 season, attendance was restricted to one side of the field for safety reasons and for the first three seasons of the facility, bleachers were actually taken down after each season so as not to compromise the structural integrity of the roof.
The facility was found unsuitable for football after the 2001 season and was closed by the University before a structural renovation in the late 2010's.
Harbin Field (2002-2004)
37th and O Streets, N.W.Built: 1994
Turf: Grass
Capacity: 2,400
Following the move off Kehoe Field in 2002, games were moved to the Harbin Field soccer facility. This was deemed a temporary move pending the construction of the Multi-Sport Facility.
Cooper Field (2005-)
aka Multi-Sport Field37th and O Streets, N.W.
Built: 2005, completed 2020
Turf: Field Turf
Capacity: 3,750
Designed as a 4,500 seat, double-decked project in the early 2000's, Georgetown suspended construction during the fall of 2005, leading to 15 years of changing plans and and temporary bleachers described as "an eyesore" by one University official. Following a naming gift in 2015, Georgetown moved forward with a less expensive design which was finally completed in 2020.