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Folsom Field is an outdoor football stadium located on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. Opened in 1924, it is the home field of the Colorado Buffaloes of the Pacific-12 Conference. The horseshoe-shaped stadium runs in the traditional north-south configuration, opening to the north. The CU athletic administration center, named after 1950s head coach Dal Ward, is located at the north end.〔(Colorado.edu ) - CU campus map〕 The playing field returned to natural grass in 1999 and sits at an elevation of , more than a mile above sea level.〔(Color aerial view (& topographic map) of CU campus ) from USGS via Microsoft Research Maps〕 Folsom Field is the third highest stadium in major college football, behind only Wyoming and Air Force of the Mountain West Conference. ==History== Gamble Field was the home of Colorado football for two decades, through 1923. Folsom Field (originally Colorado Stadium) opened in 1924, and has been the home of the Colorado Buffaloes football team ever since. Through the 2014 football season, the Buffs had a home record of 302–164–14, a winning percentage of . Prior to the opening of Folsom Field, CU played its games at Gamble Field for two decades, where the seating capacity of 9,000 was limited to temporary bleachers. Originally known as Colorado Stadium for its first twenty years, it was renamed in 1944, following the death of coach Fred Folsom. He coached the Buffs from 1895 to 1902 and 1908 to 1915, compiling a 78–24–2 () overall record. In 2008, Folsom Field became the first "zero-waste" stadium in the NCAA by instituting a rigorous recycling and composting program. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Folsom Field」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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