page_title: Oregon Ducks football venues
section_title: Autzen Stadium (1967–present)
hierarchical_section_title: Oregon Ducks football venues / Autzen Stadium (1967–present)
caption_attribution_description: English: Cover of 1967 commemorative program from Oregon vs Ohio State football game. An architectural rendering of Autzen Stadium comprises the cover art
context_page_description: Football teams at the University of Oregon have played home games at six sites since the team was founded in 1894, five in Eugene and one in Portland. Oregon has not had an on-campus football stadium since 1966.
context_section_description: Record: 178 wins, 93 losses, 5 ties
  The need for a larger stadium in Eugene was recognized by UO Athletic Director Leo Harris in the late 1950s, and Harris persuaded Oregon's administration to purchase property in Eugene's North Bank Park, about a mile north of the campus, for construction of a stadium. Autzen Stadium was completed in 1967. The field at Autzen was constructed to support natural grass, but the field surface stood below ground level, and Autzen had many of the same drainage issues as its predecessors. The grass was replaced with artificial turf in 1969.
  With its expanded capacity of over 41,000, there was no longer a need to play home contests in Portland to meet visitors' gate requirements.
  Autzen Stadium was expanded to 54,000 seats in 2002. It is now the centerpiece of an Oregon sports campus that also features the athletic department offices (Casanova Center), the Hatfield-Dowlin Football Complex, the Ed Moshofsky Sports Facility, the PK Park baseball stadium, a soccer pitch (Pape Field), and several practice fields.
caption: Autzen Stadium, 1967 program cover
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