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Ross Ade Stadium
West Lafayette, IN

As a quaint and unique stadium, Ross Ade Stadium has been the home of the Purdue Boilermakers for eight decades. For several decades the Purdue football team had played at Stuart Field. During the first few decades of the twentieth century, Purdue had a very successful football team. David Ross, an alumni of Purdue University, showed that it was time that a new stadium was built as it would provide for a better team and more fans. By the early 1920�s, Purdue University decided to build a new stadium for the team. The stadium was built on land purchased by Ross and George Ade. Ross-Ade Stadium was constructed and completed in 1924.

The Purdue Boilermakers played the first game at Ross Ade Stadium on November 22, 1924 against the Indiana Hoosiers. The stadium originally seated 13,500 fans with seating on both the east and west side of the playing field. As more fans became interested in the football team, Purdue decided to expand Ross Ade Stadium. The first addition came in 1930 when 5,000 seats were added in the north end zone. A permanent grandstand on the west side was built prior to the 1949 season increasing the seating capacity to 51,295. One year later a new press box was built on the west side of the stadium. In 1955, permanent stands were built on the east side of Ross Ade Stadium boosting the capacity to 55,500. By 1963, the university lowered the field to add 13 more rows of seats around the field. The last of the temporary stands were eliminated before the 1969 season when permanent stands were built in the north end zone. This brought the seating capacity to 62,500. Since 1969, there have been very few changes to Ross Ade Stadium. In 1997 a new video/scoreboard was installed on the south end zone and prior to the 2002 season a new press box on the west side was completed. This expansion also included 34 luxury suites and 200 club seats. Today a one tier grandstand in a horseshow shape encloses the field. Additional bleachers are located at the south end zone where the main scoreboard is. Unlike many other stadiums in college football, Ross Ade Stadium has always had a natural grass field.

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Facts & Figures

-Tenant: Purdue Boilermakers
-Conference: Big Ten
-Capacity: 62,500
-Surface: Grass
-Opened: November 22, 1924
-Cost: Unknown
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ROSS ADE STADIUM PICTURES

Famous Players: Ian Allen, Drew Brees, Joe Odom
School Traditions: Mascots Purdue Pete and sidekick Rowdy, Victorian era locomotive

-9/1 - at Toledo
-9/8 - EASTERN ILLINOIS
-9/15 - CENTRAL MICHIGAN
-9/22 - at Minnesota
-9/29 - NOTRE DAME
-10/6 - OHIO STATE
-10/13 - at Michigan
-10/20 - IOWA
-10/27 - NORTHWESTERN
-11/3 - at Penn State
-11/10 - MICHIGAN STATE
-11/17 - at Indiana

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