Milan Puskar Stadium
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| Location | Morgantown, West Virginia |
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| Opened | September 6, 1980 |
| Other Names | Mountaineer Field (1980-2004) |
| Tenants | West Virginia Mountaineers (1980-present) |
Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium is an American football stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia, on the campus of West Virginia University. It opened in 1980 and serves as the home field for the West Virginia Mountaineers football team. The facility is named for Milan Puskar, a Morgantown resident and founder in of Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. who donated $20 million to the university in 2004. The playing surface retains the stadium's original name of Mountaineer Field, which was also the name of WVU's previous football stadium. The stadium’s design was inspired by Jack Trice Stadium, which opened a few years earlier at Iowa State University.
List of credited publications
| League | Date/Season | Team(s) | Type |
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| College football | October 23, 1982 | West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Penn State Nittany Lions | Program |
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| All Schools | Arizona State Sun Devils • Baylor Bears • Iowa State Cyclones • Kansas Jayhawks • Kansas State Wildcats • Oklahoma State Cowboys • TCU Horned Frogs • Texas Tech Red Raiders • UCF Knights • West Virginia Mountaineers |
| Basketball Venues | Gallagher-Iba Arena • Lloyd Noble Center |
| Football Venues | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Boone Pickens Stadium • McLane Stadium • Milan Puskar Stadium • Sun Devil Stadium |
