Kyle Field
| "Home of the 12th Man" | |
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| Location | 756 Houston Street, College Station, TX 77843 |
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| Coordinates | 30°36′36″N 96°20′25″W / 30.61000°N 96.34028°WCoordinates: 30°36′36″N 96°20′25″W / 30.61000°N 96.34028°W |
| Capacity | 102,733 (2015–present) 106,511 (2014) 82,589 (2012–2013) 83,002 (2008–2011) 82,600 (2001–2007) 80,650 (1999–2000) 58,292 (1998) 70,210 (1992–1997) 72,387 (1982–1991) 70,016 (1980–1981) 54,000 (1977–1979) 48,000 (1967–1976) 41,500 (1953–1966) 40,000 (1949–1952) 32,890 (1927–1948) |
| Record attendance | 110,631 (October 11, 2014 vs. Ole Miss) |
| Surface |
Tifway 419 Bermudagrass (1996–present) AstroTurf (1970–1995) Grass (1927–1969) |
| Scoreboard | (1x) 163 feet wide by 47 feet high (2x) 54 feet wide by 36 feet high |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | May 1927 |
| Opened | September 24, 1927 |
| Renovated | 1953, 1967, 2003, 2014–2015 |
| Expanded | 1953, 1967, 1980, 2000, 2014–2015 |
| Construction cost | $650 (original grandstand cost, $18.7 thousand in 2017 dollars) $483,888,885 (2014–2015 expansion) |
| Architect | F. E. Geisecke (original structure) Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (North End zone addition, 1978 Expansion, 1966 Expansion) Populous (2014–2015 Redevelopment) |
| General contractor | J. E. Johnson Construction Co. (original construction) Manhattan-Vaughn (2014–2015 Redevelopment) |
| Tenants | |
| Texas A&M Aggies football (NCAA) (1904–present) | |
Kyle Field is the football stadium located on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. It has been the home to the Texas A&M Aggie football team in rudimentary form since 1904, and as a complete stadium since 1927. It is known as the "Home of the 12th Man". The seating capacity of 102,733 in 2015 makes the stadium the largest in the Southeastern Conference and the fourth largest stadium in the NCAA, fourth largest stadium in the United States, and the fifth largest non-racing stadium in the world. Within the state of Texas, Kyle Field has the largest regular seating capacity, while AT&T Stadium has a larger overall capacity.
Kyle Field's largest game attendance was 110,631 people when Texas A&M lost to the Ole Miss Rebels with the score of 20–35 on October 11, 2014. This was the largest football game attendance in the state of Texas and SEC history.
In the fall of 1904, Edwin Jackson Kyle, an 1899 graduate of Texas A&M and professor of horticulture, was named president of the General Athletics Association. Kyle wanted to secure and develop an athletic field to promote the school's athletics. Texas A&M was unwilling to provide funds, so Kyle fenced off a section of the southwest corner of campus that had been assigned to him for agricultural use. Using $650 of his own money, he purchased a covered grandstand from the Bryan fairgrounds and built wooden bleachers to raise the seating capacity to 500 people.
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