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Peden Stadium
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Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 (614) 593-1298 Tenant: Ohio Bobcats (NCAA)
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Peden Stadium
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Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 (614) 593-1298 Tenant: Ohio Bobcats (NCAA)
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Peden Stadium is used for Ohio University Bobcat football games and track meets. The Peden Tower includes offices for Intercollegiate Athletics, a football locker room, weight room, planning and interview room, coaches' offices, and meeting rooms. The Tower also has a sports medicine and rehabilitation complex, wellness center, library, and conference room.
Stadium Resources
Other Resources Amazon.COM Stadium Books The stadium was named in honor of Don C. Peden, a coach and director of athletics. He was one of the founders of the Mid-American Conference and a national force in intercollegiate athletics, especially football and baseball.
The stadium, then known as the Ohio University's Athletic Plant, was built in 1929 with two side units that seated 12,000 people. In 1986, major renovations enlarged the permanent seating capacity to 19,000. In 1990, the five-story tower was constructed.
Source: Ohio University Sports Information Office
On September 20, 1999 Michael Massa, OU Class '82 wrote: You may want to augment your profile by mentioning that President Eisenhower's WhiteHouse Helicopter landed at the 50 yard-line, during a visit to the university in the 1950's.....AND
That President Johnson's Helicopter Also landed, on the 50-yard line at Peden, in 1965, during a visit to Athens, and his first reference to 'a Great Society' and 'the War on Poverty" was announced, after his motorcade went to the school's student center, later uptown.
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