Perkins Stadium

Perkins Stadium is a stadium in Whitewater, Wisconsin. Primarily used for American football, it is the home field of the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater "Warhawks". Opened in 1970 as Warhawks Stadium, the facility originally held 11,000 people. It was renamed Perkins Stadium on September 14, 1996, in honor of former football coach Forrest Perkins.

The stadium hosts the MACBDA Championships and the WSMA State Marching Band Championships. Drum Corps International held its annual Drum & Bugle Corps World Championships at the stadium in 1972 and 1973.

The stadium received new synthetic turf, bench areas, landscaping and other improvements, including upgrades to the entrance area and scoreboard, in 2008. With this upgrade the new seating capacity is now at 13,500, making it the largest stadium in Division III.

On October 3, 2015, a record crowd of 15,287 was recorded for a game. That mark was shattered on October 8, 2016, when the Warhawks defeated the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 17–14 in front of a crowd of 17,535 fans, then broken again on October 13, 2022, for a Friday night game between the same teams with 18,951 in attendance.^[1] The record was broken again at the October 7, 2023 game against the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, where 20,113 people were in attendance. That not only broke the previous Perkins Stadium record, but also broke the NCAA Division III record for attendance.^[1] On September 23, 2017, the NCAA record was broken by a St. Thomas vs. Saint John's contest that was hosted at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota.^[2] However, the October 2023 game maintains the largest crowd for a Division III game played at a non-neutral site.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Top Single-Game Attendance". d3football.com. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
^ "Tommies beat Johnnies 20-17 in front of record crowd at Target Field". Twin Cities. 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2020-04-23.

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Aerial View of Perkins Stadium

Preceded by first stadium	Host of the Drum Corps International World Championship 1972 – 1973	Succeeded by Schoellkopf Field

42°50′49″N 88°44′41″W / 42.847065°N 88.744849°W / 42.847065; -88.744849

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[:0-1] "Top Single-Game Attendance". d3football.com. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-07.

[2] "Tommies beat Johnnies 20-17 in front of record crowd at Target Field". Twin Cities. 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2020-04-23.

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v t e Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks football
Venues	Perkins Stadium (1970–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905–1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e University of Wisconsin–Whitewater
Facilities	Andersen Library Halverson Log Cabin Perkins Stadium Williams Center Warhawk Alley
Athletics	Football
Media	Royal Purple UWW TV WSUW
Related	University of Wisconsin System