Stanford Field was an outdoor

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stadium on the west coast of the

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, located on the campus of

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at the current site of the Taube Tennis Center. It was the home field for Stanford

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and rugby. Opened in

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, its inaugural event was the Big Game between Stanford and

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on November 11, with Stanford winning 12–5. Sixteen years later in November

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, the team moved to the new 60,000-seat

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. The approximate

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of Stanford Field was above sea level.

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