A quarter-mile cinder track and a 7,000-seat stadium were added in 1938 as part of one of the federal government's Works Progress Administration (WPA) construction projects;[3] it had a final seating capacity of 13,000.

A 1952 fire destroyed two-thirds of the north stands but, in 1972, the remaining wooden bleachers were replaced with a new 7,000-seat grandstand, courtesy of the New England Patriots.

In 2013, the NDSU women's soccer team moved from Ellig Sports Complex to Dacotah Field.

The air-supported structure hosted its first football practice on December 1,[6] and new artificial turf was installed in the summer of 2017.

[8] A new scoreboard on the west side of the field was installed back in 2021 for sole use by the NDSU women's soccer team.