Kyle Field's largest game attendance was 110,633 people when Texas A&M lost to the Ole Miss Rebels by the score of 35–20 on October 11, 2014.
[14] 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.
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.
[15] 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.
[16][3] On November 11, 1904, the Texas A&M Board of Directors set this area as a permanent athletic field,[17] which served as the home for the football and baseball teams.
[24] In 1974, two large flagpoles were added at the south end of the stadium in memory of Lt. William B. Blocker, (Texas A&M Class of 1945).
For high-demand games, temporary bleachers were installed in the south end zone and folding chairs were placed on the sidelines.
Per local media, KBTX, major milestones for the Kyle Field project were as follows, with construction sequenced and phased to allow the playing of regular home football games in the stadium for the 2013, 2014, and 2015 seasons.
[33] Texas A&M's first Southeastern Conference (SEC) football game occurred on September 8, 2012, against the University of Florida Gators.
On June 15, 2024, George Strait's concert at Kyle Field became the most-attended (non-festival), ticketed show in US history, with 110,905 fans in attendance.
[12] Kyle Field has at times been regarded as one of the most intimidating college football stadiums in the nation by various media outlets and sportswriters.
[38] The Bernard C. Richardson Zone, named for a 1941 petroleum engineering graduate and a Texas A&M Distinguished Alumnus, is located at the north end of Kyle Field, replacing the former single-deck horseshoe which connected the east and west wings of the stadium.
The Zone Club sits underneath the fourth deck, meaning the inhabitants are protected from rain, wind, and the blazing Texas sun.
"[41][42][43] In 2003, the press box was declared a high-rise building, and Texas A&M was forced to renovate it to meet federal, state, and local regulations regarding fire safety and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The athletic department also updated the media equipment to allow production and broadcast of enhanced definition video to the screen.
This addition to Kyle Field was accompanied by LED ribbon boards installed along the facade of the second deck encircling the stadium.
At 1,130 feet (340 m), it is the second-longest ribbon board in collegiate sports and second worldwide only to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
[49][50][51] According to the Commandant of the Corps, as she is a dog, not a person, he did not believe a 21-gun salute or the playing of "Taps" was appropriate, although he had no involvement in the planning of the memorial service.
Kyle Field also hosts the Texas A&M University football team for the Maroon & White practice scrimmage during Parent's Weekend each spring.
On June 8, 2024, in preparation for the upcoming 2024 Copa América in the United States, Mexico played a friendly match with Brazil in Kyle Field's first international soccer game in front of 85,249 fans, a 3–2 win in favor of the Brazilians.
Country singer George Strait performed at Kyle Field on June 15, 2024, setting a new attendance record at 110,905 spectators.