Neale Stadium was the home field for the Idaho Vandals of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) (and later the Big Sky) from 1937 through 1968.

The unlit stadium included the quarter-mile (402 m) cinder running track, and the white wooden scoreboard was located at the west end, on the rim of the unseated bowl.

Unknown at the time, the final football season at Neale was 57 years ago in 1968, when it hosted two conference games, both high-scoring, close wins.

After Neale Stadium opened, the baseball infield was moved to the northeast corner of MacLean, on the site of the current College of Education building.

[35] The Vandals opened up a 21–0 lead in the third quarter with sophomore fullback "Thunder Ray" McDonald running the ball and won convincingly; a late Cougar touchdown made the final score 28–13.

[45] Idle for football for a year, a suspected arson late on Sunday, November 23, 1969, burned the central portion of the south grandstand and press box at Neale Stadium.

[50] In 1971, the remainder of the south grandstand of Rogers Field at WSU was demolished to construct Martin Stadium, which opened the following year.

Weather delayed construction in the spring and Idaho's new stadium was a month behind schedule, which forced the Vandals to play their first two home games of the 1971 season away from the Palouse.

[55] The playing field was natural grass in 1971; synthetic Tartan Turf by 3M[56] was installed in 1972 and the stadium was fully enclosed in September 1975 to become the Kibbie Dome.

A new all-weather outdoor track and field venue was built west of the stadium in 1971, and it held its first meet in April 1972.