It was located in College Park, Maryland, east of Baltimore Avenue on the site of the school's present-day fraternity row.

[3] In 1915, Harry "Curley" Byrd, head coach for what was then the Maryland Agricultural football team, petitioned the school for funds for a stadium.

At that time, the football team lacked any dedicated facilities and had one poorly suited athletic field on which to practice and play games.

[4] The new stadium was originally to be called the University of Maryland Athletic Field, but the student body protested for a better name.

[2] The Board of Regents voted to name the stadium after Byrd, who was a former quarterback, the current coach, and future university president.