Constructed in 1914, it was the home stadium of the Navy Midshipmen from 1924 through 1958, and was named after alumnus Robert Means Thompson (1849–1930).

It was succeeded by the larger Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in 1959,[2] the current venue of Navy football.

It was surrounded by a regulation quarter-mile (402 m) running track, and only had a single seating section, along the southwest sideline.

[2] Use of Thompson Stadium ended for varsity games, but it remained until the early 1980s, when it was replaced by Lejeune Hall,[4] the venue for USNA water sports.

From its origins until 1931, Thompson Stadium went without a name,[5] and was referred to on maps as simply "Football Field.