The home field of the Wyoming Cowboys of the Mountain West Conference in NCAA Division I FBS, it is the largest stadium in the state, and its only college football venue.

Fanning a Twister, located to the north of the stadium at the main entrance to the athletic complex, is modeled after a photo of Guy Holt riding Steamboat, the 1909 winner of "Worst Horse" at Frontier Park in Cheyenne.

Thinking it embodied the spirit of the athletics program and the cowboy life, he stenciled an outline of the photograph, which became the iconic logo of the university (also found on Wyoming license plates since 1936 and many other places around the state).

In 2005, the natural grass at War Memorial Stadium was replaced by infilled artificial turf, similar to FieldTurf.

The new surface, known as "Desso Challenge Pro 60 Monofilament Synthetic Turf," was the first of its kind in Division I-A (now FBS) football.