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Kroger Field
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Alternate: Kroger Field at C.M. Newton Grounds

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Kentucky vs Vanderbilt
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Established
1973 (53 years old)

Capacity
61,000

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Country
United States

Location
Lexington, KY

Timezone
UTC -05:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Coordinates
38.022778, -84.505278

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		Upcoming
24 Oct	KentuckyKentucky	4:00am	VanderbilVanderbilt
14 Nov	KentuckyKentucky	4:00am	FloridaFlorida
28 Nov	KentuckyKentucky	4:00am	LouisvillLouisville
		Results
10 Oct	KentuckyKentucky	35 - 34	LSULSU
26 Sep	KentuckyKentucky	45 - 21	South AlaSouth Alabama
12 Sep	KentuckyKentucky	17 - 45	AlabamaAlabama
05 Sep	KentuckyKentucky	45 - 13	YoungstowYoungstown State
17 Sep	KentuckyKentucky	31 - 0	YoungstowYoungstown State

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Kroger Field, also known as Commonwealth Stadium, is a stadium in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, located on the campus of the University of Kentucky that primarily serves as the home field for the Kentucky Wildcats football team. The stadium is located at the corner of Alumni Drive and University Drive in Lexington. The playing surface is named C. M. Newton Grounds in honor of the late UK athletic director and former baseball and basketball player C. M. Newton. Built in 1973, it is the newest football stadium in the Southeastern Conference, as measured by date of original construction. The original capacity for the stadium was 57,800. In the stadium's first game, played on September 15, 1973, the Wildcats defeated the Virginia Tech Hokies 31–26.


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