The Battlefields
As one would suspect, Notre Dame campus is littered with football fields. In 2022, there were at least five full sized football facilities on campus besises Notre Dame Stadium. They are the LeBar practice fields, Ricci Family Fields, Meyo Field in Loftus Sports Center, and the Stepan Fields. Modern interhall football is played at the Ricci fields, but the list of past venues is extensive. In the list below you will find broken glass and broken bones, but never a broken spirit.
The three campuses: Brownson, Carroll, and St. Edward's
Brownson campus field
Brownson Hall was an extension of the Main Building that accommodated some of the first university collegians. It was constructed in 1855, though it wasn't until 1890 that the hall was named after noted writer and Catholic convert Orestes Brownson. During the 1860s and 70s, a "campus playground" for the junior (high school) and senior (college) students was unofficially organized outside of the dormitory for the various handball and "old-style" football games. It
Other names include the senior playground/campus/field, and Brownson campus
Carroll campus field
Other names include the junior playground/campus/field
St. Edward's campus field
Other names include the St. Edward's campus/field
New Cartier Field
The Tennis Court fields
Stepan fields
Ricci Family Fields
Championship Fields
Old Cartier Field
Constructed in 1900 from the wonderous donation of Warren Cartier, Cartier Field is generally considered to be the Fighting Irish's "first" football field. At its peak the stands were able to hold just under 30,000 people, 2000 of which would stick around long enough to watch some of the most well-attended football games in interhall history. Cartier Field was