Bison Football Dacotah Field
Dacotah Field currently serves as one of five practice surfaces for the NDSU Football team. Starting in 1912, it was the home of Bison Football games. In 1992, the NDSU football team played its last regular season game on Dacotah Field. The field is made of Sprinturf, which was installed in time for the spring of 2009 at a cost of $500,000. Football players, coaches and trainers acknowledge a Sprinturf surface will eliminate the concerns they have on natural grass such as turned ankles due to uneven surfaces. Coaches and trainers say it reduces the number of joint injuries because it’s softer than natural surfaces.
The Bison football team has played on the artificial turf of the Fargodome since 1993. Built at an original cost of $48 million, the facility has seating for 18,700 fans and several suites on both sidelines. Scoreboards hang behind both end zones, specialty statistics are displayed on four sideline scoreboards, and giant video screens in each of the four corners provide live action and instant replays.
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