Kirkeby-Over Stadium

Street Address: 2700 S. Lake Ave, Sioux Falls, S.D. 57197

The anchor of Augustana’s on-campus athletic facilities, Kirkeby-Over Stadium serves as the home of Vikings football and gives the program one of the premiere football venues in all of NCAA Division II.

President Emeritus Rob Oliver announced in October 2007 that construction of Kirkeby-Over Stadium would begin on the site of the Vikings practice field at 37th Street and Lake Avenue. Through the generosity of Kari and Bob Hall, that dream came to fruition and gave the Vikings the on-campus facility they missed for half a century.

The Halls brought football back to campus at Augustana by donating $6.1 million towards the construction of Kirkeby-Over Stadium, which honors the memory of Kari Hall’s father and mother, Percy Kirkeby and Elizabeth Markley Kirkeby-Over.

Percy Kirkeby graduated from Augustana in 1947. A veteran of World War II, her served with the Army Air Corps in Italy. An English major, his academic prowess made him a Rhodes Scholarship candidate. Active in debate and speech, he also worked as the editor of the Mirror, Augustana’s student newspaper. Sadly, Kirkeby died in a plane crash in 1951.

Elizabeth Markley majored in sociology at Augustana and graduated in 1944. She served as president of the Athenian Society and as an active member of the Augie debate squad. She died in 1994.

Kari Hall majored in sociology at Augustana and graduated in 1969. Bob Hall attended Augustana and was the equipment manager for the football program.

TKDA, a specialty architecture and engineering based in the Twin Cities, designed Kirkeby-Over Stadium, while the Winkels Group in Sioux Falls managed the project. The facility features a FieldTurf surface in a bowl venue with seating for approximately 6,500, including 2,200 chairback seats. Fans can also choose to watch the action from grass berms in the end zones.

Luxurious suites, a spacious press box and private media booths border the west sideline of the stadium. The facility also boasts high definition television monitors in each suite and plenty of connection options for use by media.

The new facility represents Augustana’s third on-campus football venue. The College relocated to Sioux Falls in 1918 and built the first field in the late 1920s. That facility sat behind the current administration building, East Hall and Old Main.

Construction on a new stadium, complete with bleachers and press box, began in 1941 where the Statue of Moses and the Morrison Commons stand today. Augustana began playing its home games at Howard Wood Stadium in 1958.

Kari and Bob Hall continue their generosity to Viking athletics to this day. Their $1 million gift in 2005 helped build the Hall Football Complex attached to the Elmen Center and near the new Kirkeby-Over Stadium.

Bob’s father and mother, Bill and Irene Hall, also contributed greatly to Augustana, and their gift in the 1980s helped construct the Elmen Center, in which the Hall Sports Forum is named in their honor. Bill and Irene also provided a variety of other gifts to Augustana athletics that assisted with facility upgrades, and continue to assist with on-going annual scholarships and operations. All told, the family gifted and pledged more than $11.1 million to Augustana.

Augustana opened the stadium on Sept. 5, 2009 in grand fashion, with a 32-21 win over Emporia State in front of a crowd of 6,067 fans.

Date	Opponent	Attendance
Oct. 20, 2012	Sioux Falls	7,120
Oct. 1, 2016	Sioux Falls	7,115
Oct. 11, 2014	Sioux Falls	6,841
Sept. 22, 2018	Sioux Falls	6,159
Sept. 5, 2009	Emporia State	6,067
Oct. 9, 2010	Northern State	6,066
Sept. 3, 2011	Minnesota Duluth	5,718
Sept. 27, 2011	UMary	5,621
Oct. 1, 2022	Sioux Falls,	5,446
Oct. 15, 2016	Minnesota State	5,321

Year	Record at K-O	Overall Record
2009	5-1	8-4
2010	7-0	11-2
2011	3-3	6-5
2012	2-3	5-6
2013	4-2	4-7
2014	2-3	6-5
2015	6-0	9-3
2016	3-2	8-3
2017	3-3	4-7
2018	1-4	7-4
2019	6-0	9-3
2021	5-1	9-3
2022	3-3	7-4
2023	6-0	11-2