The field was the home of the Greensburg Athletic Association, a professional football team during the 1890s. The field's playing surface once had a stream, known as Jack's Run, which crossed a corner of the field. Early-day accounts of football games at Athletic Park noted that the football occasionally went into the creek, and players became heroes with the crowd for plunging into the waters to retrieve the ball. On October 26, 1895, during a game between Greensburg and the Carnegie Athletic Club of Braddock, once Greensburg scored a touchdown after only a minute and a half into the game, some spectators at Athletic Park were, according to news reports at time, were "so hilarious over the rout that they threw their hats in the air and some went in the creek" that ran past a corner of the field. In 1916, the field level was raised and the creek covered. Jacob's Run is a part of Jacob's Creek. The field saw a memorable game that ended in a scoreless draw on November 24, 1894, between Greensburg and the Jeannette Athletic Club. During the first half of the game Greensburg's Lawson Fiscus got into a violent altercation with an unknown Jeannette player. Several accounts of the incident describe Fiscus kicking the Jeannette player in the face. However, the Pittsburgh Press reported that Fiscus had tripped the player and "purposely tramped on his neck." Either way, Jeannette immediately petitioned the referee to expel Fiscus from the game, meanwhile Greensburg defended Fiscus' actions. The arguments continued through to the second half of the game. Finally, either Jeannette or Greensburg stormed off the field in protest and the game was declared a scoreless draw. Another memorable professional game occurred at the field on Saturday, October 12, 1895, the Greensburg Athletic Association defeated Western University of Pennsylvania, 42-2. In this era of football, it was common for college and professional teams to play each other. During this game it was discovered that Western University's coach gave his players a set of signals, which were commonly used in pre-huddle football days, that had been used by Penn State the year before. Two of the key players of the Greensburg team had starred for Penn State the year before, one of which was player-coach Charlie Atherton. Thus, the team knew what the play was prior to the snap. The field is still used today by professional football teams. Currently the Pittsburgh Steelers, of the National Football League use the field for pre-season scrimmages. The Steelers used Offutt Field until the field changed to artificial grass.
In 2005, Greensburg-Salem School District and Seton Hill College agreed to a 10-year lease in which the College will pay $35,000 to the school district each year for the right to play its home games at Offutt Field. Seton Hill has guaranteed the total amount of the lease, meaning it will be paid to the district even if the college finds another home field during its run.
