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Sunday, August 24, 2008

List of American football stadiums by capacity

Beaver Stadium is the largest American football stadium.
Beaver Stadium is the largest American football stadium.

The following is an incomplete list of current American football stadiums. They are ordered by their seating capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the stadium can accommodate. The list contains the home stadiums of all 32 professional teams playing in the NFL as well as the largest stadiums used by College football teams in the NCAA. The United States is unique in that twenty of its twenty-one largest stadia are home to a college team, not a professional one.

Not included are several large stadiums used by teams in NFL Europa, as these were all built for and used mainly for association football, or the Rogers Centre, which is based in Canada (although it does host occasional American football games). Currently all football stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or more are included.

Rank ↓ Stadium ↓ Capacity ↓ City ↓ State ↓ Home teams ↓
1 Beaver Stadium 107,282[1] State College Flag of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn State Nittany Lions football
2 Michigan Stadium 106,201[2] Ann Arbor Flag of Michigan Michigan Michigan Wolverines football
3 Ohio Stadium 102,329[3] Columbus Flag of Ohio Ohio Ohio State Buckeyes football
4 Neyland Stadium 102,037[4] Knoxville Flag of Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Volunteers football
5 Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium 94,113[5] Austin Flag of Texas Texas Texas Longhorns football
6 Sanford Stadium 92,746[6] Athens Flag of Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Georgia Bulldogs football
7 Tiger Stadium 92,400[7] Baton Rouge Flag of Louisiana Louisiana LSU Tigers football
8 Bryant-Denny Stadium 92,138[8] Tuscaloosa Flag of Alabama Alabama Alabama Crimson Tide football
9 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 92,000[9] Los Angeles Flag of California California USC Trojans football
10 FedExField 91,704[10] Landover Flag of Maryland Maryland Washington Redskins
11 Rose Bowl 91,136[11] Pasadena Flag of California California UCLA Bruins football
12 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium 88,548[12] Gainesville Flag of Florida Florida Florida Gators football
13 Jordan-Hare Stadium 87,451[13] Auburn Flag of Alabama Alabama Auburn Tigers football


14 Kyle Field 82,600 College Station Flag of Texas Texas Texas A&M Aggies football
15 Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium 82,300 Tallahassee Flag of Florida Florida Florida State Seminoles football
16 Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium 82,112 Norman Flag of Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Sooners football
17 Memorial Stadium 81,067 Lincoln Flag of Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Cornhuskers football
18 Notre Dame Stadium 80,795 Notre Dame Flag of Indiana Indiana Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
19 Camp Randall Stadium 80,321 Madison Flag of Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers football
20 Memorial Stadium 80,301 Clemson Flag of South Carolina South Carolina Clemson Tigers
21 Williams-Brice Stadium 80,250 Columbia Flag of South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina Gamecocks
22 Giants Stadium 80,242 East Rutherford Flag of New Jersey New Jersey New York Giants, New York Jets
23 Arrowhead Stadium 79,101 Kansas City Flag of Missouri Missouri Kansas City Chiefs
24 Jacksonville Municipal Stadium 76,867 Jacksonville Flag of Florida Florida Jacksonville Jaguars
25 INVESCO Field at Mile High 76,125 Denver Flag of Colorado Colorado Denver Broncos
26 Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium 76,000 Fayetteville Flag of Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Razorbacks (primary)
27 California Memorial Stadium 75,662 Berkeley Flag of California California California Golden Bears football
28 Spartan Stadium 75,025 East Lansing Flag of Michigan Michigan Michigan State Spartans football
29 Lucas Oil Stadium 75,000 Indianapolis Flag of Indiana Indiana Indianapolis Colts
30 Dolphin Stadium 74,916 Miami Gardens Flag of Florida Florida Miami Dolphins, Miami Hurricanes football (from 2008)
31 Ralph Wilson Stadium 73,967 Orchard Park Flag of New York New York Buffalo Bills
32 Sun Devil Stadium 73,379 Tempe Flag of Arizona Arizona Arizona State Sun Devils football
33 Bank of America Stadium 73,298 Charlotte Flag of North Carolina North Carolina Carolina Panthers
34 Cleveland Browns Stadium 73,200 Cleveland Flag of Ohio Ohio Cleveland Browns
35 Lambeau Field 72,928 Green Bay Flag of Wisconsin Wisconsin Green Bay Packers
36 Husky Stadium 72,500 Seattle Flag of Washington Washington Washington Huskies football
37 Louisiana Superdome 72,003 New Orleans Flag of Louisiana Louisiana New Orleans Saints, Tulane Green Wave
38 Reliant Stadium 72,000 Houston Flag of Texas Texas Houston Texans
39 Legion Field 71,594 Birmingham Flag of Alabama Alabama UAB Blazers
40 Georgia Dome 71,149 Atlanta Flag of Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Atlanta Falcons
41 Memorial Stadium 70,904 Champaign Flag of Illinois Illinois Illinois Fighting Illini football
42 Kinnick Stadium 70,585 Iowa City Flag of Iowa Iowa Iowa Hawkeyes football
43 Qualcomm Stadium 70,561 San Diego Flag of California California San Diego Chargers, San Diego State Aztecs
44 Citrus Bowl 70,188 Orlando Flag of Florida Florida Jones HS Tigers; also used for Capital One Bowl, Champs Sports Bowl, and Florida Classic (Florida A&M vs. Bethune-Cookman)
45 M&T Bank Stadium 70,107 Baltimore Flag of Maryland Maryland Baltimore Ravens
46 Rice Stadium 70,000 Houston Flag of Texas Texas Rice Owls
47 Monster Park 69,843 San Francisco Flag of California California San Francisco 49ers
48 LP Field 68,804 Nashville Flag of Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Titans, Tennessee State Tigers football
49 Gillette Stadium 68,756 Foxborough Flag of Massachusetts Massachusetts New England Patriots
50 Lincoln Financial Field 68,532 Philadelphia Flag of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Philadelphia Eagles, Temple Owls football
51 Faurot Field 68,349 Columbia Flag of Missouri Missouri Missouri Tigers
52 Cotton Bowl 68,252 Dallas Flag of Texas Texas no home team, used for annual Cotton Bowl game and the Red River Shootout
53 Commonwealth Stadium 67,606 Lexington Flag of Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Wildcats
54 Qwest Field 67,000 Seattle Flag of Washington Washington Seattle Seahawks
55 Edward Jones Dome 66,965 St. Louis Flag of Missouri Missouri St. Louis Rams
56 Lane Stadium 66,233 Blacksburg Flag of Virginia Virginia Virginia Tech Hokies football
57 Raymond James Stadium 65,647 Tampa Flag of Florida Florida Tampa Bay Buccaneers, South Florida Bulls football
58 Texas Stadium 65,595 Irving Flag of Texas Texas Dallas Cowboys
59 Paul Brown Stadium 65,535 Cincinnati Flag of Ohio Ohio Cincinnati Bengals
60 Alamodome 65,000 San Antonio Flag of Texas Texas no home team, used for annual Alamo Bowl game and Big 12 Conference championship game
=61 Ford Field 65,000 Detroit Flag of Michigan Michigan Detroit Lions
=61 LaVell Edwards Stadium 65,000 Provo Flag of Utah Utah BYU Cougars football
63 Heinz Field 64,450 Pittsburgh Flag of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Panthers football
64 Yale Bowl 64,269 New Haven Flag of Connecticut Connecticut Yale Bulldogs
65 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 64,035 Minneapolis Flag of Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Vikings, Minnesota Golden Gophers football
66 University of Phoenix Stadium 63,400 Glendale Flag of Arizona Arizona Arizona Cardinals
67 McAfee Coliseum 63,026 Oakland Flag of California California Oakland Raiders
68 Ross-Ade Stadium 62,500 West Lafayette Flag of Indiana Indiana Purdue Boilermakers football
69 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium 62,380 Memphis Flag of Tennessee Tennessee Memphis Tigers
70 Soldier Field 61,500 Chicago Flag of Illinois Illinois Chicago Bears
71 Scott Stadium 61,500 Charlottesville Flag of Virginia Virginia Virginia Cavaliers football
72 Vaught-Hemingway Stadium 60,580 Oxford Flag of Mississippi Mississippi Ole Miss Rebels
73 Mountaineer Field 60,540 Morgantown Flag of West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia Mountaineers football
74 Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium 60,492 Jackson Flag of Mississippi Mississippi Jackson State Tigers
75 Kenan Memorial Stadium 60,000 Chapel Hill Flag of North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina Tar Heels football
76 Carter-Finley Stadium 60,000 Raleigh Flag of North Carolina North Carolina NC State Wolfpack football
77 Arizona Stadium 57,803 Tucson Flag of Arizona Arizona Arizona Wildcats
78 Davis Wade Stadium 55,082 Starkville Flag of Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi State Bulldogs
=79 Jack Trice Stadium 55,000 Ames Flag of Iowa Iowa Iowa State Cyclones football
=79 Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field 55,000 Atlanta Flag of Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
81 Autzen Stadium 53,800 Eugene Flag of Oregon Oregon Oregon Ducks football
82 Folsom Field 53,750 Boulder Flag of Colorado Colorado Colorado Buffaloes football
83 War Memorial Stadium 53,727 Little Rock Flag of Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Razorbacks (secondary to Razorback Stadium)
84 Jones AT&T Stadium 53,000 Lubbock Flag of Texas Texas Texas Tech Red Raiders
85 Franklin Field 52,593 Philadelphia Flag of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Quakers football
86 Falcon Stadium 52,480 Colorado Springs Flag of Colorado Colorado Air Force Falcons football
87 Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium 52,200 Manhattan Flag of Kansas Kansas Kansas State Wildcats
=88 Byrd Stadium 51,500 College Park Flag of Maryland Maryland Maryland Terrapins football
=88 Sun Bowl Stadium 51,500 El Paso Flag of Texas Texas UTEP Miners
90 Independence Stadium 50,832 Shreveport Flag of Louisiana Louisiana no home team, used for annual Independence Bowl game
91 Memorial Stadium 50,180 Bloomington Flag of Indiana Indiana Indiana Hoosiers football
92 University of Kansas Memorial Stadium 50,071 Lawrence Flag of Kansas Kansas Kansas Jayhawks football
=93 Aloha Stadium 50,000 Honolulu Flag of Hawaii Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi Warriors football
=93 Carrier Dome 50,000 Syracuse Flag of New York New York Syracuse Orange
=93 Floyd Casey Stadium 50,000 Waco Flag of Texas Texas Baylor Bears
=93 Stanford Stadium 50,000 Stanford Flag of California California Stanford Cardinal football
97 Ryan Field 49,256 Evanston Flag of Illinois Illinois Northwestern Wildcats football
98 Reser Stadium 45,674 Corvallis Flag of Oregon Oregon Oregon State Beavers football
99 Rice-Eccles Stadium 45,634 Salt Lake City Flag of Utah Utah Utah Utes
100 Bright House Networks Stadium 45,301 Orlando Flag of Florida Florida UCF Knights football
101 Boone Pickens Stadium 44,700 Stillwater Flag of Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma State Cowboys
102 Alumni Stadium 44,500 Chestnut Hill Flag of Massachusetts Massachusetts Boston College Eagles football
103 Amon G. Carter Stadium 44,008 Fort Worth Flag of Texas Texas TCU Horned Frogs football
104 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 43,000 Greenville Flag of North Carolina North Carolina East Carolina Pirates football
105 Papa John's Cardinal Stadium 42,000 Louisville Flag of Kentucky Kentucky Louisville Cardinals football
106 Rutgers Stadium 41,500 Piscataway Flag of New Jersey New Jersey Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
108 Bulldog Stadium 41,031 Fresno Flag of California California Fresno State Bulldogs football
109 Ladd Peebles Stadium 40,646 Mobile Flag of Alabama Alabama no home team, used for annual Senior Bowl and GMAC Bowl games
=110 Rentschler Field 40,000 East Hartford Flag of Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Huskies
=110 Michie Stadium 40,000 West Point Flag of New York New York Army Black Knights football
112 Vanderbilt Stadium 39,790 Nashville Flag of Tennessee Tennessee Vanderbilt Commodores football
113 University Stadium 38,634 Albuquerque Flag of New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico Lobos football
114 Joan C. Edwards Stadium 38,016 Huntington Flag of West Virginia West Virginia Marshall Thundering Herd football
115 Sam Boyd Stadium 36,800 Las Vegas Flag of Nevada Nevada UNLV Rebels football
116 Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium 35,542 Tulsa Flag of Oklahoma Oklahoma Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
117 Martin Stadium 35,117 Pullman Flag of Washington Washington Washington State Cougars football
118 Nippert Stadium 35,000 Cincinnati Flag of Ohio Ohio Cincinnati Bearcats
119 Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium 34,400 Fort Collins Flag of Colorado Colorado Colorado State Rams
120 Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium 34,000 Annapolis Flag of Maryland Maryland Navy Midshipmen football
121 Wallace Wade Stadium 33,941 Durham Flag of North Carolina North Carolina Duke Blue Devils football
122 M. M. Roberts Stadium 33,000 Hattiesburg Flag of Mississippi Mississippi Southern Miss Golden Eagles
123 War Memorial Stadium 32,580 Laramie Flag of Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming Cowboys
=124 Gerald J. Ford Stadium 32,000 University Park Flag of Texas Texas SMU Mustangs football
=124 Robertson Stadium 32,000 Houston Flag of Texas Texas Houston Cougars
126 BB&T Field 31,500 Winston-Salem Flag of North Carolina North Carolina Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
=127 Cajun Field 31,000 Lafayette Flag of Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
=127 Rubber Bowl 31,000 Akron Flag of Ohio Ohio Akron Zips football
129 Huskie Stadium 30,998 DeKalb Flag of Illinois Illinois Northern Illinois Huskies football
130 Indian Stadium 30,964 Jonesboro Flag of Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas State Red Wolves
131 Joe Aillet Stadium 30,600 Ruston Flag of Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
132 Dix Stadium 30,520 Kent Flag of Ohio Ohio Kent State Golden Flashes
133 Spartan Stadium 30,456 San Jose Flag of California California San Jose State Spartans Football
134 Malone Stadium 30,427 Monroe Flag of Louisiana Louisiana ULM Warhawks
135 Aggie Memorial Stadium 30,343 Las Cruces Flag of New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico State Aggies football
136 Harvard Stadium 30,323 Boston Flag of Massachusetts Massachusetts Harvard Crimson
137 Rynearson Stadium 30,200 Ypsilanti Flag of Michigan Michigan Eastern Michigan Eagles football
138 Kelly/Shorts Stadium 30,199 Mount Pleasant Flag of Michigan Michigan Central Michigan Chippewas football
139 Waldo Stadium 30,100 Kalamazoo Flag of Michigan Michigan Western Michigan Broncos football
=140 Bronco Stadium 30,000 Boise Flag of Idaho Idaho Boise State Broncos football
=140 Cessna Stadium 30,000 Wichita Flag of Kansas Kansas No current users
=140 Fouts Field 30,000 Denton Flag of Texas Texas North Texas Mean Green football
=140 Movie Gallery Stadium 30,000 Troy Flag of Alabama Alabama Troy Trojans
=140 Dick Price Stadium 30,000 Norfolk Flag of Virginia Virginia Norfolk State University Spartans