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Ace W. Mumford Stadium

Ace W. Mumford Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA, home of Southern. Capacity 28,500. Opened 1928.

Ace W. Mumford Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA
Ace W. Mumford Stadium, Baton Rouge, LAPhoto: Spatms, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
28,500
Opened
1928
Surface
UBU Sports Intensity S5-M
Roof
Open air
Elevation
66 ft
Home team
Southern
Southern here
57–⁠34 games on file since 2007

Since it opened: Southern is 58–⁠37–⁠1 in home games from the 1977 season on. Our source names a game’s stadium only from 2001, so that count takes every earlier home game not marked neutral and may include a few played elsewhere.

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2007 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Ace W. Mumford Stadium by season, 2007 to 202610k20k30k40k50k60k70k2007: 19,986 a game over 2 games; biggest 24,6002008: 33,456 a game over 3 games; biggest 59,8742009: 13,817 a game over 5 games; biggest 24,5002010: 43,494 a game over 1 games; biggest 43,4942011: 13,679 a game over 4 games; biggest 21,7342012: 13,557 a game over 4 games; biggest 18,7192013: 20,107 a game over 5 games; biggest 30,8162014: 15,416 a game over 6 games; biggest 23,0912015: 16,709 a game over 3 games; biggest 30,1942016: 13,678 a game over 4 games; biggest 23,1562017: 12,832 a game over 4 games; biggest 15,2792018: 18,085 a game over 5 games; biggest 20,5752019: 16,990 a game over 3 games; biggest 20,3442021: 18,698 a game over 6 games; biggest 25,3792022: 19,844 a game over 5 games; biggest 26,9002023: 19,557 a game over 5 games; biggest 22,9862024: 18,463 a game over 5 games; biggest 26,6852025: 22,051 a game over 5 games; biggest 27,4872026: 18,351 a game over 3 games; biggest 21,8902007200920112013201520172019202120232025

Biggest crowds on file

59,874Grambling at Southern2008
43,494Grambling at Southern2010
30,816Jackson State at Southern2013
30,194Jackson State at Southern2015
27,487Jackson State at Southern2025

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database). Game days: the day’s high and snowfall at the NOAA station nearest the stadium, for Southern’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Former names
University Stadium
Opened
1928
Surface over the years
UBU Sports Intensity S5-M

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Ace W. Mumford Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 170 by 240 meters (540 by 800 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 2026Arkansas–Pine Bluff 41, Southern 10
Sep 19, 2026Southern 50, Louisiana Christian 31
Sep 5, 2026Southern 34, Kentucky State 15
Nov 15, 2025Texas Southern 35, Southern 30
Oct 25, 2025Florida A&M 43, Southern 35
Oct 18, 2025Prairie View A&M 24, Southern 3
Sep 27, 2025Jackson State 38, Southern 13
Sep 6, 2025Alabama State 30, Southern 7
Nov 16, 2024Southern 31, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 9
Nov 9, 2024Southern 25, Bethune-Cookman 23
Oct 19, 2024Southern 24, Alcorn State 14
Oct 5, 2024Nicholls 51, Southern 7