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Aggie Memorial Stadium

Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, NM, home of New Mexico State. Capacity 28,853. Opened September 16, 1978.

Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, NM
Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, NMPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
28,853
Opened
1978
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
3,964 ft
New Mexico State here
60–⁠79 games on file since 2001

Since it opened: New Mexico State is 99–⁠156 in home games from the 1978 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, 2001 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 Aggie Memorial Stadium by season, 2001 to 20260k10k20k30k40k2001: 17,096 a game over 4 games; biggest 27,2382002: 22,163 a game over 5 games; biggest 30,6052003: 16,069 a game over 5 games; biggest 19,7022004: 17,556 a game over 11 games; biggest 31,2142005: 13,925 a game over 7 games; biggest 30,3432006: 15,096 a game over 12 games; biggest 29,0952007: 14,342 a game over 12 games; biggest 30,3432008: 13,991 a game over 13 games; biggest 30,3432009: 16,511 a game over 6 games; biggest 20,4392010: 15,906 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,4372011: 15,138 a game over 6 games; biggest 19,7512012: 14,247 a game over 6 games; biggest 25,2112013: 16,050 a game over 7 games; biggest 18,3662014: 12,269 a game over 6 games; biggest 24,6512015: 17,486 a game over 5 games; biggest 27,2012016: 8,694 a game over 5 games; biggest 17,8522017: 18,239 a game over 5 games; biggest 26,2682018: 13,706 a game over 5 games; biggest 20,6732019: 17,905 a game over 5 games; biggest 25,8042021: 11,845 a game over 5 games; biggest 19,0342022: 14,996 a game over 6 games; biggest 23,3712023: 14,847 a game over 6 games; biggest 17,9432024: 14,350 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,0622025: 9,505 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,4732026: 17,107 a game over 2 games; biggest 25,024200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

31,214New Mexico at New Mexico State2004
30,605UTEP at New Mexico State2002
30,343New Mexico at New Mexico State2008
30,343UTEP at New Mexico State2007
30,343UTEP at New Mexico State2005

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 New Mexico State’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Opened
September 16, 1978
Architect
Craig Protz of
Bohening-Protz Associates
Caudill Rowlett Scott of Houston, Consultants
Surface over the years
Artificial turf (2014–present)
Hybrid Bermuda grass (1978–⁠2013)
Record crowd
32,993 (vs. UTEP, 1998)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Aggie Memorial Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 170 by 240 meters (560 by 800 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 1, 2026New Mexico State 34, Western Kentucky 13
Sep 26, 2026New Mexico 42, New Mexico State 18
Sep 5, 2026New Mexico State 51, Mercyhurst 14
Nov 29, 2025Middle Tennessee 31, New Mexico State 24
Nov 8, 2025Kennesaw State 24, New Mexico State 21
Oct 22, 2025Missouri State 24, New Mexico State 17
Oct 2, 2025New Mexico State 37, Sam Houston 10
Sep 6, 2025New Mexico State 21, Tulsa 14
Aug 30, 2025New Mexico State 19, Bryant 3
Nov 30, 2024UTEP 42, New Mexico State 35
Nov 9, 2024Western Kentucky 41, New Mexico State 28
Oct 15, 2024New Mexico State 33, Louisiana Tech 30