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Alfond Stadium

Alfond Stadium in Orono, ME, home of Maine. Capacity 10,000. Opened 1947.

Alfond Stadium in Orono, ME
Alfond Stadium, Orono, MEPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
10,000
Opened
1947
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
116 ft
Home team
Maine
Maine here
63–⁠53 games on file since 2003

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2003 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 Alfond Stadium by season, 2003 to 20260k20k40k60k80k2003: 24,788 a game over 4 games; biggest 76,7392004: 7,084 a game over 1 games; biggest 7,0842005: 4,762 a game over 1 games; biggest 4,7622006: 6,658 a game over 1 games; biggest 6,6582007: 5,665 a game over 3 games; biggest 7,3122008: 5,111 a game over 3 games; biggest 6,4252009: 4,802 a game over 2 games; biggest 6,0872010: 5,434 a game over 3 games; biggest 6,5312011: 5,803 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,2562012: 4,275 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,1012013: 5,644 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,9172014: 5,657 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,4642015: 5,071 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,5352016: 7,927 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,4432017: 6,676 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,2052018: 7,094 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,2482019: 6,103 a game over 4 games; biggest 8,1232021: 6,356 a game over 1 games; biggest 6,3562022: 5,524 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,1682023: 5,138 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,5882024: 5,189 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,8602025: 4,316 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,2432026: 5,266 a game over 2 games; biggest 5,46620032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

76,739Miami at Florida State2003
10,443UAlbany at Maine2016
9,345Montana at Maine2003
9,248UAlbany at Maine2018
9,205Rhode Island at Maine2017

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Alumni Field (1947–⁠1997)
Opened
1947
Architect
WBRC Architects
Surface over the years
FieldTurf
Renovated
1996–⁠98

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Alfond Sports Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 140 by 120 meters (470 by 390 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Bryant 17, Maine 14
Oct 3, 2026Sacred Heart 24, Maine 16
Sep 12, 2026Merrimack 23, Maine 14
Nov 15, 2025Rhode Island 45, Maine 13
Nov 1, 2025Maine 28, Stony Brook 21
Oct 25, 2025Maine 35, Elon 14
Sep 27, 2025Maine 37, North Carolina A&T 30
Sep 13, 2025Stonehill 13, Maine 10
Nov 23, 2024New Hampshire 27, Maine 9
Nov 9, 2024Maine 38, Bryant 26
Oct 19, 2024Maine 35, Villanova 7
Sep 14, 2024Monmouth 51, Maine 22