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Alumni Memorial Field

Alumni Memorial Field in Lexington, VA, home of VMI. Capacity 10,000. Opened 1962.

Alumni Memorial Field in Lexington, VA
Alumni Memorial Field, Lexington, VAPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
10,000
Opened
1962
Surface
Bermuda Grass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
968 ft
Home team
VMI
VMI here
38–⁠78 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: VMI is 74–⁠112–⁠2 in home games from the 1962 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, 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 Alumni Memorial Field by season, 2003 to 20260k5k10k15k2003: 6,005 a game over 6 games; biggest 7,8402004: 5,291 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,4192005: 6,707 a game over 6 games; biggest 8,6742006: 7,732 a game over 4 games; biggest 8,8302007: 7,068 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,1832008: 6,540 a game over 6 games; biggest 8,1572009: 6,278 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,1322010: 6,216 a game over 4 games; biggest 7,1572011: 5,538 a game over 4 games; biggest 6,2092012: 7,863 a game over 1 games; biggest 7,8632013: 5,046 a game over 6 games; biggest 5,9022014: 5,263 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,0972015: 4,778 a game over 6 games; biggest 6,1042016: 6,191 a game over 4 games; biggest 8,2512017: 4,325 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,3112018: 4,448 a game over 4 games; biggest 7,0022019: 4,021 a game over 6 games; biggest 5,3002021: 5,217 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,0002022: 5,742 a game over 6 games; biggest 7,4322023: 4,854 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,6222024: 4,850 a game over 6 games; biggest 8,2772025: 4,263 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,2942026: 4,133 a game over 2 games; biggest 5,23520032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

9,183The Citadel at VMI2007
8,830James Madison at VMI2006
8,674The Citadel at VMI2005
8,367Gardner-Webb at VMI2007
8,277The Citadel at VMI2024

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

Snow at kickoff

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

The stadium’s history

Also known as
Alumni Memorial Field
Opened
1962
Architect
HOK Sport (renovations)
Surface over the years
Bermuda Grass
Renovated
2006

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Alumni Memorial Field.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 210 by 140 meters (680 by 470 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 2026Mercer 54, VMI 3
Sep 12, 2026Bucknell 14, VMI 3
Nov 22, 2025Western Carolina 48, VMI 6
Nov 8, 2025Wofford 52, VMI 10
Oct 18, 2025Samford 24, VMI 22
Oct 4, 2025Chattanooga 21, VMI 14
Sep 6, 2025VMI 42, Ferrum 7
Nov 23, 2024East Tennessee State 16, VMI 9
Nov 9, 2024Mercer 34, VMI 0
Nov 2, 2024VMI 21, Furman 17
Oct 19, 2024The Citadel 13, VMI 10
Sep 21, 2024Norfolk State 32, VMI 10