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Alumni Stadium

Alumni Stadium in Dover, DE, home of Delaware State. Capacity 7,193. Opened September 21, 1957.

Alumni Stadium in Dover, DE
Alumni Stadium, Dover, DEPhoto: Quintinsoloviev, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
7,193
Opened
1957
Surface
AstroTurf GameDay Grass 3D60H
Roof
Open air
Elevation
36 ft
Delaware State here
55–⁠64 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 Alumni Stadium by season, 2003 to 20260k5k10k2003: 3,503 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,3492004: 2,768 a game over 6 games; biggest 6,5832005: 2,359 a game over 4 games; biggest 2,8412006: 3,503 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,4492007: 4,120 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,6822008: 4,758 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,2162009: 4,015 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,3272010: 2,938 a game over 4 games; biggest 4,1312011: 2,000 a game over 4 games; biggest 3,1982012: 3,533 a game over 4 games; biggest 6,1722013: 2,110 a game over 4 games; biggest 2,8002014: 3,284 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,2372015: 2,435 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,3882016: 1,975 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,1242017: 2,108 a game over 4 games; biggest 3,3372018: 1,993 a game over 3 games; biggest 2,9512019: 2,650 a game over 2 games; biggest 4,1422022: 3,024 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,5002023: 5,009 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,3002024: 3,333 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,4002025: 3,389 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,5062026: 3,043 a game over 2 games; biggest 3,50720032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

6,682Norfolk State at Delaware State2007
6,583South Carolina State at Delaware State2004
6,300South Carolina State at Delaware State2023
6,295Bowie State at Delaware State2023
6,237North Carolina A&T at Delaware State2014

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
September 21, 1957
Architect
M. A. Dyer Company
Surface over the years
AstroTurf GameDay Grass 3D60H (2012–present)
Former surfaces:
Expanded
1971, 1995
Renovated
1995

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Alumni Stadium.

From above

100 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 270 by 230 meters (890 by 750 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 10, 2026Delaware State 34, Franklin Pierce 0
Sep 26, 2026Delaware State 33, Towson 28
Sep 12, 2026Delaware State 21, Bowie State 6
Aug 27, 2026Delaware State 41, Stony Brook 34
Nov 22, 2025South Carolina State 28, Delaware State 17
Nov 15, 2025Delaware State 26, Howard 13
Oct 11, 2025Delaware State 70, Southern Connecticut State 23
Sep 13, 2025Delaware State 36, Bowie State 14
Sep 6, 2025Delaware State 37, UAlbany 32
Nov 23, 2024North Carolina Central 52, Delaware State 10
Nov 9, 2024Morgan State 36, Delaware State 28
Oct 5, 2024Saint Francis 28, Delaware State 17