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Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA)

Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA) in Chestnut Hill, MA, home of Boston College. Capacity 44,500. Opened September 21, 1957.

Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA) in Chestnut Hill, MA
Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA), Chestnut Hill, MAPhoto: Quintinsoloviev, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
44,500
Opened
1957
Surface
AstroTurf GameDay Grass 3D60H
Roof
Open air
Elevation
131 ft
Boston College here
99–⁠65 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
three times

Since it opened: Boston College is 256–⁠151–⁠2 in home games from the 1957 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 Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA) by season, 2001 to 202620k30k40k50k2001: 42,650 a game over 5 games; biggest 44,5002002: 39,587 a game over 7 games; biggest 42,8262003: 42,604 a game over 6 games; biggest 44,5002004: 43,190 a game over 5 games; biggest 44,5002005: 39,429 a game over 6 games; biggest 44,5002006: 38,843 a game over 7 games; biggest 44,5002007: 41,990 a game over 7 games; biggest 44,5002008: 41,037 a game over 7 games; biggest 44,5002009: 35,716 a game over 7 games; biggest 41,2722010: 38,369 a game over 7 games; biggest 44,5002011: 35,709 a game over 6 games; biggest 38,7292012: 37,020 a game over 6 games; biggest 44,5002013: 33,006 a game over 6 games; biggest 40,1292014: 34,270 a game over 7 games; biggest 42,0382015: 30,257 a game over 7 games; biggest 39,1112016: 32,157 a game over 6 games; biggest 44,5002017: 35,924 a game over 6 games; biggest 44,5002018: 37,998 a game over 7 games; biggest 44,5142019: 34,185 a game over 6 games; biggest 39,3522021: 34,782 a game over 6 games; biggest 44,5002022: 35,706 a game over 6 games; biggest 42,1382023: 36,376 a game over 7 games; biggest 41,8682024: 39,891 a game over 7 games; biggest 44,5002025: 41,090 a game over 7 games; biggest 44,5002026: 29,115 a game over 2 games; biggest 35,605200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

44,514Miami at Boston College2018
44,500Notre Dame at Boston College2025
44,500California at Boston College2025
44,500Syracuse at Boston College2024
44,500Michigan State at Boston College2024

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.

College GameDay here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA) three times, first in 2005.

Nov 10, 2018Clemson 27, Boston College 7Stokes Lawn
Oct 3, 2009Boston College 28, Florida State 21Stokes Lawn
Sep 17, 2005Florida State 28, Boston College 17Campus Green

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA).

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Snow on game day

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 Boston College’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

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 170 by 230 meters (570 by 760 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Boston College 27, Pittsburgh 21
Sep 26, 2026Virginia Tech 21, Boston College 14
Sep 19, 2026Boston College 22, Maine 16
Sep 11, 2026Boston College 28, Rutgers 21
Nov 15, 202514Georgia Tech 36, Boston College 34
Nov 8, 2025SMU 45, Boston College 13
Nov 1, 202512Notre Dame 25, Boston College 10
Oct 18, 2025UConn 38, Boston College 23
Oct 11, 2025Clemson 41, Boston College 10
Sep 27, 2025California 28, Boston College 24
Aug 30, 2025Boston College 66, Fordham 10
Nov 30, 2024Boston College 34, Pittsburgh 23

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights. Official source.