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AmFirst Stadium

AmFirst Stadium in Jacksonville, AL, home of Jacksonville State. Capacity 24,000. Opened November 15, 1947.

AmFirst Stadium in Jacksonville, AL
AmFirst Stadium, Jacksonville, ALPhoto: Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
24,000
Opened
1947
Surface
ProGrass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
650 ft
Jacksonville State here
101–⁠23 games on file since 2004

Since it opened: Jacksonville State is 102–⁠25 in home games from the 1975 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, 2004 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 AmFirst Stadium by season, 2004 to 20265k10k15k20k25k30k2004: 10,575 a game over 4 games; biggest 14,7222005: 11,389 a game over 6 games; biggest 13,9822006: 10,444 a game over 4 games; biggest 13,8622007: 9,767 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,3122008: 11,281 a game over 5 games; biggest 16,6542009: 11,209 a game over 3 games; biggest 13,0862010: 17,330 a game over 6 games; biggest 22,1862011: 17,226 a game over 5 games; biggest 18,9332012: 16,006 a game over 5 games; biggest 18,9932013: 13,292 a game over 2 games; biggest 17,5922014: 15,573 a game over 6 games; biggest 18,9122015: 20,533 a game over 8 games; biggest 23,6922016: 18,058 a game over 7 games; biggest 22,1162017: 18,309 a game over 5 games; biggest 23,9442018: 16,904 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,8642019: 20,768 a game over 3 games; biggest 21,9762020: 5,870 a game over 1 games; biggest 5,8702021: 16,809 a game over 5 games; biggest 20,9922022: 18,161 a game over 4 games; biggest 19,6542023: 20,033 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,7452024: 17,848 a game over 7 games; biggest 21,7882025: 19,684 a game over 6 games; biggest 24,1662026: 17,599 a game over 3 games; biggest 19,67720042009201420192024

Biggest crowds on file

24,166Kennesaw State at Jacksonville State2025
23,944Liberty at Jacksonville State2017
23,692Sam Houston at Jacksonville State2015
23,413Tennessee State at Jacksonville State2015
22,279Charleston Southern at Jacksonville State2015

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
College Bowl (1947–⁠1960)
Paul Snow Stadium (1961–⁠2009)
Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium (2010–⁠2023)
Opened
November 15, 1947
Architect
McKee and Associates (renovation)
Surface over the years
ProGrass
Expanded
1965, 1978, 2010
Record crowd
24,166
Nov. 15, 2025
vs Kennesaw State Owls

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, AmFirst Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 170 by 130 meters (560 by 440 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 13, 2026Jacksonville State 27, Florida International 24
Sep 26, 2026Jacksonville State 23, Middle Tennessee 13
Sep 19, 2026Jacksonville State 31, Georgia Southern 27
Sep 5, 2026Jacksonville State 49, Eastern Kentucky 7
Dec 5, 2025Kennesaw State 19, Jacksonville State 15
Nov 29, 2025Jacksonville State 37, Western Kentucky 34
Nov 15, 2025Jacksonville State 35, Kennesaw State 26
Oct 15, 2025Jacksonville State 38, Delaware 25
Sep 20, 2025Jacksonville State 45, Murray State 10
Sep 6, 2025Jacksonville State 34, Liberty 24
Dec 6, 2024Jacksonville State 52, Western Kentucky 12
Nov 23, 2024Jacksonville State 21, Sam Houston 11

Around the stadium

Playing surface
AstroTurf · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

Pouring rights

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