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Autzen Stadium

Autzen Stadium in Eugene, OR, home of Oregon. Capacity 54,000. Opened September 23, 1967.

Autzen Stadium in Eugene, OR
Autzen Stadium, Eugene, ORPhoto: Ray Terrill, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
54,000
Opened
1967
Surface
FieldTurf –
Roof
Open air
Elevation
418 ft
Home team
Oregon
Oregon here
141–⁠25 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
14 times

Since it opened: Oregon is 249–⁠104–⁠5 in home games from the 1967 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 Autzen Stadium by season, 2001 to 202620k40k60k80k2001: 45,907 a game over 5 games; biggest 46,0752002: 56,341 a game over 8 games; biggest 57,1122003: 57,701 a game over 6 games; biggest 59,0232004: 58,059 a game over 6 games; biggest 58,3442005: 58,434 a game over 6 games; biggest 59,1292006: 58,378 a game over 6 games; biggest 59,2692007: 58,845 a game over 7 games; biggest 59,3792008: 58,444 a game over 6 games; biggest 58,7782009: 58,544 a game over 7 games; biggest 59,5972010: 59,398 a game over 6 games; biggest 60,0172011: 59,430 a game over 6 games; biggest 60,0552012: 57,490 a game over 7 games; biggest 58,7922013: 57,660 a game over 7 games; biggest 59,2062014: 57,427 a game over 7 games; biggest 59,4962015: 57,631 a game over 7 games; biggest 59,0942016: 54,677 a game over 6 games; biggest 58,8422017: 55,483 a game over 7 games; biggest 58,3892018: 53,016 a game over 7 games; biggest 58,6912019: 53,591 a game over 7 games; biggest 59,3612021: 49,468 a game over 7 games; biggest 56,4082022: 54,950 a game over 6 games; biggest 59,9622023: 55,895 a game over 7 games; biggest 59,9872024: 59,168 a game over 7 games; biggest 60,1292025: 58,150 a game over 8 games; biggest 59,6252026: 58,457 a game over 2 games; biggest 59,262200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

60,129Ohio State at Oregon2024
60,055Arizona State at Oregon2011
60,017Washington at Oregon2010
59,990Arizona at Oregon2010
59,987Oregon State at Oregon2023

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 Autzen Stadium 14 times, first in 2000.

Nov 22, 2025Oregon 42, USC 27Memorial Quad
Oct 11, 2025Indiana 30, Oregon 20Memorial Quad
Oct 12, 2024Oregon 32, Ohio State 31Memorial Quad
Oct 22, 2022Oregon 45, UCLA 30Memorial Quad
Sep 22, 2018Stanford 38, Oregon 31Memorial Quad
Sep 6, 2014Oregon 46, Michigan State 27Memorial Quad
Oct 26, 2013Oregon 42, UCLA 14Memorial Quad
Nov 17, 2012Stanford 17, Oregon 14Memorial Quad
Oct 15, 2011Oregon 41, Arizona State 27Memorial Quad
Oct 2, 2010Oregon 52, Stanford 31Outside Autzen Stadium
Oct 31, 2009Oregon 47, USC 20Outside Autzen Stadium
Nov 3, 2007Oregon 35, Arizona State 23Autzen Stadium
Sep 29, 2007California 31, Oregon 24Outside Autzen Stadium
Sep 23, 2000Oregon 29, UCLA 10Outside Autzen Stadium

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

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
September 23, 1967
Architect
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Ellerbe Becket (2012 renovation)
Surface over the years
FieldTurf – (2012–present)
NeXturf –
OmniTurf – (1984–⁠2000)
AstroTurf – (1969–⁠1983)
Natural grass – (1967–⁠1968)
Expanded
2002
Renovated
2002

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Autzen Stadium.

From above

100 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 300 by 330 meters (970 by 1,090 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Oregon 17, Nebraska 14
Oct 10, 202621UCLA 17, 13Oregon 15
Sep 18, 202621Oregon 84, Portland State 0
Sep 5, 20262Oregon 34, Boise State 27
Dec 20, 20255Oregon 51, 19James Madison 34
Nov 22, 20256Oregon 42, 16USC 27
Nov 14, 20257Oregon 42, Minnesota 13
Oct 25, 20256Oregon 21, Wisconsin 7
Oct 11, 20257Indiana 30, 3Oregon 20
Sep 20, 20256Oregon 41, Oregon State 7
Sep 6, 20256Oregon 69, Oklahoma State 3
Aug 30, 20257Oregon 59, Montana State 13

Pouring rights

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