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Bob Ford Field

Bob Ford Field in Albany, NY, home of UAlbany. Capacity 8,500. Opened September 14, 2013.

Bob Ford Field in Albany, NY
Bob Ford Field, Albany, NYPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
8,500
Opened
2013
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
211 ft
Home team
UAlbany
UAlbany here
38–⁠30 games on file since 2014

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2014 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 Bob Ford Field by season, 2014 to 20260k5k10k2014: 5,341 a game over 7 games; biggest 8,5002015: 6,624 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,5002016: 5,928 a game over 6 games; biggest 9,0522017: 5,802 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,9192018: 4,516 a game over 6 games; biggest 7,0292019: 4,027 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,7632022: 5,240 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,2122023: 5,074 a game over 6 games; biggest 8,5002024: 5,392 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,0192025: 4,735 a game over 6 games; biggest 6,6292026: 7,316 a game over 2 games; biggest 8,500201420162018202220242026

Biggest crowds on file

9,052Richmond at UAlbany2016
8,919Maine at UAlbany2017
8,500Delaware State at UAlbany2026
8,500Fordham at UAlbany2023
8,500Villanova at UAlbany2015

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

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database).

The stadium’s history

Former names
Bob Ford Field
Opened
September 14, 2013
Architect
Heery International Inc.
Surface over the years
FieldTurf

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Bob Ford Field.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 170 by 180 meters (570 by 600 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 2026UAlbany 28, Delaware State 3
Sep 19, 2026Monmouth 28, UAlbany 20
Aug 28, 2026UAlbany 28, New Hampshire 14
Nov 15, 2025Towson 36, UAlbany 19
Nov 8, 2025Bryant 27, UAlbany 24
Oct 18, 2025Rhode Island 58, UAlbany 17
Oct 4, 2025Stony Brook 47, UAlbany 12
Sep 20, 2025UAlbany 13, Cornell 10
Sep 13, 2025New Haven 24, UAlbany 17
Nov 23, 2024UAlbany 41, Hampton 34
Nov 2, 2024New Hampshire 31, UAlbany 14
Oct 19, 2024Elon 30, UAlbany 14