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Bowman Gray Stadium

Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, NC, home of Winston-Salem State. Capacity 17,000. Opened 1937.

Capacity
17,000
Opened
1937
Surface
Grass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
796 ft
Winston-Salem State here
20–⁠22–⁠1 games on file since 2006

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Bowman Gray Stadium by season, 2006 to 20095k10k15k20k25k2006: 11,000 a game over 1 games; biggest 11,0002007: 18,716 a game over 2 games; biggest 22,0002008: 5,431 a game over 4 games; biggest 12,1212009: 11,851 a game over 4 games; biggest 22,000’06’07’08’09

Biggest crowds on file

22,000North Carolina A&T at Winston-Salem State2009
22,000North Carolina A&T at Winston-Salem State2007
15,432Delaware State at Winston-Salem State2007
14,372Hampton at Winston-Salem State2009
12,121Bethune-Cookman at Winston-Salem State2008

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

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

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Winston-Salem State 43, Bluefield State 14
Oct 10, 2026Bowie State 21, Winston-Salem State 0
Sep 12, 2026Johnson C. Smith 31, Winston-Salem State 6
Sep 5, 2026Mars Hill 17, Winston-Salem State 0
Oct 18, 2025Winston-Salem State 42, Livingstone 10
Oct 4, 2025Virginia Union 44, Winston-Salem State 34
Sep 20, 2025Virginia State 34, Winston-Salem State 33
Sep 13, 2025Winston-Salem State 51, Lincoln (PA) 14
Nov 9, 2024Winston-Salem State 37, Fayetteville State 31
Oct 26, 2024Johnson C. Smith 24, Winston-Salem State 15
Oct 12, 2024Winston-Salem State 34, Shaw 14
Sep 28, 2024Winston-Salem State 28, Bowie State 14