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Brown Field

Brown Field in Valparaiso, IN, home of Valparaiso. Capacity 5,000. Opened 1919.

Brown Field in Valparaiso, IN
Brown Field, Valparaiso, INPhoto: Indyrl12, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
5,000
Opened
1919
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
803 ft
Home team
Valparaiso
Valparaiso here
36–⁠75 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: Valparaiso is 37–⁠75 in home games from the 1933 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, 2003 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 Brown Field by season, 2005 to 20260k5k10k2005: 1,302 a game over 1 games; biggest 1,3022006: 1,721 a game over 2 games; biggest 2,3742008: 4,178 a game over 1 games; biggest 4,1782009: 1,203 a game over 2 games; biggest 1,2172010: 1,765 a game over 3 games; biggest 3,1162011: 2,178 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,8472012: 2,342 a game over 6 games; biggest 3,8482013: 2,118 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,3572014: 2,135 a game over 4 games; biggest 3,2122015: 2,625 a game over 4 games; biggest 3,1832016: 2,034 a game over 5 games; biggest 2,8972017: 2,735 a game over 4 games; biggest 4,4922018: 2,253 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,6052019: 2,292 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,3992021: 3,856 a game over 1 games; biggest 3,8562022: 2,579 a game over 4 games; biggest 3,4852023: 1,778 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,3312024: 1,840 a game over 6 games; biggest 2,7802025: 1,559 a game over 6 games; biggest 1,9412026: 1,978 a game over 3 games; biggest 2,8882005201020152025

Biggest crowds on file

4,605Davidson at Valparaiso2018
4,492Stetson at Valparaiso2017
4,399Charleston (WV) at Valparaiso2019
4,178Davidson at Valparaiso2008
3,856Dartmouth at Valparaiso2021

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
1919
Surface over the years
FieldTurf

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Brown Field (Valparaiso).

Recent games here

Oct 10, 2026Valparaiso 21, Drake 13
Sep 26, 2026Butler 33, Valparaiso 28
Aug 29, 2026Valparaiso 59, Lawrence Tech 13
Nov 15, 2025Valparaiso 32, Stetson 31
Nov 8, 2025San Diego 43, Valparaiso 27
Oct 25, 2025Morehead State 17, Valparaiso 13
Oct 11, 2025Dayton 41, Valparaiso 10
Sep 6, 2025Adrian 10, Valparaiso 7
Aug 30, 2025Valparaiso 67, Virginia Lynchburg 10
Nov 23, 2024Valparaiso 18, Davidson 17
Nov 9, 2024Butler 24, Valparaiso 17
Oct 19, 2024St. Thomas (MN) 42, Valparaiso 14