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Brown Stadium

Brown Stadium in Providence, RI, home of Brown. Capacity 20,000. Opened October 24, 1925.

Brown Stadium in Providence, RI
Brown Stadium, Providence, RIPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
20,000
Opened
1925
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
111 ft
Home team
Brown
Brown here
54–⁠51 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: Brown is 217–⁠171–⁠10 in home games from the 1925 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 Stadium by season, 2005 to 20260k10k20k30k40k50k2005: 40,502 a game over 1 games; biggest 40,5022006: 7,222 a game over 2 games; biggest 8,4562007: 17,865 a game over 1 games; biggest 17,8652008: 6,895 a game over 4 games; biggest 9,2982009: 4,162 a game over 2 games; biggest 5,1102010: 8,683 a game over 4 games; biggest 17,3602011: 5,048 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,5342012: 6,872 a game over 4 games; biggest 13,8482013: 5,098 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,0622014: 5,702 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,5112015: 4,822 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,4812016: 4,419 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,1742017: 2,999 a game over 4 games; biggest 3,7702018: 2,814 a game over 4 games; biggest 3,9262019: 3,789 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,0772021: 4,207 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,2432022: 4,423 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,3952023: 3,515 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,6902024: 5,972 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,7532025: 3,434 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,0472026: 2,531 a game over 1 games; biggest 2,5312005201020152025

Biggest crowds on file

40,502Savannah State at Morgan State2005
17,865Army at Akron2007
17,360Harvard at Brown2010
13,848Harvard at Brown2012
13,511Harvard at Brown2014

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Brown University Field
Opened
October 24, 1925
Surface over the years
FieldTurf (2021–present)
Grass (Prior to 2021)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Brown Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 180 by 210 meters (580 by 680 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 10, 2026Brown 28, Bryant 13
Sep 25, 2026Harvard 14, Brown 10
Nov 22, 2025Brown 35, Dartmouth 28
Nov 8, 2025Yale 34, Brown 22
Oct 18, 2025Princeton 40, Brown 21
Oct 3, 2025Brown 28, Rhode Island 21
Sep 20, 2025Brown 46, Georgetown 0
Nov 16, 2024Columbia 21, Brown 12
Nov 2, 2024Pennsylvania 38, Brown 28
Oct 26, 2024Brown 23, Cornell 21
Oct 5, 2024Bryant 42, Brown 35
Sep 28, 2024Brown 31, Harvard 28