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Bulldog Stadium

Bulldog Stadium in Smithfield, RI, home of Bryant. Capacity 4,400. Opened November 25, 1980.

Bulldog Stadium in Smithfield, RI
Bulldog Stadium, Smithfield, RIPhoto: Emedina00, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
4,400
Opened
1980
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
408 ft
Home team
Bryant
Bryant here
52–⁠36 games on file since 2009

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2009 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 Bulldog Stadium by season, 2009 to 20260k5k10k2009: 3,143 a game over 2 games; biggest 3,7202010: 2,872 a game over 7 games; biggest 5,1132011: 2,573 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,5872012: 2,621 a game over 6 games; biggest 3,8122013: 3,049 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,8172014: 2,919 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,8902015: 5,493 a game over 4 games; biggest 8,3642016: 3,827 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,5142017: 4,542 a game over 4 games; biggest 7,5322018: 3,566 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,9692019: 2,163 a game over 4 games; biggest 3,7782021: 2,541 a game over 2 games; biggest 2,8052022: 3,686 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,9282023: 2,362 a game over 3 games; biggest 3,3572024: 2,881 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,2002025: 2,029 a game over 6 games; biggest 2,8672026: 2,730 a game over 2 games; biggest 3,411200920112013201520172019202120232025

Biggest crowds on file

8,364Duquesne at Bryant2015
7,532Fordham at Bryant2017
6,432Merrimack at Bryant2017
5,928Campbell at Bryant2022
5,908Saint Francis at Bryant2015

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).

The stadium’s history

Former names
Bulldog Stadium (1980–⁠2021)
Opened
November 25, 1980
Architect
Stevens and Associates
Surface over the years
Natural grass (1980–⁠2010)
FieldTurf (2011–⁠2018)
AstroTurf (since 2019)
Expanded
1991
Record crowd
42,881 (vs Oregon State 2001)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Bulldog Stadium.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 2026Bryant 31, North Carolina A&T 30
Sep 19, 2026Bryant 21, Princeton 14
Nov 15, 2025New Hampshire 42, Bryant 14
Nov 1, 2025Monmouth 35, Bryant 7
Oct 10, 2025Brown 29, Bryant 19
Oct 4, 2025Maine 34, Bryant 14
Sep 27, 2025Towson 26, Bryant 24
Sep 13, 2025Bryant 42, Bentley 6
Nov 23, 2024Rhode Island 35, Bryant 21
Nov 2, 2024Stony Brook 31, Bryant 30
Oct 26, 2024Richmond 41, Bryant 14
Oct 12, 2024UAlbany 24, Bryant 17