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Butler Bowl

Butler Bowl in Indianapolis, IN, home of Butler. Capacity 5,647. Opened 1928.

Butler Bowl in Indianapolis, IN
Butler Bowl, Indianapolis, INPhoto: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
5,647
Opened
1928
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
726 ft
Home team
Butler
Butler here
66–⁠52 games on file since 2005

Since it opened: Butler is 73–⁠57–⁠1 in home games from the 1928 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, 2005 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 Butler Bowl by season, 2007 to 20260k5k10k2007: 2,102 a game over 1 games; biggest 2,1022009: 1,929 a game over 5 games; biggest 2,5682010: 3,003 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,0192011: 2,619 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,0852012: 2,960 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,1482013: 2,597 a game over 7 games; biggest 3,5412014: 2,631 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,2492015: 3,819 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,1132016: 4,106 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,2362017: 3,235 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,1392018: 3,163 a game over 4 games; biggest 4,5272019: 3,266 a game over 6 games; biggest 5,2552021: 3,127 a game over 2 games; biggest 3,3982022: 2,917 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,7392023: 3,595 a game over 6 games; biggest 6,2712024: 3,199 a game over 7 games; biggest 4,5162025: 2,963 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,1672026: 3,836 a game over 4 games; biggest 4,7742007200920112013201520172019202120232025

Biggest crowds on file

6,271Wabash at Butler2023
5,255Indiana Wesleyan at Butler2019
5,236Marist at Butler2016
5,113Valparaiso at Butler2015
5,019Morehead State at Butler2010

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
1928
Surface over the years
FieldTurf (installed in 2006)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Butler Bowl.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Dayton 19, Butler 9
Oct 10, 2026Butler 41, San Diego 10
Sep 19, 2026Butler 47, Chicago State 20
Sep 12, 2026Butler 52, Franklin 0
Aug 29, 2026Butler 27, Georgetown College Kentucky 23
Nov 22, 2025Butler 27, Valparaiso 20
Nov 1, 2025Drake 24, Butler 19
Oct 11, 2025Presbyterian 31, Butler 25
Sep 27, 2025Butler 31, Marist 28
Sep 6, 2025Butler 37, Truman State 27
Nov 16, 2024Butler 36, St. Thomas (MN) 20
Nov 2, 2024Butler 46, Stetson 13