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Cajun Field

Cajun Field in Lafayette, LA, home of Louisiana. Capacity 41,426. Opened September 25, 1971.

Cajun Field in Lafayette, LA
Cajun Field, Lafayette, LAPhoto: Aaron charles at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
41,426
Opened
1971
Surface
artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
12 ft
Home team
Louisiana
Louisiana here
94–⁠51 games on file since 2001

Since it opened: Louisiana is 173–⁠117–⁠3 in home games from the 1972 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, 2001 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 Cajun Field by season, 2001 to 202610k20k30k40k50k2001: 13,323 a game over 5 games; biggest 17,3532002: 15,056 a game over 5 games; biggest 20,5122003: 13,995 a game over 6 games; biggest 24,2112004: 21,350 a game over 4 games; biggest 25,0832005: 15,661 a game over 7 games; biggest 21,2042006: 14,518 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,4852007: 16,651 a game over 6 games; biggest 33,8282008: 21,468 a game over 5 games; biggest 29,0312009: 18,666 a game over 6 games; biggest 41,3572010: 17,383 a game over 5 games; biggest 25,8812011: 29,171 a game over 5 games; biggest 32,8232012: 22,865 a game over 6 games; biggest 29,7582013: 25,976 a game over 5 games; biggest 30,0282014: 25,775 a game over 6 games; biggest 36,1702015: 21,596 a game over 6 games; biggest 26,8242016: 20,224 a game over 6 games; biggest 26,8912017: 15,751 a game over 5 games; biggest 18,3182018: 18,551 a game over 6 games; biggest 28,8662019: 17,496 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,0632020: 5,585 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,5852021: 22,493 a game over 7 games; biggest 31,0142022: 14,542 a game over 6 games; biggest 20,6712023: 16,664 a game over 6 games; biggest 20,0442024: 18,254 a game over 7 games; biggest 23,1072025: 19,982 a game over 6 games; biggest 26,0712026: 20,093 a game over 3 games; biggest 21,211200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

41,357Southern at Louisiana2009
36,170Southern at Louisiana2014
33,828McNeese at Louisiana2007
32,823North Texas at Louisiana2011
31,014App State at Louisiana2021

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
September 25, 1971
Surface over the years
artificial turf
Renovated
1992, 2008, 2014, 2024–present

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Cajun Field.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 220 by 220 meters (710 by 730 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Louisiana 33, Troy 6
Oct 3, 2026Louisiana 23, Arkansas State 20
Sep 19, 2026Louisiana 21, UAB 14
Sep 5, 2026Louisiana 38, Lamar 7
Nov 29, 2025Louisiana 30, UL Monroe 27
Nov 8, 2025Louisiana 42, Texas State 39
Oct 18, 2025Southern Miss 22, Louisiana 10
Sep 27, 2025Louisiana 54, Marshall 51
Sep 6, 2025Louisiana 34, McNeese 10
Aug 30, 2025Rice 14, Louisiana 12
Dec 7, 2024Marshall 31, Louisiana 3
Nov 23, 2024Louisiana 51, Troy 30

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2022. Official source.