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Camp Randall Stadium

Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, WI, home of Wisconsin. Capacity 80,321. Opened November 3, 1917.

Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, WI
Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WIPhoto: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
80,321
Opened
1917
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
865 ft
Home team
Wisconsin
Wisconsin here
134–⁠39 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
seven times

Since it opened: Wisconsin is 392–⁠212–⁠23 in home games from the 1917 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 Camp Randall Stadium by season, 2001 to 202640k60k80k100k2001: 78,333 a game over 7 games; biggest 79,6332002: 78,023 a game over 8 games; biggest 79,7292003: 78,486 a game over 7 games; biggest 79,9312004: 79,518 a game over 7 games; biggest 83,0692005: 82,551 a game over 6 games; biggest 83,1842006: 81,368 a game over 7 games; biggest 82,0102007: 81,747 a game over 7 games; biggest 82,6302008: 81,088 a game over 7 games; biggest 81,6082009: 80,109 a game over 7 games; biggest 81,0432010: 79,862 a game over 7 games; biggest 81,3322011: 79,813 a game over 7 games; biggest 81,3842012: 80,006 a game over 7 games; biggest 80,5872013: 78,911 a game over 7 games; biggest 81,4112014: 79,520 a game over 7 games; biggest 80,5392015: 78,014 a game over 7 games; biggest 80,9332016: 79,357 a game over 6 games; biggest 81,5412017: 78,824 a game over 7 games; biggest 81,2162018: 77,153 a game over 7 games; biggest 80,7202019: 76,472 a game over 7 games; biggest 80,4702021: 73,466 a game over 7 games; biggest 76,8322022: 74,159 a game over 7 games; biggest 75,7282023: 75,391 a game over 7 games; biggest 76,4532024: 76,057 a game over 7 games; biggest 76,4032025: 70,403 a game over 7 games; biggest 76,0642026: 66,273 a game over 3 games; biggest 67,001200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

83,184Iowa at Wisconsin2005
83,069Minnesota at Wisconsin2004
83,022Michigan at Wisconsin2005
82,828Purdue at Wisconsin2005
82,630Iowa at Wisconsin2007

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.

The pregame shows here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Camp Randall Stadium seven times, first in 1999; Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff three times.

Sep 14, 2024Big Noon KickoffAlabama 42, Wisconsin 10
Oct 2, 2021Big Noon KickoffMichigan 38, Wisconsin 17
Sep 4, 2021Big Noon KickoffPenn State 16, Wisconsin 10
Nov 18, 2017College GameDayWisconsin 24, Michigan 10Bascom Hill
Oct 15, 2016College GameDayOhio State 30, Wisconsin 23Bascom Hill
Oct 1, 2011College GameDayWisconsin 48, Nebraska 17Bascom Hill
Oct 16, 2010College GameDayWisconsin 31, Ohio State 18Camp Randall Stadium
Sep 25, 2004College GameDayWisconsin 16, Penn State 3University of Wisconsin practice field
Oct 18, 2003College GameDayPurdue 26, Wisconsin 23University of Wisconsin practice field
Sep 25, 1999College GameDayMichigan 21, Wisconsin 16

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA). Big Noon Kickoff’s from Wikipedia’s list of its sites (CC BY-SA).

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Snow on game day

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
November 3, 1917
Architect
Arthur Peabody
Berners-Schober Associates, Inc. (2005 renovation)
Surface over the years
FieldTurf (2003–present)
AstroTurf (1968–⁠2002)
Natural grass (1917–⁠1967)
Expanded
1921, 1924, 1940, 1951, 1958, 1966, 2004
Renovated
2004, 2022 (south end zone)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Camp Randall Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 200 by 250 meters (650 by 820 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 2026Wisconsin 31, Michigan State 3
Sep 19, 2026Wisconsin 54, Eastern Michigan 10
Sep 12, 2026Wisconsin 36, Western Illinois 9
Nov 22, 2025Wisconsin 27, Illinois 10
Nov 8, 2025Wisconsin 13, 24Washington 10
Oct 18, 20251Ohio State 34, Wisconsin 0
Oct 11, 2025Iowa 37, Wisconsin 0
Sep 20, 2025Maryland 27, Wisconsin 10
Sep 6, 2025Wisconsin 42, Middle Tennessee 10
Aug 28, 2025Wisconsin 17, Miami (OH) 0
Nov 29, 2024Minnesota 24, Wisconsin 7
Nov 16, 20241Oregon 16, Wisconsin 13

Pouring rights

PepsiCo has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2023. Official source.