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Chapman Stadium

Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, OK, home of Tulsa. Capacity 30,000. Opened October 4, 1930.

Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, OK
Chapman Stadium, Tulsa, OKPhoto: Chippothenut, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
30,000
Opened
1930
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
773 ft
Home team
Tulsa
Tulsa here
61–⁠49 games on file since 2008

Since it opened: Tulsa is 342–⁠181–⁠14 in home games from the 1930 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, 2008 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 Chapman Stadium by season, 2008 to 202610k20k30k40k2008: 24,368 a game over 7 games; biggest 30,0002009: 22,502 a game over 6 games; biggest 30,0002010: 20,379 a game over 6 games; biggest 23,2952011: 22,541 a game over 6 games; biggest 29,0152012: 20,020 a game over 7 games; biggest 24,2362013: 19,893 a game over 6 games; biggest 22,8752014: 19,647 a game over 6 games; biggest 29,3572015: 19,622 a game over 6 games; biggest 24,0012016: 18,901 a game over 6 games; biggest 22,3492017: 18,459 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,3542018: 17,098 a game over 6 games; biggest 18,3562019: 18,741 a game over 6 games; biggest 28,6122020: 3,900 a game over 1 games; biggest 3,9002021: 16,077 a game over 6 games; biggest 17,5932022: 18,745 a game over 6 games; biggest 22,9932023: 20,187 a game over 6 games; biggest 30,8552024: 20,411 a game over 6 games; biggest 30,9152025: 16,369 a game over 6 games; biggest 20,1032026: 22,404 a game over 2 games; biggest 28,5202008201020122014201620182020202220242026

Biggest crowds on file

30,915Oklahoma State at Tulsa2024
30,855Oklahoma at Tulsa2023
30,000Boise State at Tulsa2009
30,000UCF at Tulsa2008
30,000New Mexico at Tulsa2008

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

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

The stadium’s history

Also known as
Skelly Stadium
Former names
Skelly Stadium (1947–⁠2007)
Skelly Field (1930–⁠1947)
Opened
October 4, 1930
Architect
Smith & Senter
Surface over the years
FieldTurf (2000–present)
Record crowd
47,350 (vs. 1 Oklahoma, 1987)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Chapman Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 140 by 190 meters (470 by 610 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 1, 2026North Texas 45, Tulsa 44
Sep 19, 2026Tulsa 42, East Texas A&M 0
Sep 5, 2026Tulsa 24, Oklahoma State 10
Nov 29, 2025UAB 31, Tulsa 24
Nov 15, 2025Tulsa 31, Oregon State 14
Oct 25, 2025Temple 38, Tulsa 37
Sep 27, 2025Tulane 31, Tulsa 14
Sep 13, 2025Navy 42, Tulsa 23
Aug 30, 2025Tulsa 35, Abilene Christian 7
Nov 30, 2024Florida Atlantic 63, Tulsa 16
Nov 14, 2024East Carolina 38, Tulsa 31
Oct 26, 2024Tulsa 46, UTSA 45