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Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium

Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium in Lewisburg, PA, home of Bucknell. Capacity 13,100. Opened 1924.

Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium in Lewisburg, PA
Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium, Lewisburg, PAPhoto: Tomwsulcer, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
13,100
Opened
1924
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
496 ft
Home team
Bucknell
Bucknell here
49–⁠75 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: Bucknell is 104–⁠105–⁠3 in home games from the 1927 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, 2003 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 Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium by season, 2004 to 20260k5k10k15k2004: 4,864 a game over 2 games; biggest 6,7022005: 3,259 a game over 1 games; biggest 3,2592006: 6,213 a game over 2 games; biggest 6,2732007: 3,809 a game over 2 games; biggest 5,1432008: 3,576 a game over 2 games; biggest 5,1732009: 1,889 a game over 2 games; biggest 1,9172010: 4,345 a game over 3 games; biggest 7,8262011: 4,257 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,7342012: 3,135 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,2542013: 3,526 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,5092014: 3,530 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,5782015: 3,256 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,5192016: 3,324 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,9722017: 2,886 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,3452018: 2,629 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,0422019: 2,750 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,7952021: 2,887 a game over 1 games; biggest 2,8872022: 1,452 a game over 4 games; biggest 1,9492023: 1,505 a game over 3 games; biggest 2,0462024: 1,887 a game over 3 games; biggest 2,4742025: 2,218 a game over 3 games; biggest 3,1432026: 3,360 a game over 1 games; biggest 3,36020042009201420192024

Biggest crowds on file

7,826Cornell at Bucknell2010
6,734Holy Cross at Bucknell2011
6,702Cornell at Bucknell2004
6,273Lafayette at Bucknell2006
6,152Cornell at Bucknell2006

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

The stadium’s history

Architect
Carrere & Hastings
Surface over the years
FieldTurf
Renovated
1960, 1989

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 190 by 200 meters (620 by 660 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Lafayette 20, Bucknell 7
Sep 19, 2026Pennsylvania 20, Bucknell 7
Sep 5, 2026Villanova 17, Bucknell 16
Nov 15, 2025Holy Cross 37, Bucknell 20
Oct 25, 2025Georgetown 31, Bucknell 24
Oct 4, 2025Bucknell 33, Richmond 28
Sep 27, 2025Bucknell 30, Saint Francis 23
Sep 20, 2025Lehigh 41, Bucknell 24
Sep 13, 2025Bucknell 35, VMI 28
Nov 23, 2024Bucknell 48, Colgate 34
Nov 9, 2024Bucknell 28, Fordham 27
Nov 2, 2024Bucknell 21, Lafayette 14