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Cowboy Stadium

Cowboy Stadium in Lake Charles, LA, home of McNeese. Capacity 17,610. Opened 1965.

Cowboy Stadium in Lake Charles, LA
Cowboy Stadium, Lake Charles, LAPhoto: Gkarg, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
17,610
Opened
1965
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
14 ft
Home team
McNeese
McNeese here
83–⁠39 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: McNeese is 120–⁠51–⁠2 in home games from the 1973 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 Cowboy Stadium by season, 2003 to 20265k10k15k20k25k2003: 16,324 a game over 5 games; biggest 17,2892004: 12,112 a game over 5 games; biggest 16,4992005: 6,666 a game over 3 games; biggest 9,6462006: 10,882 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,1272007: 12,579 a game over 6 games; biggest 15,1532008: 17,148 a game over 1 games; biggest 17,1482009: 12,946 a game over 7 games; biggest 16,1322010: 13,770 a game over 5 games; biggest 19,2352011: 12,226 a game over 6 games; biggest 14,3422012: 12,037 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,2912013: 13,245 a game over 6 games; biggest 15,3522014: 12,096 a game over 6 games; biggest 17,4692015: 11,692 a game over 6 games; biggest 13,4932016: 10,510 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,9012017: 9,649 a game over 4 games; biggest 11,3982018: 10,963 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,1402019: 10,878 a game over 6 games; biggest 20,4372020: 2,394 a game over 1 games; biggest 2,3942021: 7,903 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,8982022: 8,870 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,4252023: 8,840 a game over 4 games; biggest 12,0742024: 10,269 a game over 5 games; biggest 17,0402025: 10,417 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,7022026: 9,145 a game over 4 games; biggest 10,68020032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

20,437Southern at McNeese2019
19,235Lamar at McNeese2010
17,469Prairie View A&M at McNeese2014
17,289Northwestern State at McNeese2003
17,189Georgia Southern at McNeese2003

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
1965
Surface over the years
Artificial turf (Hellas Matrix)
Record crowd
27,500 on Nov. 20, 1976 vs University of Louisiana at Lafayette

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Cowboy Stadium.

Recent games here

Sep 26, 2026McNeese 27, East Texas A&M 24
Sep 12, 2026Tarleton State 27, McNeese 24
Sep 5, 2026McNeese 52, Texas Wesleyan 0
Aug 29, 2026Stephen F. Austin 38, McNeese 27
Nov 15, 2025UT Rio Grande Valley 28, McNeese 13
Nov 1, 2025McNeese 50, Northwestern State 3
Oct 18, 2025McNeese 27, Houston Christian 0
Oct 4, 2025SE Louisiana 38, McNeese 0
Sep 13, 2025Weber State 42, McNeese 41
Aug 30, 2025McNeese 54, Louisiana Christian 9
Nov 23, 2024Lamar 26, McNeese 24
Nov 2, 2024McNeese 31, East Texas A&M 3