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Davis Wade Stadium

Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, MS, home of Mississippi State. Capacity 61,337. Opened 1914.

Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, MS
Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MSPhoto: Nateb2003, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
61,337
Opened
1914
Surface
Latitude 36 Bermudagrass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
362 ft
Mississippi State here
94–⁠75 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
once

Since it opened: Mississippi State is 348–⁠202–⁠17 in home games from the 1914 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 Davis Wade Stadium by season, 2001 to 202620k40k60k80k2001: 41,824 a game over 6 games; biggest 51,1122002: 48,291 a game over 6 games; biggest 54,8072003: 47,667 a game over 6 games; biggest 53,5822004: 43,792 a game over 7 games; biggest 52,1142005: 47,688 a game over 6 games; biggest 53,6552006: 41,527 a game over 7 games; biggest 50,2772007: 49,296 a game over 6 games; biggest 56,1882008: 43,453 a game over 6 games; biggest 52,9112009: 53,792 a game over 7 games; biggest 58,1032010: 54,999 a game over 7 games; biggest 56,7212011: 55,949 a game over 6 games; biggest 57,8712012: 55,628 a game over 7 games; biggest 57,8312013: 55,695 a game over 7 games; biggest 57,2112014: 61,256 a game over 7 games; biggest 63,2072015: 61,784 a game over 7 games; biggest 62,5312016: 58,317 a game over 6 games; biggest 60,1022017: 58,100 a game over 7 games; biggest 61,3442018: 58,057 a game over 7 games; biggest 61,4062019: 56,189 a game over 7 games; biggest 59,2822020: 12,866 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,5642021: 49,494 a game over 7 games; biggest 55,6012022: 53,822 a game over 7 games; biggest 60,3522023: 54,455 a game over 8 games; biggest 60,4122024: 48,809 a game over 7 games; biggest 50,1272025: 53,186 a game over 7 games; biggest 60,4172026: 56,535 a game over 3 games; biggest 60,417200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

63,207Arkansas at Mississippi State2014
62,945Auburn at Mississippi State2014
62,531LSU at Mississippi State2015
62,435Alabama at Mississippi State2015
62,265Ole Miss at Mississippi State2015

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.

College GameDay here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Davis Wade Stadium once, first in 2014.

Oct 11, 2014Mississippi State 38, Auburn 23The Junction

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

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
New Athletic Field (1914–⁠1920)
Scott Field (1920–⁠2000)
Opened
1914
Architect
Original Unknown
W.P.A (1936 expansion)
Warren, Knight, & Davis, Ltd. Architects (1986 expansion)
Foil Wyatt Architects (2002 expansion)
LPK Architects & 360 Architecture (2014 expansion/renovation)
Surface over the years
Latitude 36 Bermudagrass
Expanded
1936, 1948, 1986, 2002, 2014
Renovated
1928, 1982, 2002, 2014
Record crowd
62,945 (October 11, 2014 vs Auburn)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Davis Wade Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 240 by 250 meters (780 by 830 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 20267Alabama 56, 16Mississippi State 23
Sep 26, 202624Mississippi State 31, 19Missouri 24
Sep 5, 2026Mississippi State 62, UL Monroe 13
Nov 28, 20256Ole Miss 38, Mississippi State 19
Nov 8, 20255Georgia 41, Mississippi State 21
Oct 25, 202522Texas 45, Mississippi State 38
Sep 27, 202515Tennessee 41, Mississippi State 34
Sep 20, 2025Mississippi State 38, Northern Illinois 10
Sep 13, 2025Mississippi State 63, Alcorn State 0
Sep 6, 2025Mississippi State 24, 12Arizona State 20
Nov 23, 2024Missouri 39, Mississippi State 20
Nov 2, 2024Mississippi State 45, Massachusetts 20

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2024. Official source.