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Delaware Stadium

Delaware Stadium in Newark, DE, home of Delaware. Capacity 22,000. Opened 1952.

Delaware Stadium in Newark, DE
Delaware Stadium, Newark, DEPhoto: Szeremeta, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
22,000
Opened
1952
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
94 ft
Home team
Delaware
Delaware here
88–⁠34 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: Delaware is 113–⁠50–⁠1 in home games from the 1956 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 Delaware Stadium by season, 2003 to 20265k10k15k20k25k2003: 21,163 a game over 7 games; biggest 22,0572007: 19,765 a game over 1 games; biggest 19,7652008: 21,609 a game over 6 games; biggest 22,1962009: 20,675 a game over 3 games; biggest 20,8002010: 19,916 a game over 6 games; biggest 22,8912011: 18,154 a game over 4 games; biggest 20,0082012: 18,495 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,5062013: 17,939 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,0102014: 15,682 a game over 7 games; biggest 19,4762015: 15,496 a game over 5 games; biggest 19,9242016: 16,139 a game over 4 games; biggest 18,1082017: 16,370 a game over 5 games; biggest 18,7212018: 15,969 a game over 5 games; biggest 19,2092019: 14,673 a game over 3 games; biggest 16,7302021: 9,206 a game over 2 games; biggest 10,0212022: 16,975 a game over 5 games; biggest 18,9052023: 13,515 a game over 6 games; biggest 18,9522024: 17,329 a game over 7 games; biggest 19,0542025: 16,751 a game over 6 games; biggest 19,1762026: 17,937 a game over 1 games; biggest 17,93720032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

22,891Villanova at Delaware2010
22,576Rhode Island at Delaware2010
22,196UAlbany at Delaware2008
22,057Maine at Delaware2003
22,029West Chester at Delaware2008

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

The stadium’s history

Surface over the years
FieldTurf
Expanded
1964, 1970, 1972, 1975
Renovated
1993, 2019

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Delaware Stadium.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 170 by 180 meters (540 by 590 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 2, 2026Liberty 30, Delaware 14
Sep 19, 2026Delaware 22, Coastal Carolina 14
Sep 3, 2026Delaware 42, Merrimack 7
Nov 29, 2025Delaware 61, UTEP 31
Nov 8, 2025Delaware 25, Louisiana Tech 24
Oct 22, 2025Delaware 31, Middle Tennessee 28
Oct 3, 2025Western Kentucky 27, Delaware 24
Sep 13, 2025Delaware 44, UConn 41
Aug 28, 2025Delaware 35, Delaware State 17
Nov 16, 2024Delaware 41, Campbell 22
Nov 9, 2024Delaware 24, Rhode Island 21
Oct 26, 2024Delaware 28, UAlbany 14