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DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium

DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, TX, home of Texas. Capacity 100,119. Opened November 8, 1924 (first game).

DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, TX
DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, TXPhoto: Brint03, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
100,119
Opened
1924
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
526 ft
Home team
Texas
Texas here
120–⁠36 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
11 times

Since it opened: Texas is 423–⁠123–⁠11 in home games from the 1924 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.

Capacity through the years

From 27,000 seats in 1924 to 100,119 today, across 15 documented figures. Sources disagree on two stretches, drawn in orange; the table says which figure we use and why.

DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium capacity by season, 1924 to 202620k40k60k80k100k120k1940196019802000202027,000100,119
Every figure and its sources
1924–⁠192527,000Official source
1926–⁠194740,500Official source
1948–⁠196360,130Sources disagreeWikipedia gives 60,136. Texas’s 2017 media guide gives 60,130 after the 1948 addition; Wikipedia’s 60,136 comes from its capacity list, sourced to collegegridirons.com, and its uncited prose. (Our reading, not yet reviewed.)
1964–⁠196760,916Single source
1968–⁠197066,397Single source
1971–⁠199677,809Official source
199775,512Single source
199879,471Official source
1999–⁠200580,082Sources disagreeWikipedia gives 80,092. Texas’s 2017 media guide gives 80,082 after the 1999 field-level seats, and Wikipedia’s own prose agrees; only Wikipedia’s capacity list gives 80,092. (Our reading, not yet reviewed.)
200685,123Official source
200785,123Single source
200894,113Official source
2009–⁠2018100,119Official source
2019–⁠202095,594Single source
2021 on100,119Official source

How we know

A list that ends one range in the year the next begins (“1969–⁠1972”, then “1972–⁠1976”) is read as a change that year.

Official source: the school’s own publication. Independently corroborated: two or more sources that don’t copy each other. Sources disagree: we show both and say which we use and why. Single source: one source only. Documented for 103 of the 103 seasons since 1924; 23 disputed (as of 2026-10-18). All the evidence.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium by season, 2001 to 202660k80k100k120k2001: 83,039 a game over 4 games; biggest 83,1112002: 83,150 a game over 6 games; biggest 83,7112003: 83,339 a game over 6 games; biggest 83,6432004: 83,094 a game over 6 games; biggest 83,8912005: 83,333 a game over 5 games; biggest 83,9192006: 88,505 a game over 7 games; biggest 89,4222007: 85,144 a game over 6 games; biggest 86,4012008: 98,046 a game over 7 games; biggest 98,6212009: 101,170 a game over 6 games; biggest 101,3572010: 100,654 a game over 7 games; biggest 101,4372011: 100,524 a game over 6 games; biggest 101,6242012: 100,884 a game over 6 games; biggest 101,8512013: 98,976 a game over 6 games; biggest 101,4742014: 94,103 a game over 6 games; biggest 96,4962015: 90,035 a game over 6 games; biggest 94,2992016: 97,547 a game over 6 games; biggest 102,3152017: 92,778 a game over 6 games; biggest 100,6292018: 97,713 a game over 6 games; biggest 103,5072019: 96,306 a game over 6 games; biggest 98,7632020: 17,138 a game over 5 games; biggest 18,2022021: 91,939 a game over 6 games; biggest 99,9162022: 100,242 a game over 7 games; biggest 105,2132023: 101,625 a game over 6 games; biggest 102,9862024: 102,232 a game over 8 games; biggest 105,2152025: 102,367 a game over 6 games; biggest 103,6322026: 103,845 a game over 3 games; biggest 105,044200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

105,215Georgia at Texas2024
105,213Alabama at Texas2022
105,044Ohio State at Texas2026
104,203TCU at Texas2022
103,753UTSA at Texas2026

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.

The pregame shows here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium 11 times, first in 1999; Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff twice.

Sep 12, 2026College GameDayTexas 24, Ohio State 23LBJ Lawn
Oct 19, 2024College GameDayGeorgia 30, Texas 15South Mall
Nov 4, 2023Big Noon KickoffTexas 33, Kansas State 30
Nov 12, 2022College GameDayTCU 17, Texas 10LBJ Lawn
Sep 10, 2022College GameDayAlabama 20, Texas 19LBJ Lawn
Sep 10, 2022Big Noon KickoffAlabama 20, Texas 19
Sep 7, 2019College GameDayLSU 45, Texas 38LBJ Lawn
Sep 19, 2009College GameDayTexas 34, Texas Tech 24South side of UT Tower
Oct 18, 2008College GameDayTexas 56, Missouri 31South side of UT Tower
Sep 9, 2006College GameDayOhio State 24, Texas 7Mike A. Myers Stadium
Oct 22, 2005College GameDayTexas 52, Texas Tech 17Mike A. Myers Stadium
Oct 4, 2003College GameDayTexas 24, Kansas State 20
Oct 23, 1999College GameDayTexas 24, Nebraska 20Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

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

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
War Memorial Stadium (1924–⁠1947)
Memorial Stadium (1948–⁠1976)
Texas Memorial Stadium (1977–⁠1995)
Opened
November 8, 1924 (first game)
Architect
Herbert M. Greene
Surface over the years
FieldTurf (2009–present)
Natural grass (1996–⁠2008)
Artificial turf (1969–⁠1995)
Natural grass (1924–⁠1968)
Expanded
1926, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1971, 1997–⁠1999, 2006–⁠2009, 2019–⁠2021
Renovated
1955, 1977, 1986, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2011, 2013
Record crowd
105,215 (Georgia Bulldogs vs. Texas Longhorns, October 19, 2024)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 240 by 230 meters (770 by 750 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Florida 27, 7Texas 24
Sep 19, 20261Texas 30, UTSA 6
Sep 12, 20264Texas 24, 1Ohio State 23
Sep 5, 20265Texas 59, Texas State 7
Nov 28, 202516Texas 27, 3Texas A&M 17
Nov 22, 202517Texas 52, Arkansas 37
Nov 1, 202520Texas 34, 9Vanderbilt 31
Sep 20, 20258Texas 55, Sam Houston 0
Sep 13, 20257Texas 27, UTEP 10
Sep 6, 20257Texas 38, San José State 7
Dec 21, 20244Texas 38, 13Clemson 24
Nov 23, 20243Texas 31, Kentucky 14

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights. Official source.