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Doyt L. Perry Stadium

Doyt L. Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, OH, home of Bowling Green. Capacity 24,000. Opened 1966.

Doyt L. Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, OH
Doyt L. Perry Stadium, Bowling Green, OHPhoto: Greenstrat, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
24,000
Opened
1966
Surface
Field Turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
676 ft
Home team
Bowling Green
Bowling Green here
74–⁠65 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
once

Since it opened: Bowling Green is 184–⁠120–⁠6 in home games from the 1966 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 Doyt L. Perry Stadium by season, 2001 to 20260k10k20k30k40k2001: 17,812 a game over 5 games; biggest 26,4832002: 17,819 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,9692003: 20,999 a game over 7 games; biggest 31,0072004: 17,423 a game over 5 games; biggest 23,0882005: 14,929 a game over 5 games; biggest 19,4622006: 16,834 a game over 4 games; biggest 25,6162007: 16,080 a game over 5 games; biggest 20,6222008: 15,701 a game over 5 games; biggest 23,1842009: 14,044 a game over 6 games; biggest 22,3962010: 13,306 a game over 5 games; biggest 20,5152011: 15,007 a game over 6 games; biggest 22,4082012: 15,632 a game over 5 games; biggest 17,0712013: 15,258 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,7242014: 15,228 a game over 6 games; biggest 23,7172015: 19,608 a game over 5 games; biggest 23,4922016: 15,140 a game over 6 games; biggest 19,3822017: 15,881 a game over 5 games; biggest 17,9122018: 15,044 a game over 6 games; biggest 18,5512019: 15,295 a game over 6 games; biggest 19,1992020: 1,500 a game over 2 games; biggest 1,5002021: 15,260 a game over 6 games; biggest 20,0972022: 11,663 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,1582023: 13,462 a game over 5 games; biggest 20,5902024: 12,141 a game over 6 games; biggest 20,8582025: 18,556 a game over 6 games; biggest 24,0002026: 16,064 a game over 3 games; biggest 22,265200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

31,007Northern Illinois at Bowling Green2003
29,724Toledo at Bowling Green2003
26,483Toledo at Bowling Green2001
25,616Miami (OH) at Bowling Green2006
24,813Miami (OH) at Bowling Green2003

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 Doyt L. Perry Stadium once, first in 2003.

Oct 25, 2003Bowling Green 34, Northern Illinois 18Outside Doyt L. Perry Stadium

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

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

The stadium’s history

Architect
Technicon Design Group (renovations)
Surface over the years
Field Turf (2007–present)
Grass (1966–⁠2006)
Record crowd
33,527 (October 8, 1983 vs. Toledo)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Doyt L. Perry Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 190 by 200 meters (630 by 650 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Ball State 32, Bowling Green 31
Oct 10, 2026Bowling Green 38, Sacramento State 10
Sep 26, 2026South Florida 14, Bowling Green 6
Sep 5, 2026Tarleton State 20, Bowling Green 13
Nov 18, 2025Akron 19, Bowling Green 16
Nov 1, 2025Buffalo 28, Bowling Green 3
Oct 18, 2025Central Michigan 27, Bowling Green 6
Oct 11, 2025Bowling Green 28, Toledo 23
Sep 13, 2025Bowling Green 23, Liberty 13
Aug 28, 2025Bowling Green 26, Lafayette 7
Nov 29, 2024Miami (OH) 28, Bowling Green 12
Nov 12, 2024Bowling Green 31, Western Michigan 13

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2025. Official source.