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Eccles Coliseum

Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, UT, home of Southern Utah. Capacity 10,000. Opened 1967.

Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, UT
Eccles Coliseum, Cedar City, UTPhoto: Jekyllman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
10,000
Opened
1967
Surface
Hellas MatrixTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
5,787 ft
Home team
Southern Utah
Southern Utah here
58–⁠44 games on file since 2003

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 Eccles Coliseum by season, 2003 to 20260k5k10k15k2003: 5,896 a game over 3 games; biggest 6,9212004: 3,581 a game over 1 games; biggest 3,5812005: 3,847 a game over 3 games; biggest 6,8492006: 7,000 a game over 1 games; biggest 7,0002007: 3,273 a game over 2 games; biggest 4,5572008: 3,145 a game over 1 games; biggest 3,1452009: 3,620 a game over 4 games; biggest 4,2382010: 7,665 a game over 2 games; biggest 8,2192011: 6,628 a game over 4 games; biggest 8,6832013: 4,366 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,5392014: 3,261 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,0172015: 5,605 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,0222016: 8,255 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,3062017: 9,539 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,8112018: 8,204 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,4242019: 4,797 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,7412021: 4,591 a game over 4 games; biggest 7,0962022: 4,756 a game over 4 games; biggest 8,0692023: 4,011 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,5042024: 4,173 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,1342025: 3,681 a game over 6 games; biggest 5,7692026: 6,030 a game over 2 games; biggest 6,25520032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

11,811Weber State at Southern Utah2017
10,842Northern Arizona at Southern Utah2017
10,633Cal Poly at Southern Utah2017
10,424Sacramento State at Southern Utah2018
10,306Portland State at Southern Utah2016

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

Snow at kickoff

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
1967
Surface over the years
Hellas MatrixTurf (2012–present)
Natural grass (1967–⁠2011)
Renovated
1997

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Eccles Coliseum.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 140 by 300 meters (460 by 980 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Southern Utah 38, UC Davis 17
Sep 26, 2026Idaho State 28, Southern Utah 24
Sep 5, 2026Southern Utah 47, Weber State 42
Nov 15, 2025Southern Utah 28, Central Arkansas 21
Nov 1, 2025Southern Utah 33, Austin Peay 17
Oct 18, 2025Southern Utah 31, Abilene Christian 24
Sep 27, 2025West Georgia 27, Southern Utah 24
Sep 13, 2025Northern Arizona 52, Southern Utah 49
Aug 30, 2025Southern Utah 46, Idaho State 24
Nov 23, 2024Southern Utah 37, Utah Tech 34
Nov 9, 2024Southern Utah 38, North Alabama 26
Oct 12, 2024Southern Utah 42, Eastern Kentucky 21