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FirstBank Stadium

FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, TN, home of Vanderbilt. Capacity 40,351. Opened 1922-10-14 (rebuilt 1981).

FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, TN
FirstBank Stadium, Nashville, TNPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
40,351
Opened
1922
Surface
2012–present)
Roof
Open air
Elevation
525 ft
Home team
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt here
74–⁠94 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
twice

Since it opened: Vanderbilt is 293–⁠290–⁠21 in home games from the 1922 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 FirstBank Stadium by season, 2001 to 202610k20k30k40k50k2001: 33,991 a game over 6 games; biggest 39,8852002: 32,192 a game over 7 games; biggest 47,2102003: 28,282 a game over 7 games; biggest 37,7032004: 28,472 a game over 6 games; biggest 33,6702005: 36,030 a game over 6 games; biggest 38,8222006: 34,861 a game over 6 games; biggest 39,7732007: 34,629 a game over 8 games; biggest 39,7732008: 38,294 a game over 6 games; biggest 39,7732009: 35,015 a game over 6 games; biggest 39,6252010: 33,269 a game over 7 games; biggest 37,2102011: 32,873 a game over 7 games; biggest 36,6402012: 37,860 a game over 6 games; biggest 40,3502013: 35,675 a game over 7 games; biggest 40,3502014: 32,972 a game over 7 games; biggest 40,3502015: 32,134 a game over 6 games; biggest 37,1852016: 31,242 a game over 6 games; biggest 38,1082017: 31,341 a game over 7 games; biggest 40,3502018: 25,219 a game over 8 games; biggest 35,8872019: 26,288 a game over 7 games; biggest 40,3502020: 1,478 a game over 3 games; biggest 2,0002021: 23,458 a game over 7 games; biggest 32,1782022: 29,193 a game over 6 games; biggest 40,3502023: 25,509 a game over 6 games; biggest 28,5002024: 28,091 a game over 7 games; biggest 28,9342025: 33,474 a game over 8 games; biggest 35,0002026: 35,000 a game over 4 games; biggest 35,000200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

47,210Tennessee at Vanderbilt2002
40,350Tennessee at Vanderbilt2022
40,350Georgia at Vanderbilt2019
40,350Alabama at Vanderbilt2017
40,350Kansas State at Vanderbilt2017

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 FirstBank Stadium twice, first in 2008.

Oct 25, 2025Vanderbilt 17, Missouri 10Wyatt Lawn
Oct 4, 2008Vanderbilt 14, Auburn 13The Commons

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Dudley Field (1922–⁠1981)
Vanderbilt Stadium (1981–⁠2022)
Opened
1922-10-14 (rebuilt 1981)
Architect
Walk Jones and Francis Man, Inc.
Michael Baker, Jr. Corp.
Surface over the years
Grass (1922–⁠1969, 1999–⁠2011)
AstroTurf (1970–⁠1998)
Artificial (Shaw Sports Legion 46
2012–present)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, FirstBank Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 170 by 180 meters (550 by 580 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Arkansas 31, Vanderbilt 21
Oct 10, 20269Ole Miss 52, Vanderbilt 17
Sep 19, 2026Vanderbilt 35, NC State 31
Sep 12, 2026Vanderbilt 35, Delaware 26
Sep 5, 2026Vanderbilt 28, Austin Peay 9
Jan 5, 2026Montana State 35, Illinois State 34
Nov 22, 202512Vanderbilt 45, Kentucky 17
Nov 8, 202515Vanderbilt 45, Auburn 38
Oct 25, 202510Vanderbilt 17, 15Missouri 10
Oct 18, 202517Vanderbilt 31, 10LSU 24
Sep 27, 202518Vanderbilt 55, Utah State 35
Sep 20, 202520Vanderbilt 70, Georgia State 21

Pouring rights

PepsiCo has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2024. Independently corroborated.