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Ford Field

Ford Field in Detroit, MI. Capacity 64,500. Opened 2002.

Capacity
64,500
Opened
2002
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Dome
Elevation
604 ft

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2014 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 Ford Field by season, 2014 to 20250k20k40k60k80k2014: 19,493 a game over 2 games; biggest 23,8762015: 25,321 a game over 2 games; biggest 34,2172016: 32,366 a game over 2 games; biggest 45,6152017: 18,218 a game over 2 games; biggest 20,2112018: 18,742 a game over 2 games; biggest 27,2282019: 28,596 a game over 2 games; biggest 34,7652021: 16,319 a game over 2 games; biggest 22,3212022: 19,269 a game over 2 games; biggest 22,9872023: 33,549 a game over 3 games; biggest 51,9272024: 20,849 a game over 2 games; biggest 26,2192025: 25,763 a game over 3 games; biggest 30,31720142016201820222024

Biggest crowds on file

51,927Penn State at Michigan State2023
45,615Western Michigan at Ohio2016
34,765Pittsburgh at Eastern Michigan2019
34,217Central Michigan at Minnesota2015
30,317Maryland at Michigan State2025

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.

Recent games here

Dec 26, 2025Northwestern 34, Central Michigan 7
Dec 6, 2025Western Michigan 23, Miami (OH) 13
Nov 29, 2025Michigan State 38, Maryland 28
Aug 30, 2025Kentucky State 34, Central State 24
Dec 26, 2024Toledo 48, Pittsburgh 46
Dec 7, 2024Ohio 38, Miami (OH) 3
Dec 26, 2023Minnesota 30, Bowling Green 24
Dec 2, 2023Miami (OH) 23, 23Toledo 14
Nov 24, 202311Penn State 42, Michigan State 0
Dec 26, 2022New Mexico State 24, Bowling Green 19
Dec 3, 2022Toledo 17, Ohio 7
Dec 27, 2021Western Michigan 52, Nevada 24