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Franklin Field

Franklin Field in Philadelphia, PA, home of Pennsylvania. Capacity 52,593. Opened 1895.

Franklin Field in Philadelphia, PA
Franklin Field, Philadelphia, PAPhoto: NASA World Wind, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
52,593
Opened
1895
Surface
Sprinturf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
38 ft
Home team
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania here
68–⁠43 games on file since 2003
College GameDay
once

Since it opened: Pennsylvania is 506–⁠243–⁠32 in home games from the 1895 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 Franklin Field by season, 2001 to 20260k10k20k30k40k50k60k2001: 26,191 a game over 1 games; biggest 26,1912002: 22,887 a game over 3 games; biggest 33,1692003: 12,357 a game over 2 games; biggest 16,5102004: 16,304 a game over 8 games; biggest 20,1542005: 13,339 a game over 3 games; biggest 23,2572006: 15,159 a game over 2 games; biggest 22,4992007: 11,556 a game over 3 games; biggest 15,6682008: 11,055 a game over 2 games; biggest 14,7582009: 10,395 a game over 3 games; biggest 14,8762010: 11,923 a game over 2 games; biggest 12,5462011: 10,321 a game over 6 games; biggest 17,1792012: 10,114 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,8032013: 11,936 a game over 5 games; biggest 21,2142014: 8,720 a game over 4 games; biggest 12,3532015: 6,048 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,0172016: 5,590 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,0472017: 5,841 a game over 4 games; biggest 9,0732018: 7,178 a game over 4 games; biggest 13,2242019: 8,427 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,4872021: 4,133 a game over 3 games; biggest 5,1422022: 6,854 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,9722023: 6,221 a game over 4 games; biggest 9,4082024: 6,009 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,2862025: 4,634 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,9142026: 3,591 a game over 2 games; biggest 5,342200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

33,169Miami at Temple2002
26,191Navy at Temple2001
23,257Pennsylvania at Villanova2005
22,499Villanova at Pennsylvania2006
21,214Princeton at Pennsylvania2013

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 Franklin Field once, first in 2002.

Nov 16, 2002Harvard at PennFranklin Field

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

The stadium’s history

Architect
Frank Miles Day & Brother
Charles Klauder
Surface over the years
Field
Natural grass (1895–⁠1968)
AstroTurf (1969–⁠2003)
Sprinturf (2004–present)
Track
Cinder (1895–⁠1987)
Rekortan (1988–present)
Renovated
1903
1922

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Franklin Field.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 210 by 210 meters (700 by 690 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 16, 2026Columbia 28, Pennsylvania 27
Oct 10, 2026Pennsylvania 24, Howard 20
Sep 26, 2026Lehigh 20, Pennsylvania 7
Nov 22, 2025Pennsylvania 17, Princeton 6
Nov 8, 2025Cornell 39, Pennsylvania 17
Oct 31, 2025Pennsylvania 28, Brown 21
Oct 10, 2025Pennsylvania 28, Marist 9
Oct 4, 2025Pennsylvania 36, Dartmouth 24
Nov 16, 2024Harvard 31, Pennsylvania 28
Oct 25, 2024Yale 31, Pennsylvania 10
Oct 19, 2024Columbia 23, Pennsylvania 17
Oct 12, 2024Pennsylvania 31, Bucknell 21