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Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium

Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium in San Antonio, TX, home of Incarnate Word. Capacity 6,000. Opened September 1, 2008.

Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium in San Antonio, TX
Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, TXPhoto: IceBurgs70, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
6,000
Opened
2008
Surface
FieldTurf Classic HD
Roof
Open air
Elevation
684 ft
Incarnate Word here
44–⁠23 games on file since 2014

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 Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium by season, 2014 to 20260k5k10k2014: 3,800 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,5582015: 3,954 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,2292016: 4,929 a game over 6 games; biggest 6,4982017: 4,881 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,3232018: 3,596 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,6432019: 3,395 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,9282021: 2,483 a game over 6 games; biggest 3,4482022: 2,559 a game over 6 games; biggest 3,2492023: 2,385 a game over 4 games; biggest 3,1582024: 1,910 a game over 8 games; biggest 2,2572025: 2,371 a game over 6 games; biggest 3,0062026: 2,840 a game over 2 games; biggest 3,054201420162018202220242026

Biggest crowds on file

6,498Houston Christian at Incarnate Word2016
5,746SE Louisiana at Incarnate Word2016
5,643Sam Houston at Incarnate Word2018
5,323Abilene Christian at Incarnate Word2017
5,322Sam Houston at Incarnate Word2016

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

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database).

The stadium’s history

Opened
September 1, 2008
Surface over the years
FieldTurf Classic HD
Expanded
2010 (Added 3,000 seats to present 6,000 capacity)
Record crowd
6,498
November 17, 2016
vs. Houston Baptist

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 180 by 160 meters (600 by 510 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Incarnate Word 41, UT Rio Grande Valley 16
Sep 19, 2026Incarnate Word 30, Houston Christian 23
Aug 29, 2026Incarnate Word 76, Oklahoma Panhandle 14
Nov 15, 2025SE Louisiana 10, Incarnate Word 7
Nov 1, 2025Incarnate Word 24, Lamar 17
Oct 18, 2025East Texas A&M 52, Incarnate Word 45
Oct 4, 2025Stephen F. Austin 31, Incarnate Word 17
Sep 27, 2025Incarnate Word 38, Abilene Christian 7
Aug 30, 2025Incarnate Word 31, Eastern Washington 21
Dec 7, 2024Incarnate Word 13, Villanova 6
Nov 9, 2024Incarnate Word 41, Lamar 20
Nov 2, 2024Incarnate Word 45, Houston Christian 20