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Gillette Stadium

Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA. Capacity 68,756. Opened 2002.

Capacity
68,756
Opened
2002
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
256 ft
College GameDay
once

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Gillette Stadium by season, 2012 to 20230k20k40k60k80k2012: 10,901 a game over 5 games; biggest 16,3042013: 15,830 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,7072014: 17,579 a game over 3 games; biggest 30,4792015: 9,721 a game over 3 games; biggest 12,7932016: 17,166 a game over 3 games; biggest 25,1122018: 14,082 a game over 1 games; biggest 14,0822023: 65,878 a game over 1 games; biggest 65,8782012201420162018

Biggest crowds on file

65,878Navy at Army2023
30,479Boston College at Massachusetts2014
25,112Boston College at Massachusetts2016
21,707Miami (OH) at Massachusetts2013
20,571Western Michigan at Massachusetts2013

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 Gillette Stadium once, first in 2023.

Dec 9, 2023Army 17, Navy 11Outside Gillette Stadium

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA).

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

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

Statues

Statues: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons: statues placed at the stadium or within a few hundred meters of it. Names link to their pages here; each statue links to its record there.

Recent games here

Dec 9, 2023Army 17, Navy 11
Nov 10, 2018BYU 35, Massachusetts 16
Oct 15, 2016Louisiana Tech 56, Massachusetts 28
Sep 24, 2016Mississippi State 47, Massachusetts 35
Sep 10, 2016Boston College 26, Massachusetts 7
Nov 7, 2015Akron 17, Massachusetts 13
Oct 24, 201519Toledo 51, Massachusetts 35
Sep 19, 2015Temple 25, Massachusetts 23
Oct 18, 2014Massachusetts 36, Eastern Michigan 14
Sep 6, 2014Colorado 41, Massachusetts 38
Aug 30, 2014Boston College 30, Massachusetts 7
Nov 16, 2013Akron 14, Massachusetts 13