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Governors Stadium

Governors Stadium in Clarksville, TN, home of Austin Peay. Capacity 10,100. Opened 1946.

Governors Stadium in Clarksville, TN
Governors Stadium, Clarksville, TNPhoto: Template:Sean McCully, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
10,100
Opened
1946
Surface
Legion Hybrid Synthetic Turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
469 ft
Home team
Austin Peay
Austin Peay here
53–⁠53 games on file since 2004

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2004 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 Governors Stadium by season, 2006 to 20260k5k10k15k2006: 6,127 a game over 1 games; biggest 6,1272007: 3,978 a game over 1 games; biggest 3,9782008: 4,903 a game over 1 games; biggest 4,9032009: 5,795 a game over 3 games; biggest 6,9682010: 4,386 a game over 4 games; biggest 7,2182011: 5,467 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,6142012: 4,381 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,4632014: 4,841 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,8832015: 4,677 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,4472016: 6,117 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,5072017: 8,342 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,4282018: 7,562 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,2012019: 8,101 a game over 2 games; biggest 8,6792021: 5,617 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,2112022: 6,569 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,8272023: 8,132 a game over 6 games; biggest 9,9312024: 6,320 a game over 7 games; biggest 8,2192025: 6,673 a game over 6 games; biggest 7,7732026: 7,642 a game over 4 games; biggest 8,16720062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

12,201Tennessee State at Austin Peay2018
9,931Central Arkansas at Austin Peay2023
9,428Southeast Missouri State at Austin Peay2017
8,827Eastern Kentucky at Austin Peay2022
8,812UT Martin at Austin Peay2017

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

Former names
Municipal Stadium (1946–⁠1993)
Governors Stadium (1993–⁠2016)
Opened
1946
Surface over the years
Legion Hybrid Synthetic Turf
Renovated
2015, 2022
Record crowd
12,201 (vs. Tennessee State, October 6, 2018)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Governors Stadium.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 130 by 190 meters (430 by 610 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 10, 2026Tarleton State 40, Austin Peay 32
Oct 3, 2026Austin Peay 42, New Haven 17
Sep 26, 2026Austin Peay 35, UT Martin 12
Sep 12, 2026Austin Peay 63, Morehead State 7
Aug 27, 2026Austin Peay 35, Gardner-Webb 17
Nov 15, 2025Austin Peay 30, Samford 16
Nov 8, 2025Austin Peay 41, Central Arkansas 38
Oct 25, 2025Austin Peay 56, North Alabama 28
Oct 4, 2025Austin Peay 44, West Georgia 30
Sep 27, 2025Austin Peay 42, Utah Tech 10
Sep 13, 2025Austin Peay 56, Morehead State 7
Nov 23, 2024Chattanooga 24, Austin Peay 17