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Hancock Stadium

Hancock Stadium in Normal, IL, home of Illinois State. Capacity 15,000. Opened 1963.

Hancock Stadium in Normal, IL
Hancock Stadium, Normal, ILPhoto: Mikered9895, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
15,000
Opened
1963
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
797 ft
Illinois State here
90–⁠43 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: Illinois State is 123–⁠72–⁠3 in home games from the 1973 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, 2003 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 Hancock Stadium by season, 2003 to 20265k10k15k20k2003: 8,030 a game over 7 games; biggest 12,0262004: 9,444 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,1962005: 9,084 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,6262006: 12,804 a game over 5 games; biggest 17,2372007: 13,010 a game over 5 games; biggest 15,1182008: 10,591 a game over 5 games; biggest 14,0232009: 9,573 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,0742010: 7,541 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,1312011: 8,115 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,1792012: 6,512 a game over 6 games; biggest 8,0002013: 10,139 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,8682014: 9,185 a game over 8 games; biggest 12,5702015: 9,194 a game over 7 games; biggest 13,3912016: 10,156 a game over 6 games; biggest 13,3912017: 11,440 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,3912018: 9,342 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,1442019: 8,034 a game over 3 games; biggest 9,8912021: 7,364 a game over 4 games; biggest 12,4162022: 7,190 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,1272023: 8,632 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,3912024: 8,564 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,4402025: 9,212 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,2872026: 10,277 a game over 3 games; biggest 11,58920032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

17,237Southern Illinois at Illinois State2006
15,372Youngstown State at Illinois State2006
15,118Western Illinois at Illinois State2007
14,077Indiana State at Illinois State2007
14,023Eastern Illinois at Illinois State2008

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

Snow at kickoff

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
1963
Architect
BDMD Architects (renovations)
Surface over the years
FieldTurf
Renovated
1969 (added turf), 2013

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Hancock Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 150 by 160 meters (500 by 530 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 2026South Dakota State 31, Illinois State 14
Sep 19, 2026Illinois State 49, Eastern Illinois 13
Aug 29, 2026Illinois State 76, St. Francis (IL) 0
Nov 22, 2025Southern Illinois 37, Illinois State 7
Nov 1, 2025Illinois State 31, Northern Iowa 16
Oct 18, 2025Youngstown State 40, Illinois State 35
Oct 4, 2025North Dakota State 33, Illinois State 16
Sep 20, 2025Illinois State 38, North Alabama 36
Sep 6, 2025Illinois State 41, Morehead State 13
Nov 23, 2024Illinois State 35, North Dakota 13
Nov 2, 2024Illinois State 23, Youngstown State 16
Oct 12, 2024Missouri State 41, Illinois State 7