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Harry Turpin Stadium

Harry Turpin Stadium in Natchitoches, LA, home of Northwestern State. Capacity 15,971. Opened 1975.

Harry Turpin Stadium in Natchitoches, LA
Harry Turpin Stadium, Natchitoches, LAPhoto: Spatms, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
15,971
Opened
1975
Surface
Fieldturf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
120 ft
Northwestern State here
52–⁠62 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: Northwestern State is 63–⁠74 in home games from the 1976 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 Harry Turpin Stadium by season, 2003 to 20265k10k15k20k2003: 10,707 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,6482004: 9,725 a game over 6 games; biggest 14,5912005: 9,511 a game over 4 games; biggest 13,2522006: 9,061 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,2182007: 7,977 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,2582008: 9,023 a game over 2 games; biggest 9,2942009: 6,642 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,2582010: 8,399 a game over 4 games; biggest 9,1512011: 8,413 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,5322012: 8,759 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,1892013: 7,490 a game over 6 games; biggest 14,8732014: 7,895 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,2842015: 8,401 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,7252016: 7,943 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,1592017: 7,550 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,1252018: 7,783 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,5252019: 6,825 a game over 4 games; biggest 7,5842021: 6,566 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,1462022: 3,931 a game over 4 games; biggest 4,3712023: 6,254 a game over 2 games; biggest 6,4862024: 7,045 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,1322025: 7,597 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,2622026: 1,792 a game over 1 games; biggest 1,79220032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

14,873Southern at Northwestern State2013
14,591McNeese at Northwestern State2004
13,525Grambling at Northwestern State2018
13,252North Dakota State at Northwestern State2005
13,110Texas Southern at Northwestern State2004

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

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
1975
Architect
Harold E. Pique & Associates
Surface over the years
Fieldturf
Record crowd
17,528 on Sept. 9, 2000 vs Southern

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Harry Turpin Stadium.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026McNeese 24, Northwestern State 21
Sep 26, 2026SE Louisiana 52, Northwestern State 21
Aug 27, 2026Louisiana Christian 42, Northwestern State 37
Nov 20, 2025Stephen F. Austin 62, Northwestern State 14
Nov 8, 2025Incarnate Word 38, Northwestern State 3
Oct 25, 2025Lamar 41, Northwestern State 14
Oct 4, 2025East Texas A&M 40, Northwestern State 10
Aug 28, 2025Northwestern State 20, Alcorn State 10
Nov 16, 2024McNeese 35, Northwestern State 3
Oct 26, 2024Lamar 42, Northwestern State 10
Oct 12, 2024East Texas A&M 42, Northwestern State 21
Sep 21, 2024Weber State 39, Northwestern State 0