Harvard Stadium
Harvard Stadium in Boston, MA, home of Harvard. Capacity 30,323. Opened November 14, 1903. Share
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- Capacity
- 30,323
- Opened
- 1903
- Surface
- FieldTurf
- Roof
- Open air
- Elevation
- 6 ft
- Home team
- Harvard
- Harvard here
- 88–23 games on file since 2003
- College GameDay
- once
- National Historic Landmark
- 1987
Since it opened: Harvard is 418–182–26 in home games from the 1903 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
- Thriller2025: Harvard 45, Pennsylvania 43Among the biggest win-probability swings on file here
- Thriller2022: Holy Cross 30, Harvard 21Among the biggest win-probability swings on file here
- Upset2016: Yale 21, Harvard 14Yale had a 15% chance by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2015: Pennsylvania 35, Harvard 25Pennsylvania had a 19% chance by our ratings before kickoff
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
Biggest crowds on file
| 31,662 | Yale at Harvard | 2016 |
| 31,398 | Yale at Harvard | 2010 |
| 31,398 | Yale at Harvard | 2008 |
| 31,123 | Yale at Harvard | 2012 |
| 31,062 | Yale at Harvard | 2014 |
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 Harvard Stadium once, first in 2014.
| Nov 22, 2014 | Harvard 31, Yale 24 | Dillon Quad |
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA).
Weather on game day
Coldest kickoffs
- 27°F Yale at Harvard, 2008, mostly cloudy
- 33°F Pennsylvania at Harvard, 2017, clear
- 37°F Dartmouth at Harvard, 2005, light snow
Hottest kickoffs
Snow at kickoff
- Dartmouth at Harvard, 2005 light snow, 37°F
Coldest game days before 2004
- High 29°F Yale at Harvard, 1929
- High 34°F Yale at Harvard, 1956
- High 35°F Yale at Harvard, 1939
Hottest game days before 2004
- High 89°F Holy Cross at Harvard, 1920
- High 86°F Vermont at Harvard, 1927
- High 86°F Massachusetts at Harvard, 1954
Snow on game day
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 Harvard’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).
The stadium’s history
- Opened
- November 14, 1903
- Architect
- Louis J. Johnson
Class of 1887 - Surface over the years
- FieldTurf (2006–present)
Natural grass (1903–2005)
From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Harvard Stadium.
From above
On the National Register
- Listed
- February 27, 1987
- National Historic Landmark
- Designated February 27, 1987
- Reference
- No. 87000757, significant at the national level
National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service.
Recent games here
| Oct 17, 2026 | Harvard 30, Holy Cross 7 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | Harvard 20, Colgate 17 |
| Nov 15, 2025 | Harvard 45, Pennsylvania 43 |
| Nov 1, 2025 | Harvard 31, Dartmouth 10 |
| Oct 18, 2025 | Harvard 31, Merrimack 7 |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Harvard 34, Cornell 10 |
| Sep 27, 2025 | Harvard 41, Brown 7 |
| Aug 30, 2025 | Johnson C. Smith 45, Morehouse 9 |
| Nov 23, 2024 | Yale 34, Harvard 29 |
| Nov 9, 2024 | Harvard 26, Columbia 6 |
| Oct 26, 2024 | Harvard 45, Princeton 13 |
| Oct 19, 2024 | Harvard 35, Holy Cross 34 |