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Homer Bryce Stadium

Homer Bryce Stadium in Nacogdoches, TX, home of Stephen F. Austin. Capacity 14,575. Opened September 8, 1973.

Homer Bryce Stadium in Nacogdoches, TX
Homer Bryce Stadium, Nacogdoches, TXPhoto: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
14,575
Opened
1973
Surface
Hellas Matrix® Turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
295 ft
Stephen F. Austin here
77–⁠45 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: Stephen F. Austin is 77–⁠48 in home games from the 1977 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 Homer Bryce Stadium by season, 2003 to 20260k10k20k30k2003: 7,632 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,1832004: 8,514 a game over 7 games; biggest 13,7532005: 8,472 a game over 6 games; biggest 9,8672006: 7,937 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,6342007: 8,889 a game over 4 games; biggest 10,6532008: 8,912 a game over 2 games; biggest 9,6232009: 11,111 a game over 6 games; biggest 18,5462010: 9,655 a game over 6 games; biggest 13,2812011: 12,046 a game over 5 games; biggest 25,0832012: 6,709 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,3102013: 9,684 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,3292014: 9,034 a game over 6 games; biggest 13,8812015: 7,027 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,0182016: 8,074 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,1882017: 11,376 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,8122018: 5,297 a game over 4 games; biggest 6,3212019: 8,324 a game over 4 games; biggest 10,3042020: 4,426 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,1262021: 8,349 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,0352022: 8,292 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,5902023: 8,100 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,8322024: 5,010 a game over 6 games; biggest 7,6832025: 6,110 a game over 7 games; biggest 10,6842026: 8,497 a game over 3 games; biggest 10,04320032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

25,083Sam Houston at Stephen F. Austin2011
18,546Sam Houston at Stephen F. Austin2009
13,881SE Louisiana at Stephen F. Austin2014
13,753Sam Houston at Stephen F. Austin2004
13,281Lamar at Stephen F. Austin2010

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 Stephen F. Austin’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Former names
Lumberjack Stadium (1973–⁠1986)
Opened
September 8, 1973
Surface over the years
Hellas Matrix® Turf
Record crowd
23,617
October 28, 1995
vs McNeese State

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Homer Bryce Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 240 by 230 meters (790 by 750 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 2026Stephen F. Austin 28, Incarnate Word 26
Sep 26, 2026Stephen F. Austin 63, Northeastern State 14
Sep 5, 2026Stephen F. Austin 44, East Texas A&M 7
Dec 6, 2025Stephen F. Austin 41, Abilene Christian 34
Nov 15, 2025Stephen F. Austin 26, Lamar 15
Nov 1, 2025Stephen F. Austin 41, UT Rio Grande Valley 17
Oct 18, 2025Stephen F. Austin 34, Nicholls 7
Sep 27, 2025Stephen F. Austin 34, McNeese 17
Sep 20, 2025Stephen F. Austin 35, Cal Poly 17
Sep 13, 2025Stephen F. Austin 63, Sul Ross State 0
Nov 23, 2024Stephen F. Austin 32, Abilene Christian 19
Nov 16, 2024Incarnate Word 27, Stephen F. Austin 20