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Houck Field

Houck Field in Cape Girardeau, MO, home of Southeast Missouri State. Capacity 10,000. Opened 1930.

Capacity
10,000
Opened
1930
Surface
Fieldturf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
400 ft
Southeast Missouri State here
20–⁠12 games on file since 2020

Since it opened: Southeast Missouri State is 20–⁠13 in home games from the 1984 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, 2020 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 Houck Field by season, 2021 to 20260k5k10k15k2021: 3,643 a game over 4 games; biggest 3,8962022: 3,881 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,9022023: 7,640 a game over 3 games; biggest 8,6132024: 5,870 a game over 4 games; biggest 7,2952025: 4,251 a game over 6 games; biggest 8,0502026: 4,681 a game over 2 games; biggest 5,236’21’22’23’24’25’26

Biggest crowds on file

8,613Southern Illinois at Southeast Missouri State2023
8,050Southern Illinois at Southeast Missouri State2025
7,295Gardner-Webb at Southeast Missouri State2024
7,263Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri State2023
7,044Lindenwood at Southeast Missouri State2023

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

The stadium’s history

Surface over the years
Fieldturf

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Houck Stadium.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Southeast Missouri State 40, Western Illinois 30
Sep 26, 2026West Florida 20, Southeast Missouri State 17
Sep 19, 2026Southeast Missouri State 27, Central Arkansas 9
Nov 22, 2025Lindenwood 30, Southeast Missouri State 13
Nov 1, 2025Charleston Southern 23, Southeast Missouri State 17
Oct 18, 2025Southeast Missouri State 42, Eastern Illinois 13
Oct 11, 2025Southeast Missouri State 28, Tennessee State 12
Sep 20, 2025Southern Illinois 59, Southeast Missouri State 31
Sep 6, 2025Southeast Missouri State 30, North Alabama 21
Nov 30, 2024Illinois State 35, Southeast Missouri State 27
Nov 16, 2024Southeast Missouri State 54, Western Illinois 45
Oct 26, 2024Southeast Missouri State 30, Gardner-Webb 24