The Greatest Setting in College Football
Husky Stadium
Husky Stadium in Seattle, WA, home of Washington. Capacity 70,138. Opened November 27, 1920. Share

- Capacity
- 70,138
- Opened
- 1920
- Surface
- AstroTurf 3D3
- Roof
- Open air
- Elevation
- 38 ft
- Home team
- Washington
- Washington here
- 103–46 games on file since 2001
- College GameDay
- three times
Since it opened: Washington is 431–193–23 in home games from the 1920 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
- Ranked meeting2023: Washington 35, Utah 28No. 13 Utah at No. 5 Washington
- Ranked meeting2023: Washington 36, Oregon 33No. 8 Oregon at No. 7 Washington
- Thriller2022: Washington 24, Oregon State 21Among the biggest win-probability swings on file here
- Upset2020: Stanford 31, Washington 26Stanford had a 19% chance by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked meeting2016: Washington 44, Stanford 6No. 7 Stanford at No. 10 Washington
- Thriller2014: Stanford 20, Washington 13Among the biggest win-probability swings on file here
- Upset2009: Washington 16, USC 13Washington had a 13% chance by our ratings before kickoff
From the games on file here, 2001 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
| 74,927 | Ohio State at Washington | 2007 |
| 74,549 | Washington State at Washington | 2003 |
| 74,442 | Washington State at Washington | 2001 |
| 74,080 | Michigan at Washington | 2001 |
| 72,946 | USC at Washington | 2001 |
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 Husky Stadium three times, first in 2013.
| Oct 14, 2023 | Washington 36, Oregon 33 | Red Square | |
| Nov 12, 2016 | USC 26, Washington 13 | Red Square | |
| Oct 12, 2013 | Oregon 45, Washington 24 | Red Square |
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA).
Weather on game day
Coldest kickoffs
- 39°F Oregon at Washington, 2003, rain
- 39°F Washington State at Washington, 2003, overcast
- 39°F Colorado at Washington, 2022, clear
Hottest kickoffs
Coldest game days before 2004
- High 30°F Washington State at Washington, 1985
- High 33°F West Seattle A.C. at Washington, 1932
- High 37°F Washington State at Washington, 1942
Hottest game days before 2004
- High 88°F Rice at Washington, 1968
- High 87°F Nebraska at Washington, 1967
- High 85°F Cincinnati at Washington, 1974
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 Washington’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).
The stadium’s history
- Opened
- November 27, 1920
- Architect
- Bebb and Gould
360 Architecture (2012 renovation) - Surface over the years
- AstroTurf 3D3 (2021–present)
FieldTurf (2000–2021)
AstroTurf (1968–1999)
Natural grass (1938–1967)
Dirt (1920–1937) - Expanded
- 1936, 1950, 1968, 1987
- Renovated
- 1950, 1987, 2013
From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Husky Stadium.
From above
Statues
Statues: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons: statues placed at the stadium or within a few hundred meters of it. Names link to their pages here; each statue links to its record there.
Recent games here
| Oct 9, 2026 | 20Iowa 41, Washington 24 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | Minnesota 27, Washington 24 |
| Sep 19, 2026 | Washington 48, Eastern Washington 16 |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 19Washington 16, Utah State 14 |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 17Washington 24, Washington State 10 |
| Nov 29, 2025 | 5Oregon 26, Washington 14 |
| Nov 15, 2025 | Washington 49, Purdue 13 |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Washington 42, 23Illinois 25 |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Washington 38, Rutgers 19 |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 1Ohio State 24, Washington 6 |
| Sep 6, 2025 | Washington 70, UC Davis 10 |
| Aug 30, 2025 | Washington 38, Colorado State 21 |
Around the stadium
- Playing surface
- AstroTurf · Single source
- AstroTurf; read 2026-10-10
Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.
Pouring rights
PepsiCo has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2023. Official source.
- UW News; read 2026-10-10