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Jack Trice Stadium

Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, IA, home of Iowa State. Capacity 61,500. Opened 1975.

Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, IA

Coldest game on record9°F

Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IAPhoto: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
61,500
Opened
1975
Surface
Grass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
902 ft
Home team
Iowa State
Iowa State here
95–⁠71 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
twice

Since it opened: Iowa State is 167–⁠152–⁠3 in home games from the 1975 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, 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

Average and biggest crowd at Jack Trice Stadium by season, 2001 to 202620k40k60k80k2001: 44,315 a game over 5 games; biggest 51,0422002: 43,961 a game over 7 games; biggest 51,8882003: 44,822 a game over 7 games; biggest 53,4882004: 41,729 a game over 7 games; biggest 45,0222005: 46,705 a game over 6 games; biggest 54,2902006: 46,171 a game over 7 games; biggest 55,5182007: 49,462 a game over 7 games; biggest 56,7952008: 47,429 a game over 6 games; biggest 49,8052009: 46,242 a game over 6 games; biggest 52,0892010: 45,395 a game over 7 games; biggest 51,1592011: 53,647 a game over 6 games; biggest 56,3902012: 55,274 a game over 7 games; biggest 56,8002013: 55,361 a game over 6 games; biggest 56,8002014: 52,197 a game over 7 games; biggest 54,8002015: 56,519 a game over 6 games; biggest 61,5002016: 52,557 a game over 7 games; biggest 60,6292017: 57,931 a game over 6 games; biggest 61,5002018: 56,010 a game over 7 games; biggest 58,4792019: 59,794 a game over 7 games; biggest 61,5002020: 13,754 a game over 4 games; biggest 14,2562021: 60,704 a game over 6 games; biggest 61,5002022: 57,344 a game over 7 games; biggest 60,5612023: 60,384 a game over 6 games; biggest 61,5002024: 57,884 a game over 7 games; biggest 61,5002025: 60,862 a game over 6 games; biggest 61,5002026: 51,768 a game over 4 games; biggest 52,724200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

61,500BYU at Iowa State2025
61,500Arizona at Iowa State2025
61,500Iowa at Iowa State2025
61,500South Dakota at Iowa State2025
61,500Texas Tech at Iowa State2024

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.

The pregame shows here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Jack Trice Stadium twice, first in 2019; Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff once.

Sep 6, 2025Big Noon KickoffIowa State 16, Iowa 13
Sep 11, 2021College GameDayIowa 27, Iowa State 17Between Sukup Endzone and Reimen Gardens
Sep 14, 2019College GameDayIowa 18, Iowa State 17Between Sukup Endzone and Reimen Gardens

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA). Big Noon Kickoff’s from Wikipedia’s list of its sites (CC BY-SA).

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Cyclone Stadium / Jack Trice Field (1975–⁠1997)
Jack Trice Stadium (1997–present)
Architect
Finch-Heery & DDDKG Architects
RDG Planning & Designing (renovations)
Surface over the years
Grass (1996–present)
Astroturf (1975–⁠1995)
Expanded
1976, 1997, 2007, 2015
Renovated
1997, 2007, 2015
Record crowd
61,500

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Jack Trice Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 230 by 300 meters (770 by 990 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 2026Iowa State 45, West Virginia 42
Sep 26, 202615Utah 31, Iowa State 17
Sep 19, 2026Iowa State 55, Bowling Green 7
Sep 5, 2026Iowa State 38, Southeast Missouri State 10
Nov 22, 2025Iowa State 38, Kansas 14
Nov 1, 2025Arizona State 24, Iowa State 19
Oct 25, 202511BYU 41, Iowa State 27
Sep 27, 202514Iowa State 39, Arizona 14
Sep 6, 202516Iowa State 16, Iowa 13
Aug 30, 202522Iowa State 55, South Dakota 7
Nov 30, 202417Iowa State 29, Kansas State 21
Nov 16, 2024Iowa State 34, Cincinnati 17

Around the stadium

Playing surface
Natural grass · Official source

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 2021. Official source.