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Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium

Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, TN, home of Middle Tennessee. Capacity 30,788. Opened October 14, 1933.

Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, TN
Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium, Murfreesboro, TNPhoto: Raider ATO at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
30,788
Opened
1933
Surface
Shaw GameOn Legion 2.0
Roof
Open air
Elevation
629 ft
Middle Tennessee here
84–⁠55 games on file since 2001

Since it opened: Middle Tennessee is 93–⁠61–⁠1 in home games from the 1956 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 Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium by season, 2001 to 20260k10k20k30k40k2001: 17,857 a game over 5 games; biggest 23,1062002: 13,630 a game over 6 games; biggest 27,5192003: 11,021 a game over 6 games; biggest 23,2612004: 13,388 a game over 5 games; biggest 16,9182005: 14,373 a game over 5 games; biggest 20,8062006: 22,037 a game over 5 games; biggest 32,7972007: 18,530 a game over 5 games; biggest 23,2272008: 20,227 a game over 5 games; biggest 25,7662009: 20,517 a game over 6 games; biggest 28,1052010: 19,024 a game over 6 games; biggest 28,0102011: 18,407 a game over 6 games; biggest 30,5022012: 17,738 a game over 5 games; biggest 21,0672013: 18,715 a game over 6 games; biggest 23,9922014: 17,408 a game over 6 games; biggest 24,9112015: 17,210 a game over 6 games; biggest 25,4112016: 17,243 a game over 5 games; biggest 22,4112017: 15,620 a game over 6 games; biggest 26,7172018: 15,577 a game over 6 games; biggest 17,2992019: 14,253 a game over 6 games; biggest 20,9122020: 5,833 a game over 3 games; biggest 6,5002021: 12,351 a game over 5 games; biggest 15,8062022: 14,363 a game over 5 games; biggest 22,2272023: 13,219 a game over 6 games; biggest 19,8062024: 12,877 a game over 6 games; biggest 16,0002025: 12,252 a game over 6 games; biggest 18,5052026: 16,167 a game over 2 games; biggest 16,227200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

32,797Louisville at Middle Tennessee2006
30,502Georgia Tech at Middle Tennessee2011
28,105Memphis at Middle Tennessee2009
28,010Troy at Middle Tennessee2010
27,519Southeast Missouri State at Middle Tennessee2002

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Horace Jones Field
Opened
October 14, 1933
Architect
Burkhalter-Hickerson
Surface over the years
Grass
AstroTurf
Shaw Sports PowerBlade HP
Shaw Sports Legion 46
Shaw GameOn Legion 2.0 (2”) (2025- present)
Expanded
1940, 1960, 1968
Renovated
1997–⁠1998
Record crowd
30,502 on September 10, 2011 (Georgia Tech)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 170 by 200 meters (560 by 640 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 13, 2026Middle Tennessee 33, Delaware 30
Sep 19, 2026Middle Tennessee 27, Nevada 20
Sep 5, 2026Middle Tennessee 38, Murray State 14
Nov 22, 2025Middle Tennessee 31, Sam Houston 17
Nov 8, 2025Florida International 56, Middle Tennessee 30
Oct 29, 2025Jacksonville State 24, Middle Tennessee 21
Oct 8, 2025Missouri State 22, Middle Tennessee 20
Sep 20, 2025Marshall 42, Middle Tennessee 28
Aug 30, 2025Austin Peay 34, Middle Tennessee 14
Nov 23, 2024New Mexico State 36, Middle Tennessee 21
Nov 9, 2024Liberty 37, Middle Tennessee 17
Oct 15, 2024Middle Tennessee 14, Kennesaw State 5

Around the stadium

Beer sales
Sold to all fans · 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 2025. Single source.