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Jones AT&T Stadium

Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, TX, home of Texas Tech. Capacity 60,454. Opened November 29, 1947.

Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, TX
Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, TXPhoto: Oruiz1213, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
60,454
Opened
1947
Surface
Hellas Matrix Helix
Roof
Open air
Elevation
3,218 ft
Home team
Texas Tech
Texas Tech here
111–⁠48 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
twice

Since it opened: Texas Tech is 301–⁠157–⁠7 in home games from the 1947 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 Jones AT&T Stadium by season, 2001 to 202620k40k60k80k2001: 46,101 a game over 6 games; biggest 52,6492002: 43,126 a game over 6 games; biggest 52,0472003: 49,608 a game over 6 games; biggest 53,1352004: 52,823 a game over 5 games; biggest 55,4132005: 50,972 a game over 7 games; biggest 55,7552006: 50,874 a game over 6 games; biggest 56,1582007: 51,911 a game over 6 games; biggest 55,4912008: 53,625 a game over 7 games; biggest 56,3332009: 50,249 a game over 7 games; biggest 57,7332010: 57,108 a game over 6 games; biggest 60,4542011: 55,656 a game over 6 games; biggest 59,2602012: 57,209 a game over 6 games; biggest 60,8792013: 57,933 a game over 6 games; biggest 61,8362014: 58,934 a game over 6 games; biggest 60,9612015: 56,340 a game over 6 games; biggest 61,2832016: 58,250 a game over 6 games; biggest 60,8032017: 55,065 a game over 6 games; biggest 60,9012018: 56,034 a game over 6 games; biggest 60,4542019: 53,418 a game over 6 games; biggest 56,9572020: 13,088 a game over 6 games; biggest 16,6152021: 52,402 a game over 6 games; biggest 55,8212022: 57,346 a game over 7 games; biggest 60,9752023: 54,491 a game over 6 games; biggest 56,2002024: 58,623 a game over 7 games; biggest 60,2292025: 60,143 a game over 7 games; biggest 60,2292026: 59,967 a game over 2 games; biggest 60,229200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

61,836Oklahoma State at Texas Tech2013
61,283TCU at Texas Tech2015
60,997Texas State at Texas Tech2013
60,975Texas at Texas Tech2022
60,961Texas at Texas Tech2014

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 Jones AT&T Stadium twice, first in 2008; Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff once.

Nov 8, 2025College GameDayTexas Tech 29, BYU 7Green Space west of Jones AT&T Stadium
Nov 9, 2024Big Noon KickoffColorado 41, Texas Tech 27
Nov 1, 2008College GameDayTexas Tech 39, Texas 33Engineering Key

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Jones AT&T Stadium (2006–⁠2026)
Jones SBC Stadium (2000–⁠2006)
Clifford B. &
Audrey Jones Stadium (1947–⁠2000)
Opened
November 29, 1947
Architect
Haynes & Kirby
Ellerbe Becket (renovation)
Surface over the years
Hellas Matrix Helix (2023–present)
FieldTurf (2006–⁠2022)
AstroTurf (1970–⁠2005)
Natural grass (1947–⁠1969)
Expanded
1959, 1972, 2003
2005, 2010, 2013
Renovated
2003, 2009–⁠2010
2022–⁠2024
Record crowd
61,836 (vs. Oklahoma State
November 2, 2013)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Jones AT&T Stadium.

From above

100 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 250 by 220 meters (840 by 710 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 202610Texas Tech 53, Arizona State 25
Sep 26, 202611Texas Tech 49, Sam Houston 14
Sep 18, 202613Texas Tech 28, 22Houston 26
Sep 5, 202612Texas Tech 33, Abilene Christian 10
Nov 15, 20258Texas Tech 48, UCF 9
Nov 8, 20259Texas Tech 29, 8BYU 7
Oct 25, 202514Texas Tech 42, Oklahoma State 0
Oct 11, 20259Texas Tech 42, Kansas 17
Sep 13, 202521Texas Tech 45, Oregon State 14
Sep 6, 202524Texas Tech 62, Kent State 14
Aug 30, 202523Texas Tech 67, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 7
Nov 30, 2024Texas Tech 52, West Virginia 15

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2025. Official source.