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Kessler Stadium

Kessler Stadium in West Long Branch, NJ, home of Monmouth. Capacity 4,200. Opened 1993.

Kessler Stadium in West Long Branch, NJ
Kessler Stadium, West Long Branch, NJPhoto: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
4,200
Opened
1993
Surface
Fieldturf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
32 ft
Home team
Monmouth
Monmouth here
36–⁠13 games on file since 2017

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2017 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 Kessler Stadium by season, 2017 to 20260k5k2017: 3,282 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,2352018: 2,962 a game over 4 games; biggest 3,9712019: 2,968 a game over 3 games; biggest 3,1322021: 3,093 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,2352022: 3,023 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,7292023: 2,842 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,8762024: 2,964 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,3742025: 3,261 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,2002026: 3,758 a game over 2 games; biggest 3,894’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25’26

Biggest crowds on file

4,235Holy Cross at Monmouth2021
4,235Liberty at Monmouth2017
4,200Villanova at Monmouth2025
3,971Wagner at Monmouth2018
3,898Lafayette at Monmouth2017

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

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database).

The stadium’s history

Former names
Kessler Field
Surface over the years
Fieldturf
Renovated
2017

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Kessler Stadium.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 2026Monmouth 41, Towson 40
Sep 5, 2026Monmouth 31, Sacred Heart 24
Nov 22, 2025UAlbany 31, Monmouth 24
Nov 8, 2025New Hampshire 34, Monmouth 13
Oct 18, 2025Monmouth 49, Stony Brook 21
Oct 4, 2025Monmouth 49, Delaware State 38
Sep 20, 2025Monmouth 51, Villanova 33
Nov 16, 2024Monmouth 40, Villanova 33
Oct 26, 2024Towson 26, Monmouth 14
Oct 19, 2024Monmouth 55, Bryant 17
Oct 5, 2024Delaware 42, Monmouth 35
Sep 28, 2024Monmouth 63, Fordham 21