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Kinnick Stadium

Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, IA, home of Iowa. Capacity 69,250. Opened October 5, 1929.

Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, IA
Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IAPhoto: Count_de_Des_Moines (talk) (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
69,250
Opened
1929
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
724 ft
Home team
Iowa
Iowa here
129–⁠42 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
three times

Since it opened: Iowa is 329–⁠195–⁠15 in home games from the 1929 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 Kinnick Stadium by season, 2001 to 202640k60k80k2001: 63,938 a game over 5 games; biggest 70,3972002: 64,643 a game over 7 games; biggest 70,3972003: 65,798 a game over 7 games; biggest 70,3972004: 70,397 a game over 6 games; biggest 70,3972005: 70,585 a game over 6 games; biggest 70,5852006: 70,585 a game over 7 games; biggest 70,5852007: 70,585 a game over 6 games; biggest 70,5852008: 70,169 a game over 7 games; biggest 70,5852009: 70,214 a game over 7 games; biggest 70,5852010: 70,585 a game over 7 games; biggest 70,5852011: 70,585 a game over 7 games; biggest 70,5852012: 70,474 a game over 7 games; biggest 70,5852013: 67,125 a game over 7 games; biggest 69,8122014: 67,512 a game over 7 games; biggest 70,5852015: 63,142 a game over 7 games; biggest 70,5852016: 69,656 a game over 7 games; biggest 70,5852017: 66,337 a game over 7 games; biggest 69,8942018: 68,043 a game over 7 games; biggest 69,2502019: 65,557 a game over 7 games; biggest 69,2502020: 1,447 a game over 4 games; biggest 1,4692021: 66,777 a game over 7 games; biggest 69,2502022: 69,250 a game over 7 games; biggest 69,2502023: 69,250 a game over 7 games; biggest 69,2502024: 69,250 a game over 7 games; biggest 69,2502025: 69,250 a game over 7 games; biggest 69,2502026: 69,250 a game over 4 games; biggest 69,250200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

70,585Michigan at Iowa2016
70,585Wisconsin at Iowa2016
70,585North Dakota State at Iowa2016
70,585Iowa State at Iowa2016
70,585Minnesota at Iowa2015

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 Kinnick Stadium three times, first in 1996; Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff three times.

Oct 3, 2026College GameDayOhio State 31, Iowa 14Outside the Pentacrest
Nov 8, 2025Big Noon KickoffOregon 18, Iowa 16
Oct 1, 2022Big Noon KickoffMichigan 27, Iowa 14
Oct 9, 2021Big Noon KickoffIowa 23, Penn State 20
Sep 30, 2006College GameDayOhio State 38, Iowa 17Hubbard Park
Oct 26, 1996College GameDayOhio State 38, Iowa 26Outside Kinnick Stadium

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

The stadium’s history

Also known as
Duke Slater Field
Former names
Iowa Stadium (1929–⁠1972)
Opened
October 5, 1929
Architect
Proudfoot, Rawson, and Souers
HNTB (renovation)
Surface over the years
FieldTurf (2009–present)
AstroTurf (1972–⁠1988)
Grass (1929–⁠1971, 1989–⁠2008)
Expanded
1956, 1983, 1990
Renovated
2006, 2017-2019

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Kinnick Stadium.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 190 by 230 meters (630 by 750 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 20265Ohio State 31, 14Iowa 14
Sep 19, 202618Iowa 55, Northern Iowa 0
Sep 12, 202621Iowa 16, Iowa State 13
Sep 5, 202622Iowa 40, Northern Illinois 0
Nov 22, 2025Iowa 20, Michigan State 17
Nov 8, 20256Oregon 18, Iowa 16
Oct 25, 2025Iowa 41, Minnesota 3
Oct 18, 2025Iowa 25, Penn State 24
Sep 27, 202511Indiana 20, Iowa 15
Sep 13, 2025Iowa 47, Massachusetts 7
Aug 30, 2025Iowa 34, UAlbany 7
Nov 29, 2024Iowa 13, Nebraska 10