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LaVell Edwards Stadium

LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, UT, home of BYU. Capacity 63,470. Opened October 2, 1964.

LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, UT
LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UTPhoto: Dalee Despain, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
63,470
Opened
1964
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
4,633 ft
Home team
BYU
BYU here
118–⁠37 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
twice

Since it opened: BYU is 273–⁠86 in home games from the 1964 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 LaVell Edwards Stadium by season, 2001 to 202640k60k80k2001: 58,263 a game over 5 games; biggest 66,1492002: 62,176 a game over 6 games; biggest 65,6122003: 61,501 a game over 6 games; biggest 64,4862004: 58,475 a game over 6 games; biggest 65,2512005: 58,204 a game over 6 games; biggest 64,3122006: 60,524 a game over 6 games; biggest 63,8142007: 64,497 a game over 6 games; biggest 64,7492008: 64,102 a game over 6 games; biggest 64,1532009: 64,236 a game over 6 games; biggest 64,6412010: 61,381 a game over 6 games; biggest 63,7712011: 60,265 a game over 7 games; biggest 63,7422012: 61,161 a game over 6 games; biggest 63,4892013: 61,225 a game over 6 games; biggest 63,4702014: 57,141 a game over 6 games; biggest 64,0902015: 58,532 a game over 6 games; biggest 63,4702016: 58,569 a game over 6 games; biggest 62,9042017: 56,267 a game over 6 games; biggest 63,4702018: 52,476 a game over 6 games; biggest 58,0872019: 59,547 a game over 6 games; biggest 62,5462020: 6,151 a game over 4 games; biggest 10,0922021: 61,647 a game over 6 games; biggest 63,4702022: 59,674 a game over 6 games; biggest 63,4702023: 61,944 a game over 6 games; biggest 63,8342024: 62,849 a game over 6 games; biggest 64,4202025: 63,789 a game over 6 games; biggest 64,7942026: 64,243 a game over 2 games; biggest 64,409200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

66,149Utah at BYU2001
65,612Syracuse at BYU2002
65,396Utah State at BYU2001
65,251Notre Dame at BYU2004
64,794Utah at BYU2025

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 LaVell Edwards Stadium twice, first in 2009; Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff twice.

Oct 17, 2026College GameDayBYU 28, Notre Dame 24
Oct 18, 2025Big Noon KickoffBYU 24, Utah 21
Oct 12, 2024Big Noon KickoffBYU 41, Arizona 19
Oct 24, 2009College GameDayTCU 38, BYU 7Outside LaVell Edwards 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 BYU’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Former names
Cougar Stadium (1964–⁠2000)
Opened
October 2, 1964
Architect
Fred L. Markham
Surface over the years
Natural grass
Record crowd
66,247 (vs. Notre Dame, October 16, 1993)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, LaVell Edwards Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 210 by 250 meters (690 by 820 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 20268BYU 28, 2Notre Dame 24
Oct 9, 20268BYU 24, Iowa State 10
Sep 12, 202615BYU 28, Arizona 17
Sep 5, 202614BYU 63, Utah Tech 7
Nov 29, 202511BYU 41, UCF 21
Nov 15, 202512BYU 44, TCU 13
Oct 18, 202515BYU 24, 23Utah 21
Oct 3, 202523BYU 38, West Virginia 24
Sep 6, 2025BYU 27, Stanford 3
Aug 30, 2025BYU 69, Portland State 0
Nov 30, 202419BYU 30, Houston 18
Nov 16, 2024Kansas 17, 7BYU 13

Around the stadium

Playing surface
Natural grass · Single 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

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2024. Official source.