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Legion Field

Legion Field in Birmingham, AL. Capacity 72,000. Opened 1927.

Capacity
72,000
Opened
1927
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
573 ft

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 Legion Field by season, 2001 to 20260k20k40k60k80k100k2001: 30,707 a game over 5 games; biggest 77,1462002: 16,447 a game over 6 games; biggest 22,2032003: 31,717 a game over 6 games; biggest 76,7802004: 26,909 a game over 5 games; biggest 39,7542005: 20,101 a game over 5 games; biggest 31,3632006: 24,408 a game over 7 games; biggest 36,1042007: 27,186 a game over 8 games; biggest 68,5932008: 29,000 a game over 7 games; biggest 69,1132009: 22,531 a game over 6 games; biggest 45,2542010: 21,521 a game over 7 games; biggest 41,2072011: 25,585 a game over 7 games; biggest 66,4732012: 25,595 a game over 9 games; biggest 59,1352013: 22,653 a game over 7 games; biggest 63,1132014: 28,605 a game over 8 games; biggest 67,7102015: 61,652 a game over 2 games; biggest 63,8742016: 51,021 a game over 2 games; biggest 70,8132017: 25,650 a game over 10 games; biggest 61,2212018: 29,671 a game over 8 games; biggest 65,9062019: 28,596 a game over 8 games; biggest 53,2172020: 11,993 a game over 4 games; biggest 12,7162021: 23,480 a game over 5 games; biggest 37,1672022: 67,532 a game over 1 games; biggest 67,5322023: 69,210 a game over 1 games; biggest 69,2102024: 69,125 a game over 1 games; biggest 69,1252025: 69,372 a game over 1 games; biggest 69,3722026: 31,287 a game over 1 games; biggest 31,287200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

77,146UTEP at Alabama2001
76,780South Florida at Alabama2003
70,813Alabama A&M at Alabama State2016
69,372Alabama State at Alabama A&M2025
69,210Alabama A&M at Alabama State2023

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).

Recent games here

Aug 29, 2026Alabama State 30, Southern 17
Oct 25, 2025Alabama State 56, Alabama A&M 13
Aug 30, 2025West Alabama 27, Fort Valley State 17
Aug 30, 2025Valdosta State 31, Clark Atlanta 28
Oct 26, 2024Alabama State 27, Alabama A&M 19
Oct 28, 2023Alabama State 31, Alabama A&M 16
Oct 7, 2023Tuskegee 40, Morehouse 28
Oct 29, 2022Alabama State 24, Alabama A&M 17
Oct 8, 2022Tuskegee 31, Morehouse 14
Oct 30, 2021Alabama A&M 42, Alabama State 28
Oct 23, 2021Rice 30, UAB 24
Oct 9, 2021Morehouse 31, Tuskegee 15