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Levi’s Stadium

Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. Capacity 68,500. Opened 2014.

Capacity
68,500
Opened
2014
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
15 ft
College GameDay
once

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2014 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 Levi’s Stadium by season, 2014 to 201920k40k60k80k2014: 45,324 a game over 3 games; biggest 55,5752015: 46,002 a game over 2 games; biggest 58,4762016: 37,363 a game over 2 games; biggest 47,1182017: 38,234 a game over 2 games; biggest 48,0312018: 38,947 a game over 4 games; biggest 74,8142019: 36,428 a game over 2 games; biggest 38,679’14’15’16’17’18’19

Biggest crowds on file

74,814Clemson at Alabama2018
58,476USC at Stanford2015
55,575Oregon at California2014
48,031Stanford at USC2017
47,118Colorado at Washington2016

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.

College GameDay here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Levi’s Stadium once, first in 2018.

Jan 7, 2019Clemson 44, Alabama 16Champ Tailgate outside of Levi’s Stadium

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA).

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

Dec 30, 2019California 35, Illinois 20
Dec 6, 201913Oregon 37, 5Utah 15
Jan 7, 20192Clemson 44, 1Alabama 16
Dec 31, 2018Oregon 7, Michigan State 6
Nov 30, 201810Washington 10, 17Utah 3
Oct 13, 2018Army 52, San José State 3
Dec 27, 2017Purdue 38, Arizona 35
Dec 1, 201711USC 31, 14Stanford 28
Dec 28, 2016Utah 26, Indiana 24
Dec 2, 20164Washington 41, 9Colorado 10
Dec 26, 2015Nebraska 37, UCLA 29
Dec 5, 20157Stanford 41, 24USC 22