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Lincoln Financial Field

Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA, home of Temple. Capacity 69,879. Opened 2003.

Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PAPhoto: Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
69,879
Opened
2003
Surface
HERO Hybrid Grass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
10 ft
Home team
Temple
Temple here
67–⁠67 games on file since 2003
College GameDay
six times

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2003 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 Lincoln Financial Field by season, 2003 to 20260k20k40k60k80k2003: 31,922 a game over 6 games; biggest 70,8442005: 22,166 a game over 6 games; biggest 69,3222006: 26,637 a game over 5 games; biggest 69,9432007: 28,859 a game over 6 games; biggest 69,0292008: 24,509 a game over 6 games; biggest 69,1442009: 24,831 a game over 7 games; biggest 69,5412010: 27,473 a game over 7 games; biggest 69,2232011: 28,021 a game over 7 games; biggest 57,3232012: 32,727 a game over 7 games; biggest 69,6072013: 28,635 a game over 7 games; biggest 65,6122014: 23,370 a game over 6 games; biggest 28,4082015: 47,810 a game over 7 games; biggest 69,7222016: 27,225 a game over 7 games; biggest 34,0052017: 33,219 a game over 7 games; biggest 68,6252018: 32,793 a game over 7 games; biggest 66,7292019: 34,365 a game over 8 games; biggest 68,7052020: 7,650 a game over 2 games; biggest 12,7222021: 21,464 a game over 6 games; biggest 28,5732022: 23,757 a game over 8 games; biggest 69,1172023: 13,446 a game over 7 games; biggest 18,3882024: 13,531 a game over 6 games; biggest 18,7212025: 21,809 a game over 7 games; biggest 47,2662026: 32,103 a game over 3 games; biggest 61,71420032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

70,844Army at Navy2003
69,943Army at Navy2006
69,722Army at Navy2015
69,607Navy at Army2012
69,541Army at Navy2009

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 Lincoln Financial Field six times, first in 2015.

Dec 12, 2020Army 15, Navy 0Lusk Reservoir Park
Dec 14, 2019Navy 31, Army 7Outside Xfinity Live!
Dec 8, 2018Army 17, Navy 10Outside Xfinity Live!
Dec 9, 2017Army 14, Navy 13Outside Xfinity Live!
Dec 12, 2015Navy 21, Army 17Outside Xfinity Live!
Oct 31, 2015Notre Dame 24, Temple 20Outside Independence Hall

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

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Snow at kickoff

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Philadelphia Stadium (2026 FIFA World Cup)
Architect
NBBJ
Agoos Lovera Architects
Surface over the years
HERO Hybrid Grass
Expanded
2013–⁠14
Renovated
2013–⁠14
Record crowd
145,298 (Wrestlemania 40, April 6 and 7, 2024)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Lincoln Financial Field.

From above

100 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 250 by 290 meters (830 by 940 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Charlotte 38, Temple 31
Oct 10, 2026UConn 34, Temple 20
Sep 25, 2026Army 21, Temple 17
Sep 12, 202616Penn State 27, Temple 9
Sep 5, 2026Temple 38, Rhode Island 14
Nov 22, 202524Tulane 37, Temple 13
Nov 1, 2025East Carolina 45, Temple 14
Oct 30, 2025Delaware State 27, Norfolk State 20
Oct 11, 2025Navy 32, Temple 31
Oct 4, 2025Temple 27, UTSA 21
Sep 13, 202513Oklahoma 42, Temple 3
Sep 6, 2025Temple 55, Howard 7

Pouring rights

PepsiCo has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2020. Independently corroborated.