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Lucas Oil Stadium

Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN. Capacity 63,000. Opened 2008.

Capacity
63,000
Opened
2008
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Dome
Elevation
710 ft
College GameDay
three times

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 Lucas Oil Stadium by season, 2014 to 202520k40k60k80k2014: 58,531 a game over 2 games; biggest 60,2292015: 66,985 a game over 1 games; biggest 66,9852016: 65,018 a game over 1 games; biggest 65,0182017: 51,640 a game over 2 games; biggest 65,8862018: 43,044 a game over 2 games; biggest 66,3752019: 32,810 a game over 3 games; biggest 66,6492020: 3,178 a game over 1 games; biggest 3,1782021: 67,747 a game over 2 games; biggest 68,3112022: 67,107 a game over 1 games; biggest 67,1072023: 36,247 a game over 3 games; biggest 67,8422024: 67,469 a game over 1 games; biggest 67,4692025: 35,607 a game over 2 games; biggest 68,214201420162018202020222024

Biggest crowds on file

68,311Georgia at Alabama2021
68,214Indiana at Ohio State2025
67,842Michigan at Iowa2023
67,469Penn State at Oregon2024
67,183Michigan at Iowa2021

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 Lucas Oil Stadium three times, first in 2015; Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff six times.

Dec 6, 2025Big Noon KickoffIndiana 13, Ohio State 10
Dec 2, 2023Big Noon KickoffMichigan 26, Iowa 0
Dec 3, 2022Big Noon KickoffMichigan 43, Purdue 22
Jan 10, 2022College GameDayGeorgia 33, Alabama 18Lucas Oil Stadium
Dec 4, 2021Big Noon KickoffMichigan 42, Iowa 3
Dec 19, 2020Big Noon KickoffOhio State 22, Northwestern 10
Dec 7, 2019Big Noon KickoffOhio State 34, Wisconsin 21
Dec 3, 2016College GameDayPenn State 38, Wisconsin 31Pan Am Plaza
Dec 5, 2015College GameDayMichigan State 16, Iowa 13Pan Am Plaza

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).

Statues

Statues: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons: statues placed at the stadium or within a few hundred meters of it. Names link to their pages here; each statue links to its record there.

Recent games here

Dec 6, 20252Indiana 13, 1Ohio State 10
Sep 27, 2025Morgan State 24, Miles 17
Dec 7, 20241Oregon 45, 3Penn State 37
Sep 28, 2024North Carolina Central 37, Norfolk State 10
Dec 2, 20232Michigan 26, 18Iowa 0
Sep 23, 2023North Carolina Central 45, Mississippi Valley State 3
Sep 16, 2023Louisville 21, Indiana 14
Dec 3, 20222Michigan 43, Purdue 22
Jan 10, 20223Georgia 33, 1Alabama 18
Dec 4, 20212Michigan 42, 15Iowa 3
Sep 25, 2021Kentucky State 34, Benedict 28
Dec 19, 20203Ohio State 22, 15Northwestern 10