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M. M. Roberts Stadium

M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, MS, home of Southern Miss. Capacity 36,000. Opened October 29, 1932.

M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, MS
M. M. Roberts Stadium, Hattiesburg, MSPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
36,000
Opened
1932
Surface
Shaw Sports Momentum Turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
212 ft
Home team
Southern Miss
Southern Miss here
85–⁠65 games on file since 2001

Since it opened: Southern Miss is 223–⁠107–⁠1 in home games from the 1935 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 M. M. Roberts Stadium by season, 2001 to 202610k20k30k40k2001: 25,649 a game over 5 games; biggest 29,7822002: 26,961 a game over 6 games; biggest 35,1692003: 28,641 a game over 6 games; biggest 36,1252004: 28,964 a game over 5 games; biggest 32,4222005: 27,862 a game over 5 games; biggest 28,7302006: 28,994 a game over 6 games; biggest 32,3172007: 26,721 a game over 6 games; biggest 31,2532008: 30,102 a game over 6 games; biggest 32,7922009: 30,696 a game over 6 games; biggest 36,2322010: 29,400 a game over 6 games; biggest 32,6062011: 28,400 a game over 6 games; biggest 32,9252012: 25,616 a game over 6 games; biggest 34,1402013: 22,752 a game over 5 games; biggest 25,7292014: 22,739 a game over 6 games; biggest 26,4482015: 28,335 a game over 6 games; biggest 36,6412016: 28,588 a game over 6 games; biggest 31,2752017: 21,711 a game over 6 games; biggest 24,3372018: 21,615 a game over 6 games; biggest 29,1762019: 24,765 a game over 5 games; biggest 31,0762020: 7,140 a game over 1 games; biggest 7,1402021: 23,260 a game over 6 games; biggest 26,0492022: 25,131 a game over 6 games; biggest 27,3322023: 23,275 a game over 6 games; biggest 30,3352024: 22,457 a game over 6 games; biggest 24,5422025: 27,912 a game over 7 games; biggest 33,4852026: 24,636 a game over 2 games; biggest 26,246200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

36,641Mississippi State at Southern Miss2015
36,232Alcorn State at Southern Miss2009
36,125Nebraska at Southern Miss2003
35,169Jackson State at Southern Miss2002
34,140East Carolina at Southern Miss2012

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

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Faulkner Field (1932–⁠1975)
M. M. Roberts Stadium (1975–⁠2026)
Opened
October 29, 1932
Architect
Heery and Heery
JH&H Architects (renovation)
Surface over the years
Shaw Sports Momentum Turf
Expanded
1939, 1950, 1976, 2008
Renovated
1976, 1989, 2002, 2008
Record crowd
36,641 (September 5, 2015 vs Mississippi State)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, M. M. Roberts Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 170 by 170 meters (570 by 550 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Arkansas State 23, Southern Miss 13
Sep 19, 2026UConn 48, Southern Miss 20
Sep 5, 2026Southern Miss 49, Alcorn State 3
Nov 29, 2025Troy 28, Southern Miss 18
Nov 15, 2025Texas State 41, Southern Miss 14
Oct 25, 2025Southern Miss 49, UL Monroe 21
Sep 27, 2025Southern Miss 42, Jacksonville State 25
Sep 13, 2025Southern Miss 38, App State 22
Sep 6, 2025Southern Miss 38, Jackson State 20
Aug 30, 2025Mississippi State 34, Southern Miss 17
Nov 23, 2024South Alabama 35, Southern Miss 14
Nov 9, 2024Marshall 37, Southern Miss 3

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2025. Official source.