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Malone Stadium

Malone Stadium in Monroe, LA, home of UL Monroe. Capacity 27,617. Opened September 16, 1978.

Malone Stadium in Monroe, LA
Malone Stadium, Monroe, LAPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
27,617
Opened
1978
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
75 ft
Home team
UL Monroe
UL Monroe here
64–⁠68 games on file since 2001

Since it opened: UL Monroe is 97–⁠94 in home games from the 1978 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 Malone Stadium by season, 2001 to 20260k10k20k30k40k50k60k2001: 7,664 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,7302002: 8,470 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,6452003: 11,298 a game over 5 games; biggest 16,0352004: 22,904 a game over 5 games; biggest 55,6522005: 13,898 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,7262006: 14,036 a game over 4 games; biggest 18,1062007: 16,651 a game over 5 games; biggest 30,1012008: 12,414 a game over 5 games; biggest 21,9292009: 13,889 a game over 5 games; biggest 17,6102010: 13,980 a game over 5 games; biggest 19,9802011: 15,512 a game over 5 games; biggest 26,5322012: 19,359 a game over 5 games; biggest 31,1752013: 17,035 a game over 5 games; biggest 23,6002014: 18,108 a game over 5 games; biggest 21,0032015: 13,158 a game over 5 games; biggest 20,3972016: 13,411 a game over 5 games; biggest 24,7182017: 9,928 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,5782018: 14,210 a game over 5 games; biggest 18,1672019: 16,728 a game over 6 games; biggest 28,3272020: 5,254 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,3382021: 13,280 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,7202022: 13,380 a game over 5 games; biggest 19,0772023: 14,296 a game over 6 games; biggest 19,9192024: 15,803 a game over 6 games; biggest 22,6452025: 17,486 a game over 5 games; biggest 21,1472026: 14,269 a game over 2 games; biggest 15,326200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

55,652Arkansas at UL Monroe2004
31,175Baylor at UL Monroe2012
30,101Grambling at UL Monroe2007
28,327Grambling at UL Monroe2019
26,532Grambling at UL Monroe2011

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
September 16, 1978
Architect
Hugh G. Parker, Jr. Architects (renovations)
Surface over the years
FieldTurf
Renovated
2008, 2014
Record crowd
31,175 (September 21, 2012 vs. Baylor)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Malone Stadium.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 190 by 160 meters (640 by 510 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Louisiana Tech 24, UL Monroe 0
Sep 26, 2026Florida Atlantic 45, UL Monroe 17
Sep 19, 2026SE Louisiana 38, UL Monroe 35
Nov 15, 2025South Alabama 26, UL Monroe 14
Nov 1, 2025Old Dominion 31, UL Monroe 6
Oct 18, 2025Troy 37, UL Monroe 14
Sep 27, 2025UL Monroe 28, Arkansas State 16
Aug 28, 2025UL Monroe 29, Saint Francis 0
Nov 30, 2024Louisiana 37, UL Monroe 23
Nov 9, 2024Texas State 38, UL Monroe 17
Oct 12, 2024UL Monroe 38, Southern Miss 21
Oct 5, 2024UL Monroe 21, James Madison 19