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Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium

Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium in Thibodaux, LA, home of Nicholls. Capacity 10,500. Opened September 16, 1972.

Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium in Thibodaux, LA
Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium, Thibodaux, LAPhoto: Spatms, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
10,500
Opened
1972
Surface
GeoGreen Replicated Grass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
11 ft
Home team
Nicholls
Nicholls here
65–⁠44 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: Nicholls is 67–⁠49 in home games from the 1977 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, 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 Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium by season, 2003 to 20260k5k10k15k2003: 7,731 a game over 4 games; biggest 10,6502004: 5,930 a game over 3 games; biggest 7,6372005: 5,580 a game over 4 games; biggest 7,1502006: 4,573 a game over 6 games; biggest 8,4112007: 5,620 a game over 3 games; biggest 6,4862009: 5,498 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,2132010: 4,366 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,4282011: 4,855 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,7812012: 5,516 a game over 4 games; biggest 6,0222013: 5,304 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,9882014: 5,052 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,1032015: 5,056 a game over 3 games; biggest 5,1012016: 7,433 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,0022017: 7,883 a game over 6 games; biggest 9,6122018: 7,697 a game over 6 games; biggest 9,4542019: 6,730 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,9582020: 3,000 a game over 1 games; biggest 3,0002021: 6,855 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,4022022: 5,791 a game over 4 games; biggest 7,2312023: 5,774 a game over 3 games; biggest 6,8452024: 5,909 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,9552025: 6,256 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,7792026: 6,183 a game over 2 games; biggest 6,8882003201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

10,650McNeese at Nicholls2003
9,612South Dakota at Nicholls2017
9,454SE Louisiana at Nicholls2018
9,024McNeese at Nicholls2017
9,002Stephen F. Austin at Nicholls2016

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Colonel Stadium
John L. Guidry Stadium (1973–⁠2006)
Opened
September 16, 1972
Surface over the years
GeoGreen Replicated Grass
Record crowd
14,125
October 10, 1981
vs. Southern University

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 140 by 140 meters (450 by 450 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Stephen F. Austin 56, Nicholls 0
Sep 26, 2026Lamar 49, Nicholls 18
Sep 12, 2026Nicholls 31, UT Rio Grande Valley 28
Aug 27, 2026Nicholls 44, Mississippi Valley State 10
Nov 15, 2025Nicholls 26, Northwestern State 21
Nov 1, 2025Nicholls 31, Houston Christian 7
Oct 25, 2025Nicholls 31, McNeese 7
Sep 6, 2025West Georgia 34, Nicholls 10
Aug 23, 2025Nicholls 20, Incarnate Word 6
Nov 21, 2024SE Louisiana 19, Nicholls 16
Nov 2, 2024Stephen F. Austin 28, Nicholls 12
Oct 26, 2024Nicholls 24, McNeese 19