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McLane Stadium

McLane Stadium in Waco, TX, home of Baylor. Capacity 45,140. Opened 2014.

McLane Stadium in Waco, TX
McLane Stadium, Waco, TXPhoto: Djyueng, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
45,140
Opened
2014
Surface
Matrix Turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
384 ft
Home team
Baylor
Baylor here
48–⁠31 games on file since 2014
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 McLane Stadium by season, 2014 to 202630k40k50k60k2014: 46,710 a game over 6 games; biggest 47,9342015: 46,160 a game over 6 games; biggest 49,8752016: 45,838 a game over 6 games; biggest 48,1292017: 43,830 a game over 6 games; biggest 45,7842018: 41,336 a game over 6 games; biggest 45,3302019: 45,517 a game over 7 games; biggest 50,2232020: 11,667 a game over 4 games; biggest 11,6672021: 44,729 a game over 7 games; biggest 48,0162022: 45,463 a game over 6 games; biggest 47,9792023: 43,388 a game over 8 games; biggest 49,1652024: 42,302 a game over 6 games; biggest 46,2122025: 39,447 a game over 7 games; biggest 45,2332026: 40,000 a game over 3 games; biggest 41,3432014201620182020202220242026

Biggest crowds on file

50,223Oklahoma at Baylor2019
49,875Oklahoma at Baylor2015
49,165Texas at Baylor2023
49,109Texas at Baylor2019
48,129TCU at Baylor2016

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 McLane Stadium three times, first in 2014; Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff twice.

Nov 19, 2022Big Noon KickoffTCU 29, Baylor 28
Nov 13, 2021Big Noon KickoffBaylor 27, Oklahoma 14
Nov 16, 2019College GameDayOklahoma 34, Baylor 31McLane Stadium
Nov 14, 2015College GameDayOklahoma 44, Baylor 34Umphrey Pedestrian Bridge
Dec 6, 2014College GameDayBaylor 38, Kansas State 27Umphrey Pedestrian Bridge

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).

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database).

The stadium’s history

Former names
Baylor Stadium
Architect
Populous
Surface over the years
Matrix Turf (2014–present)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, McLane Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 220 by 260 meters (730 by 860 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026TCU 17, Baylor 6
Sep 26, 2026Baylor 23, Colorado 13
Sep 19, 2026Baylor 36, Louisiana Tech 19
Sep 12, 2026Baylor 44, Prairie View A&M 3
Nov 29, 2025Houston 31, Baylor 24
Nov 15, 202515Utah 55, Baylor 28
Nov 1, 2025Baylor 30, UCF 3
Oct 4, 2025Baylor 35, Kansas State 34
Sep 20, 2025Arizona State 27, Baylor 24
Sep 13, 2025Baylor 42, Samford 7
Aug 29, 2025Auburn 38, Baylor 24
Nov 30, 2024Baylor 45, Kansas 17

Around the stadium

Beer sales
Sold to all fans · Single source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

Pouring rights

PepsiCo has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2024. Single source.