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Meade Stadium

Meade Stadium in Kingston, RI, home of Rhode Island. Capacity 8,000. Opened September 22, 1928.

Meade Stadium in Kingston, RI
Meade Stadium, Kingston, RIPhoto: Tnricci, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
8,000
Opened
1928
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
107 ft
Home team
Rhode Island
Rhode Island here
57–⁠60 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: Rhode Island is 58–⁠61 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 Meade Stadium by season, 2003 to 20250k5k10k2003: 4,098 a game over 1 games; biggest 4,0982009: 3,786 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,1592010: 4,637 a game over 4 games; biggest 7,6222011: 4,715 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,0142012: 4,150 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,0132013: 5,627 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,9362014: 5,317 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,2102015: 4,753 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,1432016: 3,958 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,1022017: 4,448 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,2212018: 4,932 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,3012019: 5,886 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,9112022: 4,618 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,4152023: 5,056 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,6762024: 5,091 a game over 7 games; biggest 5,7732025: 4,815 a game over 6 games; biggest 5,7712003201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

8,911Elon at Rhode Island2019
8,511Delaware at Rhode Island2019
7,936Richmond at Rhode Island2013
7,622Brown at Rhode Island2010
7,301Maine at Rhode Island2018

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Meade Field (1928–⁠1978)
Opened
September 22, 1928
Surface over the years
Grass (1928–⁠2018)
FieldTurf (2019–present)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Meade Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 130 by 150 meters (420 by 490 feet). Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Nov 29, 2025Rhode Island 27, Central Connecticut 19
Nov 22, 2025Rhode Island 38, Hampton 10
Oct 25, 2025Rhode Island 38, Bryant 17
Oct 11, 2025Rhode Island 38, New Hampshire 27
Sep 20, 2025Rhode Island 28, Long Island University 7
Aug 29, 2025Rhode Island 31, Campbell 20
Nov 30, 2024Rhode Island 21, Central Connecticut 17
Nov 16, 2024Rhode Island 20, UAlbany 17
Nov 2, 2024Rhode Island 37, Monmouth 28
Oct 26, 2024Rhode Island 24, Maine 14
Oct 12, 2024Rhode Island 31, Brown 21
Sep 14, 2024Rhode Island 21, Campbell 9