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Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)

Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN) in Bloomington, IN, home of Indiana. Capacity 52,656. Opened October 8, 1960.

Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN) in Bloomington, IN
Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN), Bloomington, INPhoto: JYDecker, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
52,656
Opened
1960
Surface
Hellas Matrix Helix
Roof
Open air
Elevation
760 ft
Home team
Indiana
Indiana here
87–⁠77 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
twice

Since it opened: Indiana is 191–⁠191–⁠3 in home games from the 1960 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 Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN) by season, 2001 to 202620k30k40k50k60k2001: 32,605 a game over 6 games; biggest 48,5772002: 31,248 a game over 6 games; biggest 33,4582003: 34,983 a game over 6 games; biggest 51,2402004: 28,377 a game over 5 games; biggest 36,0412005: 39,536 a game over 6 games; biggest 52,8662006: 33,063 a game over 7 games; biggest 42,3202007: 37,004 a game over 7 games; biggest 50,7412008: 31,782 a game over 8 games; biggest 41,3492009: 41,833 a game over 6 games; biggest 51,5002010: 41,953 a game over 6 games; biggest 52,9292011: 41,380 a game over 6 games; biggest 42,6212012: 44,802 a game over 6 games; biggest 48,8802013: 44,353 a game over 8 games; biggest 49,1492014: 41,657 a game over 6 games; biggest 44,4032015: 44,314 a game over 7 games; biggest 52,9292016: 43,027 a game over 7 games; biggest 48,2542017: 43,953 a game over 6 games; biggest 52,9292018: 40,965 a game over 7 games; biggest 48,2472019: 41,244 a game over 6 games; biggest 47,9452020: 1,034 a game over 1 games; biggest 1,0342021: 46,925 a game over 6 games; biggest 52,6562022: 46,906 a game over 7 games; biggest 51,1482023: 44,589 a game over 6 games; biggest 50,0502024: 48,374 a game over 8 games; biggest 53,0822025: 51,184 a game over 7 games; biggest 56,0882026: 54,521 a game over 3 games; biggest 54,695200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

56,088Illinois at Indiana2025
55,165Michigan State at Indiana2025
55,042Wisconsin at Indiana2025
54,867UCLA at Indiana2025
54,695Western Kentucky at Indiana2026

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 Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN) twice, first in 2017; Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff five times.

Oct 17, 2026Big Noon KickoffOhio State 19, Indiana 15
Sep 5, 2026Big Noon KickoffIndiana 52, North Texas 16
Oct 25, 2025Big Noon KickoffIndiana 56, UCLA 6
Oct 26, 2024College GameDayIndiana 31, Washington 17Outside Memorial Stadium
Oct 19, 2024Big Noon KickoffIndiana 56, Nebraska 7
Oct 8, 2022Big Noon KickoffMichigan 31, Indiana 10
Aug 31, 2017College GameDayOhio State 49, Indiana 21Memorial Stadium

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

Snow at kickoff

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Snow on game day

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Seventeenth Street Football Stadium (1960–⁠1971)
Opened
October 8, 1960
Architect
Eggers & Higgins
Surface over the years
Hellas Matrix Helix (2025–present)
FieldTurf (2008–⁠2024)
AstroPlay (2003–⁠2007)
AstroTurf (1986–⁠1997)
Artificial turf (1970–⁠1985)
Natural grass (1960–⁠1969, 1998–⁠2002)
Expanded
1969, 2009
Renovated
2003, 2016
Record crowd
56,223 (Indiana vs Purdue, November 12, 1969)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Memorial Stadium (Bloomington).

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 210 by 280 meters (670 by 910 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 20264Ohio State 19, 5Indiana 15
Sep 25, 20265Indiana 29, Northwestern 23
Sep 19, 20264Indiana 38, Western Kentucky 0
Sep 12, 20265Indiana 55, Howard 0
Sep 5, 20266Indiana 52, North Texas 16
Nov 15, 20252Indiana 31, Wisconsin 7
Oct 25, 20252Indiana 56, UCLA 6
Oct 18, 20253Indiana 38, Michigan State 13
Sep 20, 202519Indiana 63, 9Illinois 10
Sep 12, 202522Indiana 73, Indiana State 0
Sep 6, 202523Indiana 56, Kennesaw State 9
Aug 30, 202520Indiana 27, Old Dominion 14

Around the stadium

Beer sales
Sold to all fans · Single source
  • WFYI; read 2026-10-10

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

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights. Single source.