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Memorial Stadium (Stephenville, TX)

Memorial Stadium (Stephenville, TX) in Stephenville, TX, home of Tarleton State. Capacity 24,000. Opened 1951.

Memorial Stadium (Stephenville, TX) in Stephenville, TX
Memorial Stadium (Stephenville, TX), Stephenville, TXPhoto: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
24,000
Opened
1951
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
1,319 ft
Tarleton State here
32–⁠10 games on file since 2020

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2020 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 (Stephenville, TX) by season, 2020 to 20265k10k15k20k25k30k2020: 1,223 a game over 2 games; biggest 1,3242021: 9,204 a game over 6 games; biggest 16,2162022: 12,398 a game over 5 games; biggest 20,2372023: 18,697 a game over 5 games; biggest 23,0422024: 16,638 a game over 7 games; biggest 22,3482025: 20,489 a game over 8 games; biggest 24,0122026: 21,738 a game over 3 games; biggest 24,612’20’21’22’23’24’25’26

Biggest crowds on file

24,612Merrimack at Tarleton State2026
24,481Prairie View A&M at Tarleton State2026
24,012West Georgia at Tarleton State2025
23,732Chattanooga at Tarleton State2025
23,042Morehead State at Tarleton State2023

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

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
1951
Expanded
1977, 1988, 2019, 2022
Record crowd
24,612 (September 19, 2026 vs. Merrimack)

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

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Tarleton State 49, Central Arkansas 35
Oct 3, 2026Tarleton State 56, Chicago State 21
Sep 19, 2026Tarleton State 45, Merrimack 20
Aug 29, 2026Tarleton State 49, Prairie View A&M 30
Dec 13, 2025Villanova 26, Tarleton State 21
Dec 6, 2025Tarleton State 31, North Dakota 13
Nov 22, 2025Tarleton State 45, Austin Peay 44
Nov 15, 2025Tarleton State 61, North Alabama 0
Oct 18, 2025Tarleton State 45, West Georgia 10
Oct 4, 2025Tarleton State 52, Southern Utah 42
Sep 20, 2025Tarleton State 52, Chattanooga 24
Sep 6, 2025Tarleton State 59, Mississippi Valley State 3