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MetLife Stadium

MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. Capacity 82,500. Opened 2010.

Capacity
82,500
Opened
2010
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
6 ft
College GameDay
once

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 MetLife Stadium by season, 2014 to 202520k40k60k80k100k2014: 52,757 a game over 2 games; biggest 76,8022016: 33,609 a game over 2 games; biggest 62,7942021: 82,282 a game over 1 games; biggest 82,2822022: 30,042 a game over 1 games; biggest 30,0422024: 53,643 a game over 2 games; biggest 76,1122025: 16,248 a game over 1 games; biggest 16,2482014201620222024

Biggest crowds on file

82,282Navy at Army2021
76,802Notre Dame at Syracuse2014
76,112Notre Dame at Navy2024
62,794Notre Dame at Syracuse2016
31,174Morehouse at Howard2024

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.

College GameDay here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from MetLife Stadium once, first in 2021.

Dec 11, 2021Navy 17, Army 13Outside MetLife Stadium

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (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).

Recent games here

Sep 13, 2025Howard 38, Morehouse 10
Oct 26, 202412Notre Dame 51, 24Navy 14
Sep 14, 2024Howard 35, Morehouse 21
Sep 16, 2023Albany State 24, Morehouse 14
Sep 17, 2022Howard 31, Morehouse 0
Dec 11, 2021Navy 17, Army 13
Oct 1, 2016Notre Dame 50, Syracuse 33
Sep 24, 2016Morgan State 28, Howard 24
Sep 27, 20148Notre Dame 31, Syracuse 15
Sep 20, 2014Morgan State 38, Howard 35