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Michie Stadium

Michie Stadium in West Point, NY, home of Army. Capacity 38,000. Opened 1924.

Michie Stadium in West Point, NY
Michie Stadium, West Point, NYPhoto: John Pellino, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
38,000
Opened
1924
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
326 ft
Home team
Army
Army here
78–⁠68 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
once

Since it opened: Army is 391–⁠188–⁠7 in home games from the 1924 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 Michie Stadium by season, 2001 to 202620k30k40k50k2001: 31,048 a game over 5 games; biggest 35,2812002: 32,606 a game over 6 games; biggest 39,2882003: 30,794 a game over 6 games; biggest 35,0322004: 31,963 a game over 5 games; biggest 40,1292005: 30,935 a game over 6 games; biggest 38,4822006: 30,694 a game over 5 games; biggest 33,6142007: 31,712 a game over 5 games; biggest 39,0732008: 27,752 a game over 6 games; biggest 37,4092009: 27,997 a game over 6 games; biggest 34,3572010: 31,667 a game over 5 games; biggest 38,1282011: 33,320 a game over 4 games; biggest 39,4812012: 32,205 a game over 7 games; biggest 39,4922013: 33,956 a game over 5 games; biggest 39,6442014: 34,262 a game over 5 games; biggest 40,4792015: 30,991 a game over 6 games; biggest 39,7122016: 32,653 a game over 5 games; biggest 38,4432017: 30,924 a game over 6 games; biggest 38,8512018: 31,693 a game over 6 games; biggest 38,5022019: 30,989 a game over 6 games; biggest 38,0192020: 4,704 a game over 7 games; biggest 5,3622021: 27,263 a game over 6 games; biggest 38,0192022: 28,647 a game over 6 games; biggest 32,3202023: 29,016 a game over 6 games; biggest 34,0172024: 24,092 a game over 7 games; biggest 30,0462025: 28,390 a game over 5 games; biggest 31,1722026: 24,977 a game over 3 games; biggest 29,722200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

40,479Air Force at Army2014
40,129Air Force at Army2004
39,712Duke at Army2015
39,644Stanford at Army2013
39,492Boston College at Army2012

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 Michie Stadium once, first in 2003.

Sep 27, 2003South Florida 28, Army 0Patton Field

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (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 Army’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Opened
1924
Surface over the years
FieldTurf (2008–present)
AstroPlay (2001–⁠2007)
AstroTurf (1977–⁠2000)
Grass (1924–⁠1976)
Expanded
1962: east grandstand
1969: west upper deck
2003: press box
Renovated
2026: east grandstand (Michie Stadium Preservation Project)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Michie Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 150 by 230 meters (500 by 740 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Army 56, Florida Atlantic 24
Oct 10, 2026Army 20, Tulane 17
Sep 12, 2026South Florida 28, Army 24
Sep 5, 2026Army 59, Bryant 3
Nov 22, 2025Tulsa 26, Army 25
Nov 8, 2025Army 14, Temple 13
Oct 11, 2025Army 24, Charlotte 7
Sep 20, 2025North Texas 45, Army 38
Aug 29, 2025Tarleton State 30, Army 27
Dec 6, 202424Army 35, Tulane 14
Nov 30, 202425Army 29, UTSA 24
Nov 2, 202421Army 20, Air Force 3

Around the stadium

Beer sales
Sold to all fans · Official 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.