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Milan Puskar Stadium

Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, WV, home of West Virginia. Capacity 60,000. Opened September 6, 1980.

Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, WV
Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WVPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
60,000
Opened
1980
Surface
Roof
Open air
Elevation
1,074 ft
Home team
West Virginia
West Virginia here
109–⁠48 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
twice

Since it opened: West Virginia is 205–⁠85–⁠4 in home games from the 1980 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 Milan Puskar Stadium by season, 2001 to 202640k60k80k2001: 48,323 a game over 6 games; biggest 63,2712002: 52,413 a game over 6 games; biggest 56,8172003: 52,205 a game over 7 games; biggest 67,7152004: 56,546 a game over 6 games; biggest 60,3582005: 56,287 a game over 6 games; biggest 60,1932006: 58,773 a game over 7 games; biggest 61,0772007: 60,400 a game over 6 games; biggest 61,0222008: 58,085 a game over 7 games; biggest 60,7652010: 56,326 a game over 7 games; biggest 60,1222011: 56,532 a game over 7 games; biggest 62,0562012: 55,916 a game over 7 games; biggest 60,1012013: 52,910 a game over 6 games; biggest 58,5702014: 56,686 a game over 6 games; biggest 61,9082015: 54,826 a game over 7 games; biggest 61,1742016: 57,583 a game over 7 games; biggest 61,7802017: 55,946 a game over 6 games; biggest 60,9282018: 58,158 a game over 6 games; biggest 60,7132019: 55,907 a game over 6 games; biggest 62,0692020: 10,770 a game over 3 games; biggest 11,1112021: 51,583 a game over 6 games; biggest 60,0222022: 47,658 a game over 6 games; biggest 52,1882023: 51,156 a game over 6 games; biggest 61,1062024: 52,459 a game over 7 games; biggest 62,0842025: 54,506 a game over 6 games; biggest 62,1082026: 52,271 a game over 4 games; biggest 57,756200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

67,715Pittsburgh at West Virginia2003
63,271Virginia Tech at West Virginia2001
62,108Pittsburgh at West Virginia2025
62,084Penn State at West Virginia2024
62,069Texas at West Virginia2019

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 Milan Puskar Stadium twice, first in 2011; Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff once.

Aug 31, 2024Big Noon KickoffPenn State 34, West Virginia 12
Nov 1, 2014College GameDayTCU 31, West Virginia 30Mountainlair Plaza
Sep 24, 2011College GameDayLSU 47, West Virginia 21Mountainlair Plaza

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Mountaineer Field (1980–⁠2004)
Opened
September 6, 1980
Architect
Finch-Heery
HOK Sport (renovations)
Surface over the years
(2017–present) FieldTurf (2002–⁠2006) Astroplay (1980–⁠2001) Astroturf
Expanded
1985, 1986
Renovated
2004, 2007, 2016
Record crowd
70,222 (November 20, 1993)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Milan Puskar Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 240 by 270 meters (770 by 900 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026West Virginia 45, Cincinnati 42
Oct 10, 2026Arizona 52, West Virginia 31
Sep 26, 2026Oklahoma State 41, West Virginia 24
Sep 12, 2026West Virginia 52, UT Martin 7
Sep 5, 2026West Virginia 31, Coastal Carolina 24
Nov 29, 20257Texas Tech 49, West Virginia 0
Nov 8, 2025West Virginia 29, Colorado 22
Oct 25, 2025TCU 23, West Virginia 17
Sep 27, 2025Utah 48, West Virginia 14
Sep 13, 2025West Virginia 31, Pittsburgh 24
Aug 30, 2025West Virginia 45, Robert Morris 3
Nov 23, 2024West Virginia 31, UCF 21

Pouring rights

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