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Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, MS, home of Jackson State. Capacity 44,215. Opened 1950.

Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, MS
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, Jackson, MSPhoto: Jfurr1981 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
44,215
Opened
1950
Surface
Grass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
356 ft
Home team
Jackson State
Jackson State here
61–⁠39 games on file since 2003
College GameDay
once

Since it opened: Jackson State is 65–⁠41 in home games from the 1977 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, 2003 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 Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium by season, 2003 to 20260k10k20k30k40k50k60k70k2003: 11,157 a game over 1 games; biggest 11,1572004: 10,500 a game over 1 games; biggest 10,5002007: 13,584 a game over 2 games; biggest 14,5012008: 19,836 a game over 3 games; biggest 42,5132009: 18,181 a game over 5 games; biggest 33,9772010: 21,145 a game over 2 games; biggest 24,2692011: 26,075 a game over 7 games; biggest 43,5322012: 11,931 a game over 4 games; biggest 20,7132013: 24,036 a game over 4 games; biggest 34,2522014: 13,518 a game over 7 games; biggest 29,5212015: 16,521 a game over 4 games; biggest 24,5792016: 19,660 a game over 5 games; biggest 33,2102017: 15,086 a game over 4 games; biggest 18,5852018: 25,363 a game over 4 games; biggest 30,4722019: 33,762 a game over 5 games; biggest 40,0852021: 42,293 a game over 6 games; biggest 58,8922022: 44,390 a game over 5 games; biggest 53,8852023: 30,059 a game over 4 games; biggest 42,7912024: 26,638 a game over 6 games; biggest 34,9322025: 29,308 a game over 6 games; biggest 44,0972026: 22,626 a game over 3 games; biggest 38,97320032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

58,892Alcorn State at Jackson State2021
53,885Southern at Jackson State2022
53,754Southern at Jackson State2022
53,578Alabama State at Jackson State2021
51,596Campbell at Jackson State2022

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 Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium once, first in 2022.

Oct 29, 2022Jackson State 35, Southern 0Outside Veterans Memorial Stadium

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA).

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
1950
Surface over the years
Grass
Record crowd
64,112 (Miss. State vs. Southern Miss. 1981)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 230 by 230 meters (760 by 760 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Jackson State 27, Florida A&M 17
Sep 26, 2026Jackson State 35, Southern 17
Sep 19, 2026Jackson State 41, Tuskegee 7
Sep 5, 2026Jackson State 66, Edward Waters 14
Dec 6, 2025Prairie View A&M 23, Jackson State 21
Nov 22, 2025Jackson State 27, Alcorn State 21
Nov 15, 2025Jackson State 28, Bethune-Cookman 13
Oct 11, 2025Jackson State 38, Alabama State 34
Sep 13, 2025Jackson State 30, Tuskegee 0
Aug 30, 2025Jackson State 28, Hampton 14
Dec 7, 2024Jackson State 41, Southern 13
Nov 9, 2024Jackson State 51, Mississippi Valley State 14