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Nippert Stadium

Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, OH, home of Cincinnati. Capacity 40,000. Opened 1915 (dedicated September 27, 1924).

Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, OH
Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati, OHPhoto: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
40,000
Opened
1915
Surface
Motz artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
755 ft
Home team
Cincinnati
Cincinnati here
112–⁠40 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
once

Since it opened: Cincinnati is 277–⁠169–⁠6 in home games from the 1916 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 Nippert Stadium by season, 2001 to 202610k20k30k40k50k60k70k2001: 23,055 a game over 6 games; biggest 35,0972002: 21,696 a game over 6 games; biggest 31,4782003: 21,827 a game over 6 games; biggest 30,4052004: 22,363 a game over 6 games; biggest 30,3682005: 22,423 a game over 5 games; biggest 25,8932006: 20,373 a game over 7 games; biggest 27,8042007: 30,246 a game over 6 games; biggest 35,0972008: 31,965 a game over 6 games; biggest 35,0982009: 33,957 a game over 6 games; biggest 35,1062010: 35,067 a game over 7 games; biggest 58,2532011: 26,159 a game over 4 games; biggest 28,4312012: 29,138 a game over 7 games; biggest 35,0972013: 31,771 a game over 6 games; biggest 36,0072015: 37,096 a game over 6 games; biggest 40,1242016: 33,871 a game over 7 games; biggest 40,0152017: 28,434 a game over 6 games; biggest 35,7362018: 30,519 a game over 6 games; biggest 36,3182019: 35,985 a game over 6 games; biggest 40,1212020: 5,831 a game over 1 games; biggest 5,8312021: 37,338 a game over 7 games; biggest 37,9782022: 38,117 a game over 6 games; biggest 38,5772023: 38,193 a game over 7 games; biggest 38,1932024: 36,615 a game over 6 games; biggest 38,0072025: 36,052 a game over 7 games; biggest 38,0342026: 36,495 a game over 3 games; biggest 37,562200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

58,253Oklahoma at Cincinnati2010
40,124UConn at Cincinnati2015
40,121UCF at Cincinnati2019
40,101Miami at Cincinnati2015
40,015Houston at Cincinnati2016

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 Nippert Stadium once, first in 2021; Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff twice.

Nov 22, 2025Big Noon KickoffBYU 26, Cincinnati 14
Sep 23, 2023Big Noon KickoffOklahoma 20, Cincinnati 6
Nov 6, 2021College GameDayCincinnati 28, Tulsa 20The Commons

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Carson Field (1901–⁠1924)
Opened
1915 (dedicated September 27, 1924)
Architect
Frederick W. Garber
Surface over the years
Motz artificial turf (2019–present)
Formerly:
Renovated
1936, 1954, 1970, 1990–⁠1992, 2000, 2005, 2013–⁠2015, 2017
Record crowd
40,124 (October 24, 2015)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Nippert Stadium.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 210 by 200 meters (680 by 660 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Sep 26, 2026Cincinnati 31, Kansas State 26
Sep 12, 2026Cincinnati 62, Western Carolina 10
Sep 5, 2026Cincinnati 34, Boston College 15
Nov 22, 202511BYU 26, Cincinnati 14
Nov 15, 2025Arizona 30, 22Cincinnati 24
Oct 25, 202521Cincinnati 41, Baylor 20
Oct 11, 2025Cincinnati 20, UCF 11
Oct 4, 2025Cincinnati 38, 14Iowa State 30
Sep 13, 2025Cincinnati 70, Northwestern State 0
Sep 6, 2025Cincinnati 34, Bowling Green 20
Nov 30, 2024TCU 20, Cincinnati 13
Nov 9, 2024West Virginia 31, Cincinnati 24

Pouring rights

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