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Nissan Stadium

Nissan Stadium in Nashville, TN, home of Tennessee State. Capacity 69,143. Opened August 27, 1999.

Nissan Stadium in Nashville, TN
Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TNPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
69,143
Opened
1999
Surface
Matrix Helix Turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
397 ft
Tennessee State here
55–⁠37 games on file since 2003

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 Nissan Stadium by season, 2001 to 20260k20k40k60k80k2001: 46,125 a game over 1 games; biggest 46,1252002: 67,221 a game over 1 games; biggest 67,2212003: 25,947 a game over 4 games; biggest 52,6032005: 18,817 a game over 4 games; biggest 40,5192006: 28,997 a game over 4 games; biggest 68,0242007: 31,479 a game over 4 games; biggest 68,6612008: 25,985 a game over 7 games; biggest 54,2502009: 29,155 a game over 3 games; biggest 57,2802010: 25,717 a game over 5 games; biggest 69,1432011: 22,821 a game over 6 games; biggest 55,2082012: 22,537 a game over 6 games; biggest 55,8012013: 38,319 a game over 3 games; biggest 52,1252014: 29,645 a game over 5 games; biggest 60,1492015: 44,648 a game over 3 games; biggest 61,3232016: 28,312 a game over 6 games; biggest 68,4962017: 19,399 a game over 5 games; biggest 48,6752018: 20,142 a game over 5 games; biggest 59,0242019: 27,658 a game over 3 games; biggest 46,8502021: 17,116 a game over 5 games; biggest 69,4892022: 15,963 a game over 5 games; biggest 42,3122023: 20,942 a game over 7 games; biggest 69,5072024: 10,935 a game over 6 games; biggest 43,3752025: 11,161 a game over 9 games; biggest 52,8152026: 32,467 a game over 1 games; biggest 32,467200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

69,507Virginia at Tennessee2023
69,489Tennessee at Purdue2021
69,143North Carolina at Tennessee2010
68,661Kentucky at Florida State2007
68,496Nebraska at Tennessee2016

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.

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Adelphia Coliseum (1999–⁠2002)
The Coliseum (2002–⁠2006)
LP Field (2006–⁠2015)
Opened
August 27, 1999
Architect
HOK Sport
Surface over the years
Matrix Helix Turf (2023–present)
Natural grass (1999–⁠2022)
Record crowd
Overall: 73,874 (Ed Sheeran, +–=÷× Tour, July 22, 2023)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Nissan Stadium (Nashville).

From above

100 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 310 by 350 meters (1,020 by 1,130 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Tennessee State 25, Morgan State 16
Oct 10, 2026UT Martin 42, Tennessee State 28
Sep 6, 20269Ole Miss 41, 24Louisville 38
Aug 29, 2026Jackson State 26, Tennessee State 24
Dec 30, 2025Illinois 30, Tennessee 28
Nov 15, 2025Gardner-Webb 30, Tennessee State 14
Nov 1, 2025Lindenwood 35, Tennessee State 13
Oct 25, 2025Western Illinois 17, Tennessee State 16
Oct 18, 2025Tennessee State 24, Howard 7
Sep 27, 2025Tennessee Tech 35, Tennessee State 8
Sep 13, 2025Alabama A&M 23, Tennessee State 21
Sep 6, 2025North Dakota State 59, Tennessee State 3