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Nottingham Field

Nottingham Field in Greeley, CO, home of Northern Colorado. Capacity 8,500. Opened 1995-09-09 (Att. - 6,341).

Nottingham Field in Greeley, CO
Nottingham Field, Greeley, COPhoto: LUSportsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
8,500
Opened
1995
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
4,775 ft
Northern Colorado here
40–⁠77 games on file since 2003

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 Nottingham Field by season, 2004 to 20260k5k10k2004: 5,896 a game over 2 games; biggest 6,4812005: 7,145 a game over 3 games; biggest 9,1422006: 4,810 a game over 6 games; biggest 6,2192007: 4,088 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,6842008: 5,054 a game over 3 games; biggest 7,2462009: 2,658 a game over 2 games; biggest 2,8522010: 4,814 a game over 3 games; biggest 6,1142011: 3,905 a game over 6 games; biggest 5,6922013: 3,823 a game over 7 games; biggest 4,6192014: 4,207 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,3482015: 4,155 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,5252016: 5,040 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,4782017: 4,343 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,3782018: 4,216 a game over 6 games; biggest 5,6722019: 4,554 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,7452021: 5,168 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,7692022: 4,555 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,2922023: 3,648 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,7832024: 3,115 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,4952025: 4,189 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,3862026: 4,690 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,71520042009201420192024

Biggest crowds on file

9,142Cal Poly at Northern Colorado2005
7,246Texas State at Northern Colorado2008
6,885SE Louisiana at Northern Colorado2005
6,684Chadron State at Northern Colorado2007
6,481Florida Atlantic at Northern Colorado2004

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
1995-09-09 (Att. - 6,341)
Architect
Sink Combs Dethlefs
Surface over the years
Artificial turf

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Nottingham Field.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 190 by 210 meters (630 by 690 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Northern Colorado 28, Cal Poly 18
Sep 26, 2026Northern Colorado 37, Utah Tech 13
Sep 19, 2026Northern Colorado 23, Northeastern State 17
Sep 5, 2026South Dakota 38, Northern Colorado 23
Aug 28, 2026Weber State 30, Northern Colorado 29
Nov 22, 2025Northern Colorado 24, Portland State 13
Nov 1, 2025Montana State 55, Northern Colorado 7
Oct 25, 2025UC Davis 27, Northern Colorado 16
Sep 27, 2025Idaho State 26, Northern Colorado 18
Aug 30, 2025Northern Colorado 17, Chadron State 3
Nov 16, 2024Northern Arizona 44, Northern Colorado 3
Nov 9, 2024Eastern Washington 43, Northern Colorado 15