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NRG Stadium

NRG Stadium in Houston, TX. Capacity 71,995. Opened 2002.

Capacity
71,995
Opened
2002
Surface
Grass
Roof
Dome
Elevation
50 ft
College GameDay
once

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2014 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 NRG Stadium by season, 2014 to 202520k40k60k80k2014: 45,532 a game over 5 games; biggest 71,5992015: 59,322 a game over 3 games; biggest 71,3072016: 47,939 a game over 4 games; biggest 71,0162017: 39,741 a game over 3 games; biggest 67,8202018: 39,328 a game over 3 games; biggest 51,1042019: 43,841 a game over 4 games; biggest 68,4152021: 40,231 a game over 3 games; biggest 52,2072022: 40,039 a game over 2 games; biggest 53,2512023: 51,047 a game over 3 games; biggest 72,8082024: 43,583 a game over 2 games; biggest 59,9402025: 63,867 a game over 1 games; biggest 63,86720142016201820222024

Biggest crowds on file

72,808Washington at Michigan2023
71,599Wisconsin at LSU2014
71,307LSU at Texas Tech2015
71,115Arkansas at Texas2014
71,016Oklahoma at Houston2016

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 NRG Stadium once, first in 2023.

Jan 8, 2024Michigan 34, Washington 13NRG Stadium

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

Recent games here

Dec 27, 2025Houston 38, LSU 35
Dec 31, 2024LSU 44, Baylor 31
Sep 28, 2024Sam Houston 40, Texas State 39
Jan 8, 20241Michigan 34, 2Washington 13
Dec 27, 202322Oklahoma State 31, Texas A&M 23
Sep 9, 2023Air Force 13, Sam Houston 3
Dec 28, 2022Texas Tech 42, Ole Miss 25
Oct 1, 2022Sam Houston 17, Stephen F. Austin 16
Jan 4, 2022Kansas State 42, LSU 20
Oct 2, 2021Sam Houston 21, Stephen F. Austin 20
Sep 4, 2021Texas Tech 38, Houston 21
Dec 27, 2019Texas A&M 24, 25Oklahoma State 21