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O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium

O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium in Durham, NC, home of North Carolina Central. Capacity 10,000. Opened 1975.

O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium in Durham, NC
O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium, Durham, NCPhoto: RDUpedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
10,000
Opened
1975
Surface
Field Turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
317 ft
North Carolina Central here
57–⁠33 games on file since 2008

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2008 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 O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium by season, 2010 to 20260k5k10k15k20k2010: 10,197 a game over 4 games; biggest 15,1732011: 7,741 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,5162012: 10,663 a game over 4 games; biggest 12,7422013: 8,917 a game over 6 games; biggest 16,0522014: 7,780 a game over 6 games; biggest 13,3262015: 5,497 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,9652016: 9,899 a game over 4 games; biggest 15,7152017: 8,094 a game over 5 games; biggest 14,1172018: 8,864 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,9682021: 2,810 a game over 1 games; biggest 2,8102022: 8,271 a game over 3 games; biggest 14,3222023: 9,346 a game over 4 games; biggest 13,6262024: 8,989 a game over 5 games; biggest 14,4002025: 8,262 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,8002026: 8,090 a game over 4 games; biggest 11,73520102012201420162018202220242026

Biggest crowds on file

16,052Norfolk State at North Carolina Central2013
15,715North Carolina A&T at North Carolina Central2016
15,173North Carolina A&T at North Carolina Central2010
14,400North Carolina A&T at North Carolina Central2024
14,322Howard at North Carolina Central2022

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

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database).

The stadium’s history

Opened
1975
Surface over the years
Field Turf

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 160 by 210 meters (540 by 690 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 10, 2026William & Mary 17, North Carolina Central 14
Oct 3, 2026Campbell 38, North Carolina Central 31
Sep 12, 2026North Carolina Central 30, North Carolina A&T 22
Sep 5, 2026North Carolina Central 27, Elizabeth City State 6
Nov 14, 2025South Carolina State 34, North Carolina Central 27
Nov 8, 2025North Carolina Central 31, Norfolk State 28
Oct 25, 2025Delaware State 35, North Carolina Central 26
Sep 13, 2025North Carolina Central 49, Fayetteville State 19
Aug 30, 2025New Hampshire 27, North Carolina Central 10
Nov 15, 2024North Carolina Central 26, Howard 3
Oct 26, 2024North Carolina Central 16, Morgan State 7
Oct 12, 2024North Carolina Central 68, Virginia Lynchburg 0