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Panther Stadium

Panther Stadium in Prairie View, TX, home of Prairie View A&M. Capacity 15,000. Opened 2016.

Panther Stadium in Prairie View, TX
Panther Stadium, Prairie View, TXPhoto: OneofaKind25, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
15,000
Opened
2016
Surface
FieldTurf Prestige Vertex
Roof
Open air
Elevation
254 ft
Prairie View A&M here
28–⁠18 games on file since 2016

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2016 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 Panther Stadium by season, 2016 to 20265k10k15k20k2016: 12,044 a game over 4 games; biggest 15,0502017: 8,446 a game over 4 games; biggest 10,6272018: 8,655 a game over 4 games; biggest 14,2502021: 7,292 a game over 2 games; biggest 8,4762022: 10,004 a game over 5 games; biggest 14,5992023: 6,062 a game over 4 games; biggest 14,2242024: 8,997 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,9372025: 6,672 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,4272026: 8,102 a game over 2 games; biggest 9,41020162018202220242026

Biggest crowds on file

15,050Alabama State at Prairie View A&M2016
14,982Texas Southern at Prairie View A&M2016
14,599Bethune-Cookman at Prairie View A&M2022
14,250Alcorn State at Prairie View A&M2018
14,224Arkansas–Pine Bluff at Prairie View A&M2023

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

Surface over the years
FieldTurf Prestige Vertex (red)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Panther Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 190 by 240 meters (630 by 780 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Prairie View A&M 41, Alcorn State 38
Oct 10, 2026Southern 28, Prairie View A&M 14
Sep 19, 2026Stephen F. Austin 31, Prairie View A&M 10
Sep 6, 2026Prairie View A&M 52, Texas Southern 14
Nov 22, 2025Prairie View A&M 59, Mississippi Valley State 6
Nov 15, 2025Prairie View A&M 56, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 9
Nov 1, 2025Alabama State 31, Prairie View A&M 28
Oct 25, 2025Prairie View A&M 38, Lincoln (CA) 0
Sep 20, 2025Prairie View A&M 27, Northwestern State 24
Sep 6, 2025UT Rio Grande Valley 27, Prairie View A&M 21
Nov 16, 2024Alcorn State 26, Prairie View A&M 13
Nov 9, 2024Prairie View A&M 31, Florida A&M 12