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Plaster Sports Complex

Plaster Sports Complex in Springfield, MO, home of Southwest Baptist and Missouri State. Capacity 17,337. Opened September 19, 1941.

Plaster Sports Complex in Springfield, MO
Plaster Sports Complex, Springfield, MOPhoto: The original uploader was Coasterbill42 at English Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
17,337
Opened
1941
Surface
Sport Turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
1,320 ft
Southwest Baptist here
10–⁠22 games on file since 2020

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 Plaster Sports Complex by season, 2003 to 20260k5k10k15k20k2003: 9,359 a game over 5 games; biggest 14,9112005: 10,069 a game over 4 games; biggest 11,5552006: 10,045 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,2752007: 11,365 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,0842008: 8,446 a game over 4 games; biggest 13,0202009: 9,570 a game over 6 games; biggest 15,0382010: 8,751 a game over 4 games; biggest 13,4892011: 10,640 a game over 4 games; biggest 14,1682012: 8,710 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,0762013: 8,700 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,3122014: 11,665 a game over 5 games; biggest 18,3862015: 10,036 a game over 5 games; biggest 17,8352016: 10,415 a game over 4 games; biggest 13,4872017: 8,395 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,6482018: 8,630 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,2242019: 6,450 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,4212020: 5,489 a game over 1 games; biggest 5,4892021: 10,156 a game over 6 games; biggest 14,3362022: 9,028 a game over 4 games; biggest 13,1892023: 9,143 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,3862024: 9,663 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,1172025: 11,547 a game over 6 games; biggest 15,0272026: 14,074 a game over 2 games; biggest 16,01020032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

18,386North Dakota at Missouri State2014
17,835Chadron State at Missouri State2015
16,010Marshall at Missouri State2026
15,537South Dakota at Missouri State2014
15,038Northern Iowa at Missouri State2009

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
SMS Stadium (1941–⁠1970)
Briggs Stadium (1970–⁠1991)
Plaster Sports Complex (1992–⁠2013)
Opened
September 19, 1941
Architect
Hood-Rich Architects (1991 structure)
Hastings+Chivetta Architecture (2014 renovation)
Surface over the years
Sport Turf
Renovated
1991, 2014

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Plaster Sports Complex.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 130 by 160 meters (440 by 540 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Upper Iowa 42, Southwest Baptist 23
Oct 14, 2026Missouri State 24, Kennesaw State 21
Oct 3, 2026Southwest Baptist 52, Lincoln (MO) 17
Sep 19, 2026William Jewell 27, Southwest Baptist 17
Sep 19, 2026Marshall 30, Missouri State 24
Sep 12, 2026Missouri State 48, Lindenwood 14
Sep 12, 2026Roosevelt 59, Southwest Baptist 56
Aug 27, 2026Southwest Baptist 63, William Woods 6
Nov 29, 2025Louisiana Tech 42, Missouri State 30
Nov 15, 2025Missouri State 38, UTEP 24
Nov 8, 2025Indianapolis 66, Southwest Baptist 21
Oct 29, 2025Missouri State 28, Florida International 21

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2025. Independently corroborated.