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Rentschler Field, The Rent

Pratt & Whitney Stadium

Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford, CT, home of UConn. Capacity 40,000. Opened 2003.

Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford, CT
Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, CTPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
40,000
Opened
2003
Surface
Kentucky Bluegrass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
21 ft
Home team
UConn
UConn here
75–⁠61 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: UConn is 81–⁠62 in home games from the 2003 season on. Our source names a game’s stadium only from 2001, so that count takes every earlier home game not marked neutral and may include a few played elsewhere.

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 Pratt & Whitney Stadium by season, 2003 to 202610k20k30k40k50k2003: 37,059 a game over 6 games; biggest 40,0002005: 40,000 a game over 6 games; biggest 40,0002006: 38,938 a game over 7 games; biggest 40,0002007: 38,205 a game over 7 games; biggest 40,0002008: 39,331 a game over 6 games; biggest 40,0002009: 38,229 a game over 6 games; biggest 40,0002010: 38,248 a game over 6 games; biggest 40,0002011: 36,668 a game over 7 games; biggest 38,7692012: 34,672 a game over 6 games; biggest 37,2792013: 30,932 a game over 7 games; biggest 42,7042014: 27,461 a game over 7 games; biggest 35,1502015: 28,224 a game over 6 games; biggest 33,2042016: 26,796 a game over 7 games; biggest 31,8992017: 20,335 a game over 6 games; biggest 24,8142018: 20,924 a game over 6 games; biggest 24,1502019: 18,216 a game over 6 games; biggest 23,1082021: 14,581 a game over 6 games; biggest 18,7822022: 22,095 a game over 6 games; biggest 25,5272023: 24,658 a game over 6 games; biggest 36,5262024: 25,375 a game over 7 games; biggest 32,3512025: 30,444 a game over 6 games; biggest 38,1062026: 34,069 a game over 3 games; biggest 35,88320032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

42,704Michigan at UConn2013
40,000Cincinnati at UConn2010
40,000West Virginia at UConn2010
40,000Vanderbilt at UConn2010
40,000Syracuse at UConn2009

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

Snow at kickoff

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Rentschler Field (2003–⁠2015)
Architect
Ellerbe Becket
Surface over the years
Kentucky Bluegrass
Record crowd
42,704 (Sept. 2013)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Pratt & Whitney Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 220 by 230 meters (710 by 760 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 2026Syracuse 42, UConn 41
Sep 12, 2026Maryland 38, UConn 14
Sep 5, 2026UConn 56, Lafayette 7
Nov 15, 2025UConn 26, Air Force 16
Nov 8, 2025UConn 37, Duke 34
Nov 1, 2025UConn 38, UAB 19
Oct 4, 2025UConn 51, Florida International 10
Sep 20, 2025UConn 31, Ball State 25
Aug 30, 2025UConn 59, Central Connecticut 13
Nov 1, 2024UConn 34, Georgia State 27
Oct 26, 2024UConn 17, Rice 10
Oct 19, 2024Wake Forest 23, UConn 20

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights. Official source.