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Raymond James Stadium

Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL, home of South Florida. Capacity 65,828. Opened September 20, 1998.

Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FLPhoto: Devin Morris, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
65,828
Opened
1998
Surface
Tifway 419 Bermuda grass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
36 ft
Home team
South Florida
South Florida here
94–⁠62 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
once

Since it opened: South Florida is 101–⁠62 in home games from the 2000 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, 2001 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 Raymond James Stadium by season, 2001 to 202620k40k60k80k2001: 31,480 a game over 7 games; biggest 66,2492002: 31,847 a game over 7 games; biggest 65,1012003: 30,512 a game over 6 games; biggest 36,0442004: 27,060 a game over 6 games; biggest 36,5492005: 43,368 a game over 6 games; biggest 65,8812006: 35,276 a game over 7 games; biggest 65,6012007: 54,155 a game over 7 games; biggest 67,0182008: 50,898 a game over 8 games; biggest 58,7552009: 52,741 a game over 8 games; biggest 66,4692010: 43,306 a game over 8 games; biggest 60,5742011: 46,681 a game over 7 games; biggest 50,1282012: 45,615 a game over 7 games; biggest 69,3832013: 36,776 a game over 8 games; biggest 51,2962014: 32,361 a game over 8 games; biggest 44,0232015: 30,381 a game over 7 games; biggest 53,2022016: 43,156 a game over 9 games; biggest 74,5122017: 31,400 a game over 8 games; biggest 45,6872018: 35,719 a game over 8 games; biggest 57,6262019: 33,044 a game over 9 games; biggest 46,7042020: 7,942 a game over 4 games; biggest 11,0252021: 38,882 a game over 8 games; biggest 64,6922022: 31,203 a game over 7 games; biggest 35,7972023: 36,171 a game over 8 games; biggest 65,1382024: 39,727 a game over 7 games; biggest 58,6162025: 30,985 a game over 8 games; biggest 45,1692026: 36,847 a game over 3 games; biggest 41,847200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

74,512Clemson at Alabama2016
69,383Florida State at South Florida2012
67,018West Virginia at South Florida2007
66,469Miami at South Florida2009
66,249Ohio State at South Carolina2001

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 Raymond James Stadium once, first in 2016.

Jan 9, 2017Clemson 35, Alabama 31Outside Raymond James Stadium

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

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

The stadium’s history

Also known as
Ray Jay
The New Sombrero
Opened
September 20, 1998
Architect
Wagner Murray Architects
Populous (then HOK Sport)
Surface over the years
Tifway 419 Bermuda grass
Record crowd
74,512 (2017 CFP National Championship Game)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Raymond James Stadium.

From above

100 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 260 by 300 meters (840 by 980 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026South Florida 29, Kent State 2
Oct 3, 2026Temple 17, South Florida 13
Sep 19, 2026South Florida 59, Delaware State 17
Sep 5, 2026South Florida 19, Florida International 9
Dec 31, 2025Iowa 34, 13Vanderbilt 27
Dec 19, 2025NC State 31, Memphis 7
Nov 29, 2025South Florida 52, Rice 3
Nov 6, 2025South Florida 55, UTSA 23
Oct 18, 202519South Florida 48, Florida Atlantic 13
Oct 3, 2025South Florida 54, Charlotte 26
Sep 20, 2025South Florida 63, South Carolina State 14
Aug 28, 2025South Florida 34, 25Boise State 7

Pouring rights

PepsiCo has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights. Single source.