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Razorback Stadium

Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, AR, home of Arkansas. Capacity 80,000. Opened September 24, 1938.

Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, AR
Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, ARPhoto: Brandonrush, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
80,000
Opened
1938
Surface
Natural Grass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
1,325 ft
Home team
Arkansas
Arkansas here
85–⁠63 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
once

Since it opened: Arkansas is 357–⁠183–⁠2 in home games from the 1938 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 Razorback Stadium by season, 2001 to 202640k60k80k100k2001: 60,705 a game over 7 games; biggest 70,4702002: 66,366 a game over 5 games; biggest 73,5512003: 66,735 a game over 5 games; biggest 74,0262004: 70,690 a game over 5 games; biggest 75,6752005: 68,037 a game over 4 games; biggest 71,6732006: 71,314 a game over 7 games; biggest 76,7282007: 67,632 a game over 7 games; biggest 74,0152008: 71,423 a game over 5 games; biggest 74,1682009: 65,112 a game over 7 games; biggest 74,2102010: 71,557 a game over 5 games; biggest 76,8082011: 72,113 a game over 5 games; biggest 74,1912012: 70,157 a game over 6 games; biggest 74,6172013: 67,724 a game over 5 games; biggest 72,6132014: 66,521 a game over 6 games; biggest 72,3372015: 70,281 a game over 6 games; biggest 73,3342016: 73,347 a game over 6 games; biggest 75,4592017: 67,752 a game over 6 games; biggest 73,6682018: 61,291 a game over 6 games; biggest 64,9742019: 53,759 a game over 6 games; biggest 61,0552020: 16,500 a game over 5 games; biggest 16,5002021: 69,419 a game over 5 games; biggest 74,5312022: 73,155 a game over 7 games; biggest 75,5792023: 68,804 a game over 6 games; biggest 74,8212024: 73,392 a game over 6 games; biggest 75,8932025: 69,762 a game over 6 games; biggest 75,1112026: 69,307 a game over 4 games; biggest 72,890200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

76,808Alabama at Arkansas2010
76,728Tennessee at Arkansas2006
76,564USC at Arkansas2006
75,893LSU at Arkansas2024
75,675Texas at Arkansas2004

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 Razorback Stadium once, first in 2006.

Nov 11, 2006Arkansas 31, Tennessee 14University Parking Lot 44

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

Snow on game day

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

The stadium’s history

Also known as
Razorback Stadium
Former names
University Stadium
Bailey Stadium (1938–⁠1941)
Razorback Stadium (1941–⁠2001)
Opened
September 24, 1938
Architect
Thompson, Sanders, and Ginocchio Architects
Heery International (renovation)
Surface over the years
Natural Grass (1938-68, 1995-2008, 2019-present)
AstroTurf (1969-94)
FieldTurf (2008-18)
Expanded
1947, 1950, 1957, 1965, 1969, 1985, 2001, 2017-2018
Renovated
2001, 2017-2018
Record crowd
Overall: 82,000+ (The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour)
Football: 76,808 (September 25, 2010) vs Alabama

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Razorback Stadium.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 200 by 250 meters (670 by 820 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 10, 202615Tennessee 24, Arkansas 17
Sep 26, 2026Arkansas 34, Tulsa 6
Sep 19, 20262Georgia 45, Arkansas 17
Sep 5, 2026Arkansas 31, North Alabama 14
Nov 29, 2025Missouri 31, Arkansas 17
Nov 1, 2025Mississippi State 38, Arkansas 35
Oct 25, 2025Auburn 33, Arkansas 24
Oct 18, 20254Texas A&M 45, Arkansas 42
Sep 27, 202522Notre Dame 56, Arkansas 13
Aug 30, 2025Arkansas 52, Alabama A&M 7
Nov 23, 2024Arkansas 35, Louisiana Tech 14
Nov 16, 20243Texas 20, Arkansas 10

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2022. Official source.