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Rice-Totten Field

Rice-Totten Field in Itta Bena, MS, home of Mississippi Valley State. Capacity 10,000. Opened 1958.

Rice-Totten Field in Itta Bena, MS
Rice-Totten Field, Itta Bena, MSPhoto: Chillin662, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
10,000
Opened
1958
Surface
Field turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
131 ft
Mississippi Valley State here
23–⁠64 games on file since 2008

Since it opened: Mississippi Valley State is 26–⁠66 in home games from the 1977 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, 2008 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 Rice-Totten Field by season, 2008 to 20260k5k10k15k2008: 3,457 a game over 1 games; biggest 3,4572009: 2,596 a game over 4 games; biggest 4,0252010: 3,197 a game over 1 games; biggest 3,1972011: 5,407 a game over 6 games; biggest 9,4202012: 4,046 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,7082013: 4,896 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,0422014: 4,748 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,6732015: 2,496 a game over 3 games; biggest 3,8272016: 2,920 a game over 4 games; biggest 3,8792017: 5,790 a game over 4 games; biggest 9,8752018: 1,644 a game over 2 games; biggest 1,8792019: 4,416 a game over 6 games; biggest 9,0932021: 5,440 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,0002022: 3,851 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,7002023: 5,692 a game over 4 games; biggest 10,0002024: 5,717 a game over 4 games; biggest 9,3212025: 4,586 a game over 6 games; biggest 8,9272026: 1,575 a game over 1 games; biggest 1,575200820102012201420162018202220242026

Biggest crowds on file

10,042Jackson State at Mississippi Valley State2013
10,000Jackson State at Mississippi Valley State2023
10,000Jackson State at Mississippi Valley State2021
9,875Virginia Lynchburg at Mississippi Valley State2017
9,420Jackson State at Mississippi Valley State2011

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Magnolia Stadium (1958–⁠2000)
Opened
1958
Surface over the years
Field turf

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Rice-Totten Field.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Bethune-Cookman 34, Mississippi Valley State 14
Oct 3, 2026Mississippi Valley State 28, Prairie View A&M 27
Sep 19, 2026Delta State 21, Mississippi Valley State 6
Nov 29, 2025Mississippi Valley State 35, Florida A&M 31
Nov 15, 2025Alabama State 41, Mississippi Valley State 3
Nov 8, 2025Jackson State 42, Mississippi Valley State 3
Oct 18, 2025Mississippi Valley State 49, Lincoln (CA) 0
Sep 27, 2025Texas Southern 23, Mississippi Valley State 20
Aug 30, 2025Southern 34, Mississippi Valley State 29
Nov 23, 2024Alabama A&M 49, Mississippi Valley State 35
Nov 2, 2024Prairie View A&M 17, Mississippi Valley State 16
Oct 19, 2024Bethune-Cookman 20, Mississippi Valley State 10