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Richardson Stadium

Richardson Stadium in Davidson, NC, home of Davidson. Capacity 6,000. Opened 1923.

Richardson Stadium in Davidson, NC
Richardson Stadium, Davidson, NCPhoto: MarkSehnert, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
6,000
Opened
1923
Surface
Artificial
Roof
Open air
Elevation
818 ft
Home team
Davidson
Davidson here
58–⁠66 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: Davidson is 164–⁠157–⁠10 in home games from the 1923 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 Richardson Stadium by season, 2003 to 20260k5k10k2003: 1,914 a game over 2 games; biggest 2,1162004: 2,482 a game over 1 games; biggest 2,4822005: 4,113 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,1062006: 3,466 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,3162007: 3,500 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,2172008: 3,555 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,2792009: 4,236 a game over 1 games; biggest 4,2362010: 3,756 a game over 3 games; biggest 4,7332011: 3,968 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,7422012: 3,223 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,1112013: 3,622 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,3172014: 3,296 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,8232015: 3,854 a game over 4 games; biggest 4,3722016: 3,529 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,2812017: 3,353 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,6142018: 3,827 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,1092019: 3,861 a game over 7 games; biggest 5,3672021: 4,047 a game over 3 games; biggest 4,2072022: 3,770 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,3172023: 4,378 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,9912024: 2,765 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,4772025: 2,618 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,2912026: 2,068 a game over 4 games; biggest 2,55420032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

7,106Lenoir Rhyne at Davidson2005
5,367Georgetown at Davidson2019
5,317Lenoir Rhyne at Davidson2013
4,991Valparaiso at Davidson2023
4,823Catawba at Davidson2014

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
1923
Surface over the years
Artificial
Renovated
1998, 2005

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Richardson Stadium (Davidson).

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 160 by 190 meters (530 by 610 feet). Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Davidson 34, Morehead State 31
Sep 26, 2026Drake 51, Davidson 32
Sep 19, 2026Davidson 27, VMI 24
Sep 12, 2026Davidson 28, Dickinson 14
Sep 5, 2026Elon 38, Davidson 0
Aug 27, 2026Concord 41, Davidson 35
Nov 22, 2025Dayton 42, Davidson 14
Nov 8, 2025Davidson 14, Presbyterian 13
Oct 25, 2025San Diego 40, Davidson 28
Oct 11, 2025St. Thomas (MN) 57, Davidson 13
Sep 20, 2025Davidson 48, Greensboro 0
Aug 30, 2025Georgetown 51, Davidson 14