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Robertson Stadium

Robertson Stadium in Houston, TX. Capacity 32,000. Opened 1942.

Capacity
32,000
Opened
1942
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
31 ft
College GameDay
once

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 Robertson Stadium by season, 2001 to 201210k20k30k40k2001: 20,127 a game over 5 games; biggest 31,7842002: 14,986 a game over 6 games; biggest 19,5692003: 20,121 a game over 7 games; biggest 26,2332004: 21,167 a game over 5 games; biggest 36,6982005: 14,069 a game over 5 games; biggest 15,6492006: 21,910 a game over 8 games; biggest 31,8182007: 20,955 a game over 6 games; biggest 26,5142008: 21,518 a game over 5 games; biggest 26,5552009: 25,242 a game over 6 games; biggest 32,1142010: 31,728 a game over 6 games; biggest 32,1192011: 31,617 a game over 6 games; biggest 32,2072012: 27,247 a game over 7 games; biggest 32,207200120032005200720092011

Biggest crowds on file

36,698Miami at Houston2004
32,207Texas State at Houston2012
32,207SMU at Houston2011
32,119UTEP at Houston2010
32,119Texas State at Houston2010

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 Robertson Stadium once, first in 2011.

Nov 19, 2011Houston 37, SMU 7Cullen Circle

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

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database).

Recent games here

Nov 24, 2012Houston 40, Tulane 17
Nov 10, 2012Tulsa 41, Houston 7
Oct 27, 2012Houston 45, UTEP 35
Oct 13, 2012Houston 39, UAB 17
Oct 6, 2012Houston 44, North Texas 21
Sep 8, 2012Louisiana Tech 56, Houston 49
Sep 1, 2012Texas State 30, Houston 13
Nov 19, 201111Houston 37, SMU 7
Oct 27, 201118Houston 73, Rice 34
Oct 22, 201121Houston 63, Marshall 28
Oct 8, 2011Houston 56, East Carolina 3
Sep 24, 2011Houston 56, Georgia State 0