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Roos Field

Roos Field in Cheney, WA, home of Eastern Washington. Capacity 8,500. Opened 1967.

Roos Field in Cheney, WA
Roos Field, Cheney, WAPhoto: Eastern Washington University from Cheney, 99004, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
8,500
Opened
1967
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
2,462 ft
Eastern Washington here
84–⁠32 games on file since 2003

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 Roos Field by season, 2003 to 20260k5k10k15k2003: 6,201 a game over 1 games; biggest 6,2012005: 7,387 a game over 4 games; biggest 8,6962006: 7,116 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,5832007: 5,418 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,3262008: 6,524 a game over 4 games; biggest 10,8302009: 4,674 a game over 3 games; biggest 5,5382010: 6,854 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,7022011: 8,899 a game over 4 games; biggest 10,4222012: 7,039 a game over 1 games; biggest 7,0392013: 8,695 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,2232014: 9,432 a game over 8 games; biggest 11,3392015: 9,577 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,9122016: 8,435 a game over 8 games; biggest 10,9312017: 10,123 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,3012018: 7,974 a game over 8 games; biggest 10,0232019: 8,367 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,0912021: 5,725 a game over 6 games; biggest 7,9442022: 5,130 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,2002023: 5,677 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,3472024: 6,061 a game over 6 games; biggest 8,8462025: 5,206 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,0712026: 4,900 a game over 3 games; biggest 5,32020032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

11,702Montana at Eastern Washington2010
11,583Montana at Eastern Washington2006
11,339Montana at Eastern Washington2014
11,301Montana State at Eastern Washington2017
11,256Idaho State at Eastern Washington2014

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Woodward Field (1967–⁠2009)
Opened
1967
Architect
T.W. Clark Construction LLC
Surface over the years
AstroTurf 3D3 (red) (2020–)
SprinTurf (red) (2010–⁠2020)
Natural grass (1967–⁠2009)
Record crowd
11,702  (September 18, 2010)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Roos Field.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Montana State 56, Eastern Washington 20
Oct 10, 2026Eastern Washington 31, Northern Colorado 22
Sep 26, 2026Cal Poly 31, Eastern Washington 27
Sep 5, 2026Eastern Washington 34, Northern Iowa 24
Nov 15, 2025Eastern Washington 27, Northern Colorado 7
Nov 1, 2025Sacramento State 35, Eastern Washington 13
Oct 18, 2025Eastern Washington 21, Idaho 14
Oct 4, 2025Eastern Washington 35, Portland State 27
Sep 20, 2025Eastern Washington 52, Western Illinois 31
Nov 16, 2024Eastern Washington 77, Idaho State 42
Nov 2, 2024Montana State 42, Eastern Washington 28
Oct 19, 2024UC Davis 48, Eastern Washington 38