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Ross-Ade Stadium

Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, IN, home of Purdue. Capacity 57,282. Opened November 22, 1924.

Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, IN
Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, INPhoto: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
57,282
Opened
1924
Surface
Grass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
648 ft
Home team
Purdue
Purdue here
84–⁠86 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
once

Since it opened: Purdue is 308–⁠217–⁠14 in home games from the 1924 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 Ross-Ade Stadium by season, 2001 to 202620k40k60k80k2001: 62,584 a game over 6 games; biggest 68,7502002: 56,430 a game over 7 games; biggest 65,2502003: 58,597 a game over 7 games; biggest 64,6142004: 63,549 a game over 6 games; biggest 65,1962005: 62,996 a game over 6 games; biggest 65,4912006: 55,457 a game over 7 games; biggest 62,1052007: 58,897 a game over 7 games; biggest 65,4972008: 56,702 a game over 7 games; biggest 63,1072009: 50,457 a game over 7 games; biggest 59,0822010: 48,063 a game over 7 games; biggest 54,1242011: 45,784 a game over 7 games; biggest 61,5552012: 43,588 a game over 7 games; biggest 50,1052013: 48,953 a game over 7 games; biggest 61,1272014: 35,269 a game over 7 games; biggest 40,2172015: 37,508 a game over 7 games; biggest 45,7592016: 34,451 a game over 7 games; biggest 41,6072017: 47,884 a game over 6 games; biggest 60,0422018: 51,120 a game over 7 games; biggest 60,7162019: 54,021 a game over 7 games; biggest 60,0372021: 56,333 a game over 6 games; biggest 61,3202022: 57,094 a game over 5 games; biggest 61,3202023: 58,248 a game over 7 games; biggest 61,4412024: 59,887 a game over 6 games; biggest 61,4412025: 56,581 a game over 7 games; biggest 59,8072026: 50,398 a game over 3 games; biggest 52,273200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

68,750Notre Dame at Purdue2001
67,181Northwestern at Purdue2001
65,497Ohio State at Purdue2007
65,491Notre Dame at Purdue2005
65,250Ohio State at Purdue2002

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.

The pregame shows here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Ross-Ade Stadium once, first in 2004; Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff once.

Sep 1, 2022Big Noon KickoffPenn State 35, Purdue 31
Oct 16, 2004College GameDayWisconsin 20, Purdue 17Rankin Track and Field

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

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Snow at kickoff

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
November 22, 1924
Architect
Osborn Engineering Company (original)
HNTB (2002 renovation)
Surface over the years
Grass
Expanded
1930, 1949, 1955, 1964, 1969, 2023
Renovated
2002, 2023

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Ross-Ade Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 220 by 290 meters (710 by 970 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 16, 2026Washington 38, Purdue 26
Oct 10, 2026Purdue 41, Minnesota 13
Sep 26, 20263Notre Dame 49, Purdue 10
Sep 12, 2026Wake Forest 38, Purdue 36
Sep 4, 2026Purdue 44, Indiana State 19
Nov 28, 20252Indiana 56, Purdue 3
Nov 8, 20251Ohio State 34, Purdue 10
Oct 25, 2025Rutgers 27, Purdue 24
Oct 4, 202522Illinois 43, Purdue 27
Sep 13, 2025USC 33, Purdue 17
Sep 6, 2025Purdue 34, Southern Illinois 17
Aug 30, 2025Purdue 31, Ball State 0

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2025. Official source.