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Roy Kidd Stadium

Roy Kidd Stadium in Richmond, KY, home of Eastern Kentucky. Capacity 20,000. Opened 1969.

Roy Kidd Stadium in Richmond, KY
Roy Kidd Stadium, Richmond, KYPhoto: Alpha 40475, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
20,000
Opened
1969
Surface
SF II Synthetic Turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
978 ft
Eastern Kentucky here
82–⁠38 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: Eastern Kentucky is 85–⁠39 in home games from the 1973 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 Roy Kidd Stadium by season, 2003 to 20260k10k20k30k40k50k2003: 21,873 a game over 3 games; biggest 40,6202004: 13,067 a game over 3 games; biggest 22,7002005: 8,200 a game over 2 games; biggest 10,3002006: 10,625 a game over 4 games; biggest 19,8002007: 9,100 a game over 4 games; biggest 11,5002008: 11,133 a game over 3 games; biggest 18,5002009: 7,300 a game over 3 games; biggest 10,6002010: 6,220 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,6002011: 7,267 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,8002012: 9,800 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,7002013: 13,350 a game over 2 games; biggest 14,5002014: 7,857 a game over 6 games; biggest 16,7002015: 10,350 a game over 4 games; biggest 12,8002016: 8,060 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,6002017: 7,234 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,5202018: 6,709 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,4402019: 11,260 a game over 1 games; biggest 11,2602020: 2,837 a game over 3 games; biggest 3,0092021: 11,539 a game over 6 games; biggest 14,1732022: 11,518 a game over 7 games; biggest 16,9062023: 11,654 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,5962024: 5,994 a game over 6 games; biggest 7,9022025: 5,632 a game over 6 games; biggest 8,2392026: 4,728 a game over 4 games; biggest 6,51220032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

40,620Miami (OH) at Louisville2003
22,700Western Kentucky at Eastern Kentucky2004
19,800Western Kentucky at Eastern Kentucky2006
18,500Western Kentucky at Eastern Kentucky2008
16,906Charleston Southern at Eastern Kentucky2022

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Hanger Field
Opened
1969
Architect
Hartshern, Schnell, Campbell, Schadt, Associates
Surface over the years
SF II Synthetic Turf

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Roy Kidd Stadium.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 170 by 150 meters (540 by 500 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 10, 2026Eastern Kentucky 30, West Georgia 20
Oct 3, 2026North Alabama 20, Eastern Kentucky 16
Sep 19, 2026Dayton 17, Eastern Kentucky 14
Sep 12, 2026Eastern Kentucky 22, Chattanooga 17
Nov 15, 2025Abilene Christian 17, Eastern Kentucky 10
Nov 8, 2025Southern Utah 27, Eastern Kentucky 17
Oct 25, 2025Tarleton State 31, Eastern Kentucky 7
Oct 11, 2025Eastern Kentucky 34, Austin Peay 20
Sep 27, 2025Eastern Kentucky 27, Nicholls 7
Sep 6, 2025Eastern Kentucky 20, Houston Christian 10
Nov 23, 2024Eastern Kentucky 21, North Alabama 15
Nov 9, 2024Eastern Kentucky 31, Central Arkansas 24