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Rynearson Stadium

Rynearson Stadium in Ypsilanti, MI, home of Eastern Michigan. Capacity 30,200. Opened September 27, 1969.

Rynearson Stadium in Ypsilanti, MI
Rynearson Stadium, Ypsilanti, MIPhoto: Eastern sid, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
30,200
Opened
1969
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
791 ft
Eastern Michigan here
60–⁠78 games on file since 2001

Since it opened: Eastern Michigan is 122–⁠150–⁠4 in home games from the 1972 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 Rynearson Stadium by season, 2001 to 20260k10k20k30k40k2001: 13,276 a game over 5 games; biggest 17,3102002: 10,777 a game over 6 games; biggest 16,8432003: 11,260 a game over 7 games; biggest 19,9632004: 14,387 a game over 5 games; biggest 18,9202005: 5,219 a game over 4 games; biggest 6,2942006: 14,734 a game over 4 games; biggest 21,2622007: 6,810 a game over 4 games; biggest 10,1412008: 16,714 a game over 5 games; biggest 17,4942009: 5,016 a game over 5 games; biggest 14,4992010: 15,885 a game over 5 games; biggest 25,8602011: 4,461 a game over 6 games; biggest 6,7722012: 4,364 a game over 6 games; biggest 7,6542013: 4,051 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,6682014: 15,025 a game over 5 games; biggest 19,6542015: 4,897 a game over 6 games; biggest 6,5132016: 17,313 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,4122017: 14,730 a game over 5 games; biggest 23,4652018: 15,939 a game over 6 games; biggest 22,6272019: 17,025 a game over 5 games; biggest 20,5282021: 15,091 a game over 6 games; biggest 16,4612022: 15,186 a game over 6 games; biggest 16,5312023: 16,884 a game over 6 games; biggest 18,6962024: 15,489 a game over 6 games; biggest 17,9742025: 14,842 a game over 6 games; biggest 18,3712026: 7,755 a game over 2 games; biggest 9,401200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

25,860Toledo at Eastern Michigan2010
23,465Ball State at Eastern Michigan2017
22,627Army at Eastern Michigan2018
21,412Toledo at Eastern Michigan2016
21,262Toledo at Eastern Michigan2006

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

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
September 27, 1969
Architect
HNTB (renovations)
Surface over the years
FieldTurf (gray) (2014–present)
FieldTurf (green) (2005–⁠2013)
Astroturf (1991–⁠2004)
Natural Grass (1969–⁠1990)
Expanded
1974, 1992
Renovated
2024

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Rynearson Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 190 by 230 meters (630 by 740 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Toledo 34, Eastern Michigan 14
Sep 26, 2026Eastern Michigan 29, Lindenwood 3
Sep 4, 2026San José State 27, Eastern Michigan 21
Aug 29, 2026Eastern Michigan 28, Sacramento State 17
Nov 25, 2025Western Michigan 31, Eastern Michigan 21
Nov 8, 2025Eastern Michigan 27, Bowling Green 21
Oct 25, 2025Ohio 28, Eastern Michigan 21
Oct 11, 2025Eastern Michigan 16, Northern Illinois 10
Sep 20, 2025Eastern Michigan 34, Louisiana 31
Sep 6, 2025Long Island University 28, Eastern Michigan 23
Nov 20, 2024Buffalo 37, Eastern Michigan 20
Nov 2, 2024Toledo 29, Eastern Michigan 28