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Saluki Stadium

Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, IL, home of Southern Illinois. Capacity 15,000. Opened August 24, 2010.

Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, IL
Saluki Stadium, Carbondale, ILPhoto: Sportsandweatherfreak, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
15,000
Opened
2010
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
416 ft
Southern Illinois here
47–⁠42 games on file since 2010

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2010 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 Saluki Stadium by season, 2010 to 20265k10k15k20k2010: 10,890 a game over 6 games; biggest 15,2762011: 10,140 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,2712012: 9,550 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,1662013: 8,554 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,4082014: 9,155 a game over 6 games; biggest 13,1702015: 7,750 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,8862016: 7,919 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,1502017: 6,762 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,1122018: 6,557 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,5922019: 7,110 a game over 3 games; biggest 8,9832020: 2,400 a game over 1 games; biggest 2,4002021: 7,742 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,6442022: 7,513 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,1182023: 7,851 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,9272024: 8,052 a game over 6 games; biggest 13,4212025: 7,117 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,1322026: 9,245 a game over 2 games; biggest 12,310201020122014201620182020202220242026

Biggest crowds on file

15,276Quincy at Southern Illinois2010
13,421Southeast Missouri State at Southern Illinois2024
13,356Northern Iowa at Southern Illinois2010
13,271Missouri State at Southern Illinois2011
13,170Western Illinois at Southern Illinois2014

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

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
August 24, 2010
Architect
360 Architecture
Image Architects, Inc.
Surface over the years
FieldTurf

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Saluki Stadium.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 150 by 170 meters (480 by 540 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Illinois State 35, Southern Illinois 14
Oct 3, 2026Youngstown State 28, Southern Illinois 16
Sep 12, 2026Southern Illinois 34, Southeast Missouri State 20
Nov 15, 2025South Dakota 53, Southern Illinois 51
Oct 25, 2025Southern Illinois 31, Northern Iowa 17
Oct 18, 2025North Dakota 38, Southern Illinois 19
Oct 4, 2025Southern Illinois 55, Indiana State 27
Aug 30, 2025Southern Illinois 49, Thomas More 3
Nov 23, 2024Southern Illinois 62, Murray State 0
Nov 9, 2024Southern Illinois 37, Youngstown State 33
Oct 12, 2024North Dakota State 24, Southern Illinois 3
Oct 5, 2024Illinois State 45, Southern Illinois 10