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Sam Boyd Stadium

Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, NV. Capacity 36,800. Opened 1971.

Capacity
36,800
Opened
1971
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
1,608 ft

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 Sam Boyd Stadium by season, 2001 to 201910k20k30k40k50k2001: 26,672 a game over 5 games; biggest 32,6012002: 27,974 a game over 7 games; biggest 42,0752003: 25,805 a game over 6 games; biggest 34,2872004: 21,870 a game over 5 games; biggest 27,5962005: 23,271 a game over 6 games; biggest 40,0532006: 22,865 a game over 7 games; biggest 44,6152007: 30,914 a game over 7 games; biggest 40,7122008: 23,249 a game over 8 games; biggest 40,0472009: 24,930 a game over 8 games; biggest 40,0182010: 23,656 a game over 7 games; biggest 41,9232011: 23,619 a game over 6 games; biggest 35,7202012: 17,459 a game over 8 games; biggest 33,2172013: 20,333 a game over 8 games; biggest 42,1782014: 18,159 a game over 7 games; biggest 33,0672015: 22,634 a game over 7 games; biggest 42,2132016: 19,946 a game over 7 games; biggest 29,2862017: 20,161 a game over 7 games; biggest 36,4322018: 19,726 a game over 7 games; biggest 37,1462019: 21,912 a game over 7 games; biggest 34,1972001200320052007200920112013201520172019

Biggest crowds on file

44,615BYU at Oregon2006
42,213BYU at Utah2015
42,178Fresno State at USC2013
42,075Wisconsin at UNLV2002
41,923Utah at Boise State2010

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).

Recent games here

Dec 19, 202025San José State 34, Boise State 20
Dec 21, 2019Washington 38, 18Boise State 7
Nov 23, 2019UNLV 38, San José State 35
Nov 16, 2019Hawai’i 21, UNLV 7
Oct 26, 2019San Diego State 20, UNLV 17
Oct 5, 201916Boise State 38, UNLV 13
Sep 7, 2019Arkansas State 43, UNLV 17
Aug 31, 2019UNLV 56, Southern Utah 23
Dec 15, 201819Fresno State 31, Arizona State 20
Nov 24, 2018UNLV 34, Nevada 29
Nov 3, 201820Fresno State 48, UNLV 3
Oct 19, 2018Air Force 41, UNLV 35