Between the Hedges
Sanford Stadium
- No. 9 in capacity
Sanford Stadium in Athens, GA, home of Georgia. Capacity 93,033. Opened October 12, 1929. Share
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- Capacity
- 93,033
- Opened
- 1929
- Surface
- Tifton 419 Bermuda Grass
- Roof
- Open air
- Elevation
- 611 ft
- Home team
- Georgia
- Georgia here
- 139–22 games on file since 2001
- College GameDay
- 11 times
Since it opened: Georgia is 405–114–12 in home games from the 1929 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
- Upset2026: Auburn 27, Georgia 24Auburn had a 15% chance by our ratings before kickoff
- Thriller2024: Georgia 44, Georgia Tech 42Among the biggest win-probability swings on file here
- Ranked meeting2022: Georgia 27, Tennessee 13No. 2 Tennessee at No. 1 Georgia
- Ranked meeting2021: Georgia 37, Arkansas 0No. 8 Arkansas at No. 2 Georgia
- Thriller2019: South Carolina 20, Georgia 17Among the biggest win-probability swings on file here
- Ranked meeting2019: Georgia 23, Notre Dame 17No. 7 Notre Dame at No. 3 Georgia
- Upset2006: Vanderbilt 24, Georgia 22Vanderbilt had a 14% chance by our ratings before kickoff
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.
Capacity through the years
From 30,000 seats in 1929 to 93,033 today, across 11 documented figures. Sources disagree on one stretch, drawn in orange; the table says which figure we use and why.
Every figure and its sources
| 1929–1948 | 30,000 | Official source |
| 1949–1963 | 36,000 | Official source |
| 1964–1966 | 43,621 | Official source |
| 1967–1980 | 59,000 | Sources disagreeWikipedia gives 59,200. Georgia’s Highlights in History gives 59,000 after the 1967 double-decking, and Wikipedia’s prose agrees; only Wikipedia’s uncited infobox list gives 59,200. (Our reading, not yet reviewed.) |
| 1981–1990 | 82,122 | Official source |
| 1991–1993 | 85,434 | Official source |
| 1994–1999 | 86,117 | Official source |
| 2000–2002 | 86,520 | Official source |
| 2003 | 92,058 | Official source |
| 2004–2023 | 92,746 | Official source |
| 2024 on | 93,033 | Official source |
How we know
- 1929–1948
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (1929 entry (figure)): 30,000 for 1929–1948, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (1929 entry (date)): 30,000 for 1929–1948, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium, Wikipedia (infobox, capacity (Former)): 30,000 for 1929–1948; read 2026-10-09
- 1949–1963
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (1949 entry (date)): 36,000 for 1949–1963, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (1949 entry (figure)): 36,000 for 1949–1963, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium, Wikipedia (infobox, capacity (Former)): 36,000 for 1949–1963; read 2026-10-09
- 1964–1966
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (1964 entry (date)): 43,621 for 1964–1966, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (1964 entry (figure)): 43,621 for 1964–1966, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium, Wikipedia (infobox, capacity (Former)): 43,621 for 1964–1966; read 2026-10-09
- 1967–1980
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (1967 entry (date)): 59,000 for 1967–1980, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (1967 entry (figure)): 59,000 for 1967–1980, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium, Wikipedia (Stadium expansions, 1967 paragraph): 59,000 for 1967–1980, no dates given; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium, Wikipedia (infobox, capacity (Former)): 59,200 for 1967–1980; read 2026-10-09 (differs)
- 1981–1990
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (1981 entry (date)): 82,122 for 1981–1990, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (1981 entry (figure)): 82,122 for 1981–1990, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium (facilities), University of Georgia Athletics (history paragraph): 82,122 for 1981–1990, no dates given, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium, Wikipedia (infobox, capacity (Former)): 82,122 for 1981–1990; read 2026-10-09
- 1991–1993
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (1991 entry (figure)): 85,434 for 1991–1993, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (1991 entry (date)): 85,434 for 1991–1993, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium, Wikipedia (infobox, capacity (Former)): 85,434 for 1991–1993; read 2026-10-09
- 1994–1999
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (1994 entry (date)): 86,117 for 1994–1999, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (1994 entry (figure)): 86,117 for 1994–1999, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium, Wikipedia (infobox, capacity (Former)): 86,117 for 1994–1999; read 2026-10-09
- 2000–2002
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (2000 entry (date)): 86,520 for 2000–2002, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (2000 entry (figure)): 86,520 for 2000–2002, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium, Wikipedia (infobox, capacity (Former)): 86,520 for 2000–2002; read 2026-10-09
- 2003
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (2003 entry (date)): 92,058 for 2003, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (2003 entry (figure)): 92,058 for 2003, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium, Wikipedia (infobox, capacity (Former)): 92,058 for 2003; read 2026-10-09
- 2004–2023
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (2004 entry (date)): 92,746 for 2004–2023, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium: Highlights In History, University of Georgia Athletics (2004 entry (figure)): 92,746 for 2004–2023, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium (facilities), University of Georgia Athletics (history paragraph): 92,746 for 2004–2023, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium, Wikipedia (infobox, capacity (Former)): 92,746 for 2004–2023; read 2026-10-09
- 2024 on
- Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium (facilities), University of Georgia Athletics (history paragraph): 93,033 for 2024 on, no dates given, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium (facilities), University of Georgia Athletics (quick facts): 93,033 for 2024 on, no dates given, repeating University of Georgia; read 2026-10-09
- Sanford Stadium, Wikipedia (infobox, capacity): 93,033 for 2024 on; read 2026-10-09
A list that ends one range in the year the next begins (“1969–1972”, then “1972–1976”) is read as a change that year.
Official source: the school’s own publication. Independently corroborated: two or more sources that don’t copy each other. Sources disagree: we show both and say which we use and why. Single source: one source only. Documented for 98 of the 98 seasons since 1929; 14 disputed (as of 2026-10-18). All the evidence.
Crowds season by season
Biggest crowds on file
| 93,246 | Notre Dame at Georgia | 2019 |
| 93,033 | Vanderbilt at Georgia | 2026 |
| 93,033 | Oklahoma at Georgia | 2026 |
| 93,033 | Western Kentucky at Georgia | 2026 |
| 93,033 | Tennessee State at Georgia | 2026 |
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.
College GameDay here
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Sanford Stadium 11 times, first in 1998.
| Oct 18, 2025 | Georgia 43, Ole Miss 35 | Myers Quad | |
| Nov 16, 2024 | Georgia 31, Tennessee 17 | Myers Quad | |
| Nov 11, 2023 | Georgia 52, Ole Miss 17 | Myers Quad | |
| Nov 5, 2022 | Georgia 27, Tennessee 13 | Myers Quad | |
| Oct 16, 2021 | Georgia 30, Kentucky 13 | Myers Quad | |
| Oct 2, 2021 | Georgia 37, Arkansas 0 | Myers Quad | |
| Oct 3, 2020 | Georgia 27, Auburn 6 | Sanford Stadium | |
| Sep 21, 2019 | Georgia 23, Notre Dame 17 | Myers Quad | |
| Sep 28, 2013 | Georgia 44, LSU 41 | Myers Quad | |
| Sep 27, 2008 | Alabama 41, Georgia 30 | Myers Quad | |
| Oct 10, 1998 | Tennessee 22, Georgia 3 | Outside Sanford Stadium |
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA).
Weather on game day
Coldest kickoffs
- 35°F Auburn at Georgia, 2014, clear
- 40°F Missouri at Georgia, 2019, clear
- 41°F Georgia Tech at Georgia, 2024, clear
Hottest kickoffs
Coldest game days before 2004
- High 28°F Furman at Georgia, 1950
- High 35°F Georgia Tech at Georgia, 1938
- High 43°F Georgia Tech at Georgia, 1944
Hottest game days before 2004
- High 97°F Baylor at Georgia, 1972
- High 96°F NC State at Georgia, 1933
- High 94°F UL Monroe at Georgia, 1997
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 Georgia’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).
The stadium’s history
- Opened
- October 12, 1929
- Architect
- Atwood and Nash
Heery International (1967 expansion) - Surface over the years
- Tifton 419 Bermuda Grass
- Expanded
- 1949, 1964, 1967, 1981, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2003, 2018
- Renovated
- 1994, 2018
- Record crowd
- September 21, 2019 vs. Notre Dame (93,246)
From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Sanford Stadium.
From above
Recent games here
| Oct 17, 2026 | Auburn 27, 1Georgia 24 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2Georgia 38, Vanderbilt 14 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2Georgia 41, Oklahoma 13 |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2Georgia 70, Western Kentucky 20 |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 3Georgia 63, Tennessee State 3 |
| Nov 22, 2025 | 4Georgia 35, Charlotte 3 |
| Nov 15, 2025 | 5Georgia 35, 10Texas 10 |
| Oct 18, 2025 | 9Georgia 43, 5Ole Miss 35 |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 12Georgia 35, Kentucky 14 |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 17Alabama 24, 5Georgia 21 |
| Sep 6, 2025 | 4Georgia 28, Austin Peay 6 |
| Aug 30, 2025 | 5Georgia 45, Marshall 7 |