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Scheumann Stadium

Scheumann Stadium in Muncie, IN, home of Ball State. Capacity 22,500. Opened September 16, 1967.

Scheumann Stadium in Muncie, IN
Scheumann Stadium, Muncie, INPhoto: Temathews1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
22,500
Opened
1967
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
937 ft
Home team
Ball State
Ball State here
70–⁠67 games on file since 2001

Since it opened: Ball State is 158–⁠113–⁠3 in home games from the 1968 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 Scheumann Stadium by season, 2001 to 20265k10k15k20k25k2001: 14,532 a game over 4 games; biggest 20,7572002: 12,849 a game over 5 games; biggest 15,9752003: 14,710 a game over 6 games; biggest 23,5492004: 11,056 a game over 3 games; biggest 17,7102005: 12,945 a game over 4 games; biggest 17,4602006: 15,061 a game over 6 games; biggest 23,8132007: 11,564 a game over 5 games; biggest 15,8242008: 19,201 a game over 6 games; biggest 23,8612009: 10,888 a game over 6 games; biggest 16,0542010: 8,947 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,9632011: 10,032 a game over 5 games; biggest 15,2882012: 12,930 a game over 5 games; biggest 16,3972013: 13,817 a game over 6 games; biggest 18,3292014: 9,389 a game over 6 games; biggest 15,8602015: 7,974 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,4732016: 7,789 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,9022017: 9,899 a game over 6 games; biggest 15,8502018: 10,288 a game over 6 games; biggest 15,8732019: 9,924 a game over 6 games; biggest 15,1132020: 1,183 a game over 1 games; biggest 1,1832021: 11,530 a game over 6 games; biggest 15,7032022: 11,637 a game over 6 games; biggest 15,6982023: 10,771 a game over 6 games; biggest 15,1712024: 9,841 a game over 5 games; biggest 15,3182025: 8,968 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,2482026: 10,067 a game over 2 games; biggest 10,390200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

23,861Western Michigan at Ball State2008
23,813Indiana at Ball State2006
23,549Indiana State at Ball State2003
22,517Navy at Ball State2008
20,948Eastern Michigan at Ball State2008

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

Snow at kickoff

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Ball State Stadium (1967–⁠2005)
Opened
September 16, 1967
Architect
Walter Scholer and Associates
Surface over the years
Grass (1967–⁠1996, 2001–⁠2006)
AstroTurf (1997–⁠2000)
FieldTurf (2007–present)
Record crowd
23,861 (November 25, 2008)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Scheumann Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 150 by 220 meters (480 by 740 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 2026Toledo 39, Ball State 24
Sep 12, 2026Ball State 41, Stony Brook 17
Nov 15, 2025Eastern Michigan 24, Ball State 9
Nov 5, 2025Ball State 17, Kent State 13
Oct 18, 2025Ball State 42, Akron 28
Oct 4, 2025Ball State 20, Ohio 14
Sep 13, 2025Ball State 34, New Hampshire 29
Nov 23, 2024Bowling Green 38, Ball State 13
Nov 5, 2024Miami (OH) 27, Ball State 21
Oct 26, 2024Ball State 25, Northern Illinois 23
Oct 5, 2024Western Michigan 45, Ball State 42
Sep 7, 2024Ball State 42, Missouri State 34