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SECU Stadium

SECU Stadium in College Park, MD, home of Maryland. Capacity 51,802. Opened September 30, 1950.

SECU Stadium in College Park, MD
SECU Stadium, College Park, MDPhoto: Bluesnote, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
51,802
Opened
1950
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
107 ft
Home team
Maryland
Maryland here
88–⁠71 games on file since 2001

Since it opened: Maryland is 246–⁠174–⁠3 in home games from the 1950 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 SECU Stadium by season, 2001 to 202620k30k40k50k60k2001: 43,571 a game over 6 games; biggest 52,4622002: 46,251 a game over 7 games; biggest 52,9152003: 51,236 a game over 6 games; biggest 51,9732004: 51,411 a game over 6 games; biggest 52,7332005: 52,420 a game over 5 games; biggest 54,8382006: 49,393 a game over 7 games; biggest 51,5002007: 51,263 a game over 6 games; biggest 53,1072008: 47,954 a game over 7 games; biggest 51,6202009: 44,452 a game over 7 games; biggest 51,5142010: 39,168 a game over 6 games; biggest 48,1152011: 42,355 a game over 7 games; biggest 53,6272012: 36,023 a game over 6 games; biggest 40,3912013: 38,878 a game over 6 games; biggest 48,1342014: 46,981 a game over 6 games; biggest 51,8022015: 40,240 a game over 6 games; biggest 51,8022016: 39,615 a game over 6 games; biggest 48,0902017: 39,643 a game over 6 games; biggest 49,6802018: 33,594 a game over 6 games; biggest 38,1772019: 37,812 a game over 6 games; biggest 53,2282021: 38,069 a game over 7 games; biggest 46,9242022: 31,934 a game over 7 games; biggest 41,9692023: 40,314 a game over 7 games; biggest 51,8022024: 36,040 a game over 7 games; biggest 43,0132025: 40,765 a game over 7 games; biggest 46,1852026: 43,244 a game over 3 games; biggest 46,185200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

54,838Virginia Tech at Maryland2005
53,627West Virginia at Maryland2011
53,228Penn State at Maryland2019
53,107West Virginia at Maryland2007
52,915NC State at Maryland2002

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.

Big Noon Kickoff here

Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff once.

Nov 18, 2023Michigan 31, Maryland 24

Big Noon Kickoff’s from Wikipedia’s list of its sites (CC BY-SA).

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
September 30, 1950
Architect
James R. Edmunds Jr.
Populous (renovations)
Surface over the years
FieldTurf (2012–present)
Grass (1950–⁠2012)
Expanded
1995, 2002, 2008
Record crowd
58,973 (1975 vs. Penn State)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, SECU Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 240 by 240 meters (790 by 780 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Rutgers 37, Maryland 30
Sep 26, 2026UCLA 54, Maryland 3
Sep 19, 2026Virginia Tech 35, Maryland 26
Sep 5, 2026Maryland 62, Hampton 0
Nov 22, 202518Michigan 45, Maryland 20
Nov 1, 20252Indiana 55, Maryland 10
Oct 11, 2025Nebraska 34, Maryland 31
Oct 4, 2025Washington 24, Maryland 20
Sep 13, 2025Maryland 44, Towson 17
Sep 5, 2025Maryland 20, Northern Illinois 9
Aug 30, 2025Maryland 39, Florida Atlantic 7
Nov 23, 2024Iowa 29, Maryland 13

Pouring rights

PepsiCo has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2025. Official source.