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Seibert Stadium

Seibert Stadium in Homewood, AL, home of Samford. Capacity 6,700. Opened September 26, 1958.

Seibert Stadium in Homewood, AL
Seibert Stadium, Homewood, ALPhoto: Diezba at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
6,700
Opened
1958
Surface
LSR Blade
Roof
Open air
Elevation
682 ft
Home team
Samford
Samford here
74–⁠47 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: Samford is 76–⁠48 in home games from the 1965 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, 2003 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 Seibert Stadium by season, 2003 to 20260k20k40k60k80k2003: 18,782 a game over 5 games; biggest 65,3722005: 6,732 a game over 3 games; biggest 8,2782006: 4,261 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,8402007: 5,778 a game over 3 games; biggest 6,2732008: 6,828 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,6702009: 5,446 a game over 6 games; biggest 7,7302010: 7,789 a game over 4 games; biggest 9,4282011: 6,821 a game over 6 games; biggest 8,7142012: 7,565 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,7122013: 7,512 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,6252014: 5,429 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,7132015: 5,544 a game over 6 games; biggest 9,0882016: 5,897 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,5092017: 5,337 a game over 6 games; biggest 9,2332018: 5,470 a game over 4 games; biggest 8,7172019: 4,764 a game over 3 games; biggest 5,9342020: 1,276 a game over 1 games; biggest 1,2762021: 2,980 a game over 4 games; biggest 4,0112022: 5,405 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,5192023: 5,555 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,8702024: 4,281 a game over 6 games; biggest 6,0452025: 4,718 a game over 4 games; biggest 7,5212026: 10,033 a game over 1 games; biggest 10,03320032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

65,372Iowa at Florida2003
10,870Chattanooga at Samford2023
10,780Jacksonville State at Samford2003
10,670App State at Samford2008
10,360Tennessee State at Samford2003

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

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
September 26, 1958
Surface over the years
LSR Blade

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Seibert Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 140 by 170 meters (450 by 550 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Mercer 31, Samford 21
Sep 26, 2026Samford 45, VMI 7
Sep 3, 2026Southern Illinois 22, Samford 18
Nov 8, 2025East Tennessee State 38, Samford 14
Oct 25, 2025Chattanooga 49, Samford 13
Sep 27, 2025Furman 31, Samford 13
Sep 6, 2025The Citadel 40, Samford 13
Aug 28, 2025West Georgia 34, Samford 3
Nov 23, 2024Western Carolina 47, Samford 42
Nov 9, 2024Tennessee Tech 27, Samford 7
Nov 2, 2024Wofford 17, Samford 13
Oct 19, 2024Samford 55, Mercer 35