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SHI Stadium

SHI Stadium in Piscataway, NJ, home of Rutgers. Capacity 52,454. Opened 1994.

SHI Stadium in Piscataway, NJ
SHI Stadium, Piscataway, NJPhoto: Gary Miotla, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
52,454
Opened
1994
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
62 ft
Home team
Rutgers
Rutgers here
18–⁠24 games on file since 2020

Since it opened: Rutgers is 34–⁠49 in home games from the 1994 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, 2020 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 SHI Stadium by season, 2021 to 202630k40k50k60k2021: 44,630 a game over 6 games; biggest 52,5192022: 50,756 a game over 6 games; biggest 55,6762023: 49,251 a game over 7 games; biggest 53,7032024: 48,341 a game over 7 games; biggest 54,0792025: 48,459 a game over 7 games; biggest 55,9422026: 45,848 a game over 2 games; biggest 48,650’21’22’23’24’25’26

Biggest crowds on file

55,942Iowa at Rutgers2025
55,676Penn State at Rutgers2022
55,212Penn State at Rutgers2025
54,079Washington at Rutgers2024
53,752Nebraska at Rutgers2022

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Rutgers Stadium (1994–⁠2011)
High Point Solutions Stadium (2011–⁠2017)
HighPoint.com Stadium (2018–⁠2019)
Architect
GSGSBH
Surface over the years
FieldTurf (2004–present)
Natural grass (1994–⁠2003)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, SHI Stadium.

From above

100 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 270 by 270 meters (890 by 900 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 20266Indiana 47, Rutgers 15
Sep 25, 2026Rutgers 58, Howard 7
Sep 19, 202612USC 42, Rutgers 35
Sep 3, 2026Massachusetts 37, Rutgers 21
Nov 29, 2025Penn State 40, Rutgers 36
Nov 8, 2025Rutgers 35, Maryland 20
Oct 18, 20258Oregon 56, Rutgers 10
Sep 19, 2025Iowa 38, Rutgers 28
Sep 13, 2025Rutgers 60, Norfolk State 10
Sep 6, 2025Rutgers 45, Miami (OH) 17
Aug 28, 2025Rutgers 34, Ohio 31
Nov 23, 202424Illinois 38, Rutgers 31

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2020. Official source.