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Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium

Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, TN, home of Memphis. Capacity 58,325. Opened September 16, 1965.

Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, TN
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, Memphis, TNPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
58,325
Opened
1965
Surface
AstroTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
297 ft
Home team
Memphis
Memphis here
107–⁠58 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
once

Since it opened: Memphis is 220–⁠155–⁠7 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, 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 Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium by season, 2001 to 202620k40k60k80k2001: 30,472 a game over 7 games; biggest 58,9682002: 32,964 a game over 7 games; biggest 55,2072003: 42,543 a game over 8 games; biggest 55,9892004: 41,961 a game over 7 games; biggest 58,3552005: 42,893 a game over 8 games; biggest 54,8942006: 37,402 a game over 9 games; biggest 61,7832007: 33,938 a game over 8 games; biggest 63,8162008: 31,327 a game over 9 games; biggest 56,1252009: 27,125 a game over 7 games; biggest 62,7422010: 29,929 a game over 8 games; biggest 51,2312011: 27,079 a game over 6 games; biggest 57,1032012: 30,271 a game over 8 games; biggest 53,6872013: 33,334 a game over 9 games; biggest 57,8462014: 37,663 a game over 8 games; biggest 51,2822015: 46,542 a game over 8 games; biggest 61,1362016: 39,063 a game over 8 games; biggest 51,0872017: 37,536 a game over 9 games; biggest 57,2662018: 32,854 a game over 8 games; biggest 51,5872019: 41,175 a game over 9 games; biggest 59,5062020: 9,008 a game over 7 games; biggest 10,5542021: 34,873 a game over 9 games; biggest 48,6152022: 31,952 a game over 9 games; biggest 52,8472023: 32,500 a game over 8 games; biggest 48,7892024: 26,357 a game over 9 games; biggest 37,7642025: 27,991 a game over 8 games; biggest 39,8612026: 32,349 a game over 4 games; biggest 46,352200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

63,816UCF at Mississippi State2007
62,742Arkansas at East Carolina2009
61,783Tennessee at Memphis2006
61,136Kansas State at Arkansas2015
60,241Ole Miss at Memphis2015

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 Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium once, first in 2019.

Nov 2, 2019Memphis 54, SMU 48Beale Street, Downtown Memphis

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA).

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Memphis Memorial Stadium (1965–⁠1975)
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (1975–⁠2022)
Opened
September 16, 1965
Architect
Yeates, Gaskill & Rhodes
Bounds & Gillespie Architects (1987 renovations)
Tom Marshall, O.T. Marshall Architects (2013 improvements and Tiger Lane)
Surface over the years
AstroTurf (2011–present)
Former:
Expanded
1987
Record crowd
66,487 (Tennessee vs. Ole Miss 1990)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 200 by 200 meters (670 by 660 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 10, 2026Memphis 38, UAB 13
Sep 19, 2026Memphis 45, UT Martin 21
Sep 12, 2026Alcorn State 53, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 51
Sep 5, 2026Memphis 42, Arkansas State 24
Jan 2, 202622Navy 35, Cincinnati 13
Nov 27, 2025Navy 28, Memphis 17
Nov 7, 2025Tulane 38, 22Memphis 32
Oct 25, 2025Memphis 34, 18South Florida 31
Oct 4, 2025Memphis 45, Tulsa 7
Sep 27, 2025Arkansas–Pine Bluff 24, Alcorn State 20
Sep 20, 2025Memphis 32, Arkansas 31
Aug 30, 2025Memphis 45, Chattanooga 10

Pouring rights

PepsiCo has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2024. Official source.