Soldier Field
Soldier Field in Chicago, IL. Capacity 61,500. Opened 1924. Share
Biggest games here
- Upset2023: Central State 24, Mississippi Valley State 21Central State had a 26% chance by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked meeting2021: Notre Dame 41, Wisconsin 13No. 12 Notre Dame at No. 18 Wisconsin
- Thriller2018: South Florida 25, Illinois 19Among the biggest win-probability swings on file here
From the games on file here, 2015 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
Biggest crowds on file
| 61,500 | Morgan State at Howard | 2015 |
| 59,571 | Notre Dame at Wisconsin | 2021 |
| 34,300 | Lincoln (PA) at Mississippi Valley State | 2026 |
| 33,514 | Northwestern at Illinois | 2015 |
| 21,725 | South Florida at Illinois | 2018 |
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.
The pregame shows here
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Soldier Field once, first in 2021; Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff once.
| Sep 25, 2021 | College GameDay | Notre Dame 41, Wisconsin 13 | Soldier Field | |
| Sep 25, 2021 | Big Noon Kickoff | Notre Dame 41, Wisconsin 13 |
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA). Big Noon Kickoff’s from Wikipedia’s list of its sites (CC BY-SA).
Weather on game day
Coldest kickoffs
- 38°F Northwestern at Illinois, 2015, mostly cloudy
- 63°F Notre Dame at Wisconsin, 2021, mostly cloudy
- 65°F Grambling at Clark Atlanta, 2017, a few clouds
Hottest kickoffs
Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database).
On the National Register
- Listed
- August 9, 1984
- National Historic Landmark
- Designated February 27, 1987
- Reference
- No. 84001052, significant at the national level The nomination
National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service; nominations in the National Archives catalog.
Recent games here
| Sep 12, 2026 | Mississippi Valley State 31, Lincoln (PA) 20 |
| Sep 2, 2023 | Central State 24, Mississippi Valley State 21 |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 12Notre Dame 41, 18Wisconsin 13 |
| Sep 14, 2019 | Hampton 41, Howard 20 |
| Sep 15, 2018 | South Florida 25, Illinois 19 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | Grambling 31, Clark Atlanta 20 |
| Nov 28, 2015 | 17Northwestern 24, Illinois 14 |
| Sep 26, 2015 | Morgan State 21, Howard 13 |