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Strawberry Stadium

Strawberry Stadium in Hammond, LA, home of SE Louisiana. Capacity 7,408. Opened 1936.

Strawberry Stadium in Hammond, LA
Strawberry Stadium, Hammond, LAPhoto: Spatms, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
7,408
Opened
1936
Surface
artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
45 ft
Home team
SE Louisiana
SE Louisiana here
80–⁠38 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: SE Louisiana is 86–⁠43 in home games from the 1966 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 Strawberry Stadium by season, 2003 to 20260k5k10k15k2003: 9,296 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,7582004: 8,895 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,4802005: 7,347 a game over 4 games; biggest 9,1082006: 5,960 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,6772007: 4,951 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,4042009: 5,769 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,9022010: 4,910 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,7202011: 4,806 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,1042012: 5,266 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,7952013: 6,023 a game over 6 games; biggest 7,3022014: 5,838 a game over 6 games; biggest 8,7662015: 5,698 a game over 4 games; biggest 7,7592016: 5,549 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,6032017: 5,620 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,8662018: 5,495 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,4852019: 6,414 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,0712021: 4,959 a game over 4 games; biggest 7,3892022: 5,147 a game over 6 games; biggest 7,1922023: 3,581 a game over 4 games; biggest 4,1522024: 4,099 a game over 6 games; biggest 5,3872025: 4,723 a game over 6 games; biggest 6,3462026: 4,054 a game over 1 games; biggest 4,0542003201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

10,071Nicholls at SE Louisiana2019
9,758Jacksonville at SE Louisiana2003
9,758McNeese at SE Louisiana2003
9,708Arkansas Monticello at SE Louisiana2003
9,480Sam Houston at SE Louisiana2004

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

The stadium’s history

Surface over the years
artificial turf (2003–present)
Grass (1937–⁠2003)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Strawberry Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 140 by 190 meters (470 by 630 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026SE Louisiana 34, Lamar 31
Sep 12, 2026SE Louisiana 30, North Alabama 25
Aug 27, 2026Houston Christian 34, SE Louisiana 28
Nov 29, 2025Illinois State 21, SE Louisiana 3
Nov 20, 2025SE Louisiana 38, Nicholls 26
Nov 1, 2025SE Louisiana 59, East Texas A&M 14
Oct 18, 2025SE Louisiana 49, Northwestern State 0
Sep 27, 2025SE Louisiana 45, UT Rio Grande Valley 31
Sep 13, 2025SE Louisiana 56, Mississippi Valley State 3
Nov 9, 2024SE Louisiana 41, Northwestern State 0
Oct 26, 2024Incarnate Word 34, SE Louisiana 31
Oct 19, 2024SE Louisiana 24, Stephen F. Austin 23