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Superior Dome

Superior Dome in Marquette, MI, home of Northern Michigan. Capacity 8,000. Opened 1991.

Capacity
8,000
Opened
1991
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
612 ft
Northern Michigan here
6–⁠26 games on file since 2021

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2007 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 Superior Dome by season, 2007 to 202530k40k50k60k2007: 53,297 a game over 1 games; biggest 53,2972012: 45,980 a game over 1 games; biggest 45,9802013: 47,385 a game over 1 games; biggest 47,3852025: 2,180 a game over 1 games; biggest 2,180200720132025

Biggest crowds on file

53,297Southern at Grambling2007
47,385Southern at Grambling2013
45,980Grambling at Southern2012
2,180St. Thomas (MN) at Northern Michigan2025

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

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database).

Recent games here

Oct 3, 2026Ferris State 42, Northern Michigan 0
Sep 19, 2026Davenport 42, Northern Michigan 7
Sep 5, 2026Tiffin 35, Northern Michigan 7
Nov 15, 2025Northern Michigan 45, Wayne State (MI) 11
Oct 25, 2025Michigan Tech 56, Northern Michigan 17
Oct 11, 2025Grand Valley State 35, Northern Michigan 7
Sep 20, 2025Davenport 35, Northern Michigan 16
Sep 13, 2025St. Thomas (MN) 20, Northern Michigan 7
Aug 28, 2025Minnesota St Moorhead 44, Northern Michigan 37
Nov 2, 2024Ferris State 55, Northern Michigan 9
Oct 19, 2024Roosevelt 16, Northern Michigan 10
Oct 5, 2024Saginaw Valley State 63, Northern Michigan 14