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TDECU Stadium

TDECU Stadium in Houston, TX, home of Houston. Capacity 40,000. Opened August 29, 2014.

TDECU Stadium in Houston, TX
TDECU Stadium, Houston, TXPhoto: Brian Reading, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
40,000
Opened
2014
Surface
Act Global UBU Speed Series S5-M synthetic turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
31 ft
Home team
Houston
Houston here
51–⁠24 games on file since 2014

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2014 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 TDECU Stadium by season, 2014 to 202620k30k40k50k2014: 28,311 a game over 7 games; biggest 40,7552015: 33,980 a game over 8 games; biggest 42,1592016: 38,953 a game over 6 games; biggest 42,8222017: 32,583 a game over 6 games; biggest 38,9002018: 29,838 a game over 6 games; biggest 32,5342019: 25,518 a game over 5 games; biggest 29,3602020: 8,353 a game over 3 games; biggest 8,6302021: 25,073 a game over 5 games; biggest 28,7122022: 24,793 a game over 6 games; biggest 30,3172023: 36,020 a game over 7 games; biggest 42,8122024: 27,423 a game over 6 games; biggest 34,1662025: 32,215 a game over 6 games; biggest 42,8062026: 27,757 a game over 3 games; biggest 28,9362014201620182020202220242026

Biggest crowds on file

42,822Louisville at Houston2016
42,812Texas at Houston2023
42,806Texas Tech at Houston2025
42,159Memphis at Houston2015
40,873UConn at Houston2016

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).

The stadium’s history

Opened
August 29, 2014
Architect
DLR Group
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Smith & Company Architects
Surface over the years
Act Global UBU Speed Series S5-M synthetic turf
Record crowd
42,822 (November 17, 2016)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, TDECU Stadium.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 240 by 230 meters (800 by 760 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 202620Houston 35, 18Oklahoma State 32
Oct 3, 202620Houston 27, UCF 17
Sep 12, 202622Houston 77, Southern 6
Sep 5, 202623Houston 33, Oregon State 20
Nov 22, 2025TCU 17, 25Houston 14
Nov 1, 2025West Virginia 45, 22Houston 35
Oct 18, 2025Houston 31, Arizona 28
Oct 4, 202511Texas Tech 35, Houston 11
Sep 12, 2025Houston 36, Colorado 20
Aug 28, 2025Houston 27, Stephen F. Austin 0
Nov 23, 2024Baylor 20, Houston 10
Nov 2, 2024Houston 24, 17Kansas State 19

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights. Official source.