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Tucker Stadium

Tucker Stadium in Cookeville, TN, home of Tennessee Tech. Capacity 16,500. Opened 1966.

Tucker Stadium in Cookeville, TN
Tucker Stadium, Cookeville, TNPhoto: Turvy at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
16,500
Opened
1966
Surface
Stadia Turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
1,118 ft
Tennessee Tech here
66–⁠52 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: Tennessee Tech is 69–⁠54 in home games from the 1972 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 Tucker Stadium by season, 2003 to 20260k5k10k15k20k2003: 8,473 a game over 2 games; biggest 8,8192004: 4,823 a game over 3 games; biggest 8,4682005: 9,027 a game over 2 games; biggest 10,2262006: 2,731 a game over 3 games; biggest 3,0332007: 4,253 a game over 1 games; biggest 4,2532008: 5,422 a game over 2 games; biggest 9,4132009: 6,318 a game over 1 games; biggest 6,3182010: 6,404 a game over 3 games; biggest 10,2162011: 10,029 a game over 5 games; biggest 16,8452012: 6,987 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,1302013: 8,970 a game over 1 games; biggest 8,9702014: 6,221 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,6972015: 6,556 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,1002016: 6,175 a game over 4 games; biggest 9,3322017: 6,284 a game over 4 games; biggest 9,4162018: 6,234 a game over 4 games; biggest 8,7882019: 5,330 a game over 1 games; biggest 5,3302021: 5,756 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,6042022: 6,911 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,2492023: 8,021 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,1872024: 6,885 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,1442025: 5,863 a game over 7 games; biggest 7,5172026: 4,114 a game over 2 games; biggest 4,80020032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

16,845Murray State at Tennessee Tech2011
11,100Austin Peay at Tennessee Tech2015
10,697Kentucky Christian at Tennessee Tech2014
10,226Tennessee State at Tennessee Tech2005
10,216Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee Tech2010

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
1966
Surface over the years
Stadia Turf

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Tucker Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 180 by 210 meters (590 by 690 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Tennessee Tech 49, Eastern Kentucky 20
Oct 10, 2026Tennessee Tech 20, Furman 15
Sep 12, 2026Tennessee Tech 45, Samford 19
Aug 29, 2026Tennessee Tech 38, Monmouth 14
Nov 29, 2025North Dakota 31, Tennessee Tech 6
Nov 22, 2025Tennessee Tech 20, UT Martin 17
Nov 1, 2025Tennessee Tech 27, Gardner-Webb 21
Oct 25, 2025Tennessee Tech 42, Southeast Missouri State 23
Oct 4, 2025Tennessee Tech 66, Western Illinois 20
Sep 13, 2025Tennessee Tech 72, Davidson 14
Sep 6, 2025Tennessee Tech 45, Chattanooga 17
Aug 30, 2025Tennessee Tech 65, Cumberland (TN) 0