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UB Stadium

UB Stadium in Amherst, NY, home of Buffalo. Capacity 30,270. Opened 1993.

UB Stadium in Amherst, NY
UB Stadium, Amherst, NYPhoto: Quintinsoloviev, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
30,270
Opened
1993
Surface
A-Turf Titan
Roof
Open air
Elevation
596 ft
Home team
Buffalo
Buffalo here
68–⁠78 games on file since 2001

Since it opened: Buffalo is 70–⁠86 in home games from the 1999 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, 2001 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 UB Stadium by season, 2001 to 20260k10k20k30k40k2001: 12,251 a game over 5 games; biggest 22,6582002: 11,244 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,1032003: 9,414 a game over 6 games; biggest 20,3242004: 12,185 a game over 5 games; biggest 29,0132005: 8,914 a game over 5 games; biggest 17,6202006: 16,417 a game over 5 games; biggest 29,7952007: 13,568 a game over 5 games; biggest 22,6762008: 16,924 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,7192009: 15,960 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,8702010: 12,981 a game over 6 games; biggest 16,2732011: 15,890 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,9332012: 13,242 a game over 6 games; biggest 17,0212013: 22,736 a game over 6 games; biggest 26,2262014: 20,403 a game over 6 games; biggest 24,7142015: 18,457 a game over 6 games; biggest 20,8722016: 17,493 a game over 6 games; biggest 20,5322017: 13,350 a game over 6 games; biggest 17,0482018: 18,380 a game over 6 games; biggest 23,6712019: 16,417 a game over 6 games; biggest 20,0422021: 15,129 a game over 6 games; biggest 17,5212022: 14,857 a game over 5 games; biggest 18,6152023: 13,142 a game over 6 games; biggest 15,8542024: 14,785 a game over 6 games; biggest 18,4872025: 13,808 a game over 7 games; biggest 17,3002026: 8,900 a game over 2 games; biggest 11,449200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

29,795Temple at Buffalo2006
29,013Syracuse at Buffalo2004
26,226Bowling Green at Buffalo2013
24,714Baylor at Buffalo2014
24,013Stony Brook at Buffalo2013

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

Snow on game day

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
University at Buffalo Stadium (1993–⁠2026)
Architect
HOK Sport
Surface over the years
A-Turf Titan (2014–present)
Momentum Turf (2005–⁠2013)
Natural grass (1993–⁠2004)
Expanded
1999

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, UB Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 210 by 240 meters (700 by 800 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Buffalo 25, Massachusetts 18
Oct 3, 2026Western Michigan 20, Buffalo 17
Sep 26, 2026Buffalo 31, Robert Morris 28
Sep 3, 2026Buffalo 21, UAlbany 17
Nov 28, 2025Ohio 31, Buffalo 26
Nov 19, 2025Miami (OH) 37, Buffalo 20
Oct 25, 2025Akron 24, Buffalo 16
Oct 4, 2025Buffalo 31, Eastern Michigan 30
Sep 27, 2025UConn 20, Buffalo 17
Sep 20, 2025Troy 21, Buffalo 17
Sep 6, 2025Buffalo 45, Saint Francis 6
Nov 26, 2024Buffalo 43, Kent State 7

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2023. Single source.