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Vaught-Hemingway Stadium

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, MS, home of Ole Miss. Capacity 64,038. Opened October 1, 1915.

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, MS
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MSPhoto: Matthew Nichols, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
64,038
Opened
1915
Surface
Grass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
482 ft
Home team
Ole Miss
Ole Miss here
115–⁠59 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
three times

Since it opened: Ole Miss is 383–⁠152–⁠10 in home games from the 1915 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 Vaught-Hemingway Stadium by season, 2001 to 202620k40k60k80k2001: 45,511 a game over 5 games; biggest 47,4642002: 57,217 a game over 7 games; biggest 61,1402003: 56,509 a game over 7 games; biggest 62,5522004: 58,373 a game over 6 games; biggest 62,0282005: 54,225 a game over 6 games; biggest 60,1352006: 53,801 a game over 7 games; biggest 57,6582007: 49,704 a game over 7 games; biggest 61,1182008: 53,005 a game over 7 games; biggest 57,3242009: 55,767 a game over 7 games; biggest 62,6572010: 55,898 a game over 7 games; biggest 61,4742011: 56,488 a game over 7 games; biggest 61,7922012: 57,066 a game over 7 games; biggest 61,7972013: 59,393 a game over 7 games; biggest 61,1682014: 61,547 a game over 7 games; biggest 62,0902015: 60,479 a game over 7 games; biggest 60,7052016: 64,910 a game over 7 games; biggest 66,1762017: 58,631 a game over 7 games; biggest 64,0672018: 55,685 a game over 7 games; biggest 62,9192019: 48,233 a game over 7 games; biggest 53,7972020: 14,639 a game over 5 games; biggest 16,2182021: 56,472 a game over 7 games; biggest 64,5232022: 62,575 a game over 7 games; biggest 65,9232023: 63,721 a game over 7 games; biggest 66,7032024: 67,372 a game over 7 games; biggest 68,1262025: 66,936 a game over 9 games; biggest 68,2512026: 69,084 a game over 2 games; biggest 70,033200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

70,033LSU at Ole Miss2026
68,251Tulane at Ole Miss2025
68,138Florida at Ole Miss2025
68,134Charlotte at Ole Miss2026
68,126Georgia at Ole Miss2024

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.

College GameDay here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Vaught-Hemingway Stadium three times, first in 2014.

Sep 19, 2026Ole Miss 32, LSU 24The Grove
Nov 13, 2021Ole Miss 29, Texas A&M 19The Grove
Oct 4, 2014Ole Miss 23, Alabama 17The Grove

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA).

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Hemingway Stadium (1915–⁠1982)
Opened
October 1, 1915
Surface over the years
Grass (2016–present)
FieldTurf (2009–⁠2015)
AstroPlay (2003–⁠2008)
Grass (1984–⁠2002)
AstroTurf (1970–⁠1983)
Grass (1915–⁠1969)
Expanded
1950, 1980, 1988, 1998, 2002, 2016
Renovated
1941, 1980, 2002, 2015, 2016
Record crowd
70,033

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 240 by 240 meters (770 by 790 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 20269Ole Miss 31, 13Missouri 3
Sep 19, 20268Ole Miss 32, 7LSU 24
Sep 12, 20269Ole Miss 41, Charlotte 9
Dec 20, 20256Ole Miss 41, 17Tulane 10
Nov 15, 20256Ole Miss 34, Florida 24
Nov 8, 20257Ole Miss 49, The Citadel 0
Nov 1, 20257Ole Miss 30, South Carolina 14
Oct 11, 20254Ole Miss 24, Washington State 21
Sep 27, 202513Ole Miss 24, 4LSU 19
Sep 20, 202513Ole Miss 45, Tulane 10
Sep 13, 202517Ole Miss 41, Arkansas 35
Aug 30, 202521Ole Miss 63, Georgia State 7

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2025. Official source.