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Veterans Memorial Stadium (AL)

Veterans Memorial Stadium (AL) in Troy, AL, home of Troy. Capacity 30,000. Opened September 16, 1950.

Veterans Memorial Stadium (AL) in Troy, AL
Veterans Memorial Stadium (AL), Troy, ALPhoto: Kreeder13 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
30,000
Opened
1950
Surface
Matrix Helix RealFill
Roof
Open air
Elevation
508 ft
Home team
Troy
Troy here
100–⁠37 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
once

Since it opened: Troy is 101–⁠37 in home games from the 2001 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 Veterans Memorial Stadium (AL) by season, 2001 to 20260k10k20k30k40k2001: 16,995 a game over 4 games; biggest 18,1542002: 13,403 a game over 4 games; biggest 15,2882003: 21,091 a game over 4 games; biggest 26,0002004: 21,228 a game over 5 games; biggest 26,5742005: 19,723 a game over 4 games; biggest 22,2992006: 20,810 a game over 5 games; biggest 26,2652007: 20,479 a game over 5 games; biggest 24,1022008: 19,231 a game over 5 games; biggest 22,1052009: 18,413 a game over 5 games; biggest 21,1822010: 18,947 a game over 5 games; biggest 22,2832011: 17,898 a game over 5 games; biggest 20,1852012: 20,952 a game over 6 games; biggest 29,0132013: 18,906 a game over 5 games; biggest 23,0242014: 16,722 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,3312015: 19,399 a game over 5 games; biggest 22,8732016: 22,534 a game over 6 games; biggest 25,7822017: 24,456 a game over 6 games; biggest 29,2782018: 24,527 a game over 6 games; biggest 29,6122019: 23,499 a game over 6 games; biggest 27,1082020: 11,250 a game over 4 games; biggest 12,0002021: 23,668 a game over 6 games; biggest 26,2112022: 25,661 a game over 7 games; biggest 31,0102023: 26,130 a game over 7 games; biggest 28,2122024: 23,630 a game over 6 games; biggest 29,0242025: 24,053 a game over 6 games; biggest 28,0352026: 25,495 a game over 2 games; biggest 26,634200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

31,010Army at Troy2022
29,612Boise State at Troy2018
29,278Alabama State at Troy2017
29,024Florida A&M at Troy2024
29,013Mississippi State at Troy2012

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 Veterans Memorial Stadium (AL) once, first in 2012.

Nov 10, 2012Troy 41, Navy 31Deck of the

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Veterans Memorial Stadium (1950–⁠2002, 2010–present)
Movie Gallery Stadium (2003–⁠2010)
Opened
September 16, 1950
Architect
HOK Sport (2003 renovation)
Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood (2017 renovation)
Surface over the years
Matrix Helix RealFill
Expanded
1998, 2003, 2017
Renovated
2009, 2012, 2014
Record crowd
31,010 November 12, 2022 vs Army

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Veterans Memorial Stadium (Troy University).

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 170 by 230 meters (550 by 750 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 6, 2026Troy 55, Southern Miss 34
Sep 12, 2026Troy 34, Alabama State 17
Sep 5, 2026Troy 24, Sam Houston 21
Nov 22, 2025Troy 31, Georgia State 19
Nov 1, 2025Arkansas State 23, Troy 10
Oct 25, 2025Troy 35, Louisiana 23
Oct 4, 2025Troy 31, South Alabama 24
Sep 13, 2025Memphis 28, Troy 7
Aug 30, 2025Troy 38, Nicholls 20
Nov 30, 2024Troy 52, Southern Miss 20
Nov 2, 2024Troy 38, Coastal Carolina 24
Oct 3, 2024Texas State 38, Troy 17