War Memorial Stadium
War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, WY, home of Wyoming. Capacity 29,181. Opened September 16, 1950. Share
- Capacity
- 29,181
- Opened
- 1950
- Surface
- FieldTurf
- Roof
- Open air
- Elevation
- 7,218 ft
- Home team
- Wyoming
- Wyoming here
- 70–58 games on file since 2001
Since it opened: Wyoming is 268–139–7 in home games from the 1950 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
- Thriller2022: Wyoming 40, Tulsa 37Among the biggest win-probability swings on file here
- Upset2021: New Mexico 14, Wyoming 3New Mexico had a 20% chance by our ratings before kickoff
- Title game2016: San Diego State 27, Wyoming 24Mountain West Championship Game
- Thriller2016: Wyoming 40, Northern Illinois 34Among the biggest win-probability swings on file here
- Upset2015: North Dakota 24, Wyoming 13North Dakota had a 21% chance by our ratings before kickoff
- Postseason2003: Bowling Green 28, Northwestern 24Motor City Bowl
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
Biggest crowds on file
| 51,286 | Northwestern at Bowling Green | 2003 |
| 32,617 | Nebraska at Wyoming | 2011 |
| 31,017 | Texas at Wyoming | 2009 |
| 29,139 | Oregon at Wyoming | 2017 |
| 29,014 | Boise State at Wyoming | 2010 |
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
- 9°F New Mexico at Wyoming, 2003, fog
- 9°F Colorado State at Wyoming, 2019, fog
- 17°F Boise State at Wyoming, 2020, snow
Hottest kickoffs
Snow at kickoff
- Air Force at Wyoming, 2018 light snow, 20°F
- Boise State at Wyoming, 2020 snow, 17°F
Coldest game days before 2004
- High 14°F Utah at Wyoming, 2000
- High 25°F Arkansas State at Wyoming, 1979
- High 25°F Utah at Wyoming, 1986
Hottest game days before 2004
- High 90°F Central Michigan at Wyoming, 2000
- High 88°F Air Force at Wyoming, 1977
- High 87°F Denver at Wyoming, 1954
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 Wyoming’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).
The stadium’s history
- Former names
- War Memorial Stadium
- Opened
- September 16, 1950
- Architect
- Porter & Bradley
- Surface over the years
- FieldTurf (2013–present)
Desso turf (2005–2012)
Natural grass (1950–2004) - Expanded
- 1970, 1977
- Renovated
- 2004, 2010
- Record crowd
- 34,745 (vs. Colorado State, 1997)
From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, War Memorial Stadium (Wyoming).
From above
Recent games here
| Oct 17, 2026 | Wyoming 41, Northern Illinois 23 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | Wyoming 27, Hawai’i 10 |
| Sep 12, 2026 | Wyoming 21, Northern Colorado 13 |
| Nov 22, 2025 | Nevada 13, Wyoming 7 |
| Nov 15, 2025 | McMurry 27, Texas Lutheran 19 |
| Nov 15, 2025 | Hendrix 55, Lyon 28 |
| Nov 15, 2025 | Austin 16, Centenary (LA) 14 |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Wyoming 28, Colorado State 0 |
| Oct 11, 2025 | Wyoming 35, San José State 28 |
| Oct 4, 2025 | UNLV 31, Wyoming 17 |
| Sep 13, 2025 | 20Utah 31, Wyoming 6 |
| Sep 6, 2025 | Wyoming 31, Northern Iowa 7 |
Around the stadium
- Playing surface
- FieldTurf · Official source
- University of Wyoming Athletics; read 2026-10-10
Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.