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Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium

Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, MA, home of Massachusetts. Capacity 17,000. Opened September 25, 1965.

Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, MA
Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium, Hadley, MAPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
17,000
Opened
1965
Surface
AstroTurf RootZone 3DH
Roof
Open air
Elevation
153 ft
Home team
Massachusetts
Massachusetts here
17–⁠41 games on file since 2014

Since it opened: Massachusetts is 31–⁠56 in home games from the 1965 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, 2014 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 Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium by season, 2014 to 20265k10k15k20k2014: 14,597 a game over 3 games; biggest 17,0002015: 12,527 a game over 3 games; biggest 15,2172016: 11,854 a game over 3 games; biggest 14,8922017: 10,290 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,1452018: 9,646 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,1342019: 9,498 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,2342021: 8,994 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,7652022: 10,800 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,3782023: 10,598 a game over 6 games; biggest 14,6722024: 12,269 a game over 6 games; biggest 16,1022025: 8,788 a game over 6 games; biggest 15,2392026: 14,534 a game over 4 games; biggest 17,119201420162018202220242026

Biggest crowds on file

17,119Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts2026
17,000Bowling Green at Massachusetts2014
16,102Missouri at Massachusetts2024
15,239Buffalo at Massachusetts2025
15,217Kent State at Massachusetts2015

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Alumni Stadium (1965-1984)
Opened
September 25, 1965
Architect
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Surface over the years
AstroTurf RootZone 3DH

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 140 by 160 meters (470 by 510 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 10, 2026Miami (OH) 20, Massachusetts 19
Oct 3, 2026Eastern Michigan 38, Massachusetts 14
Sep 19, 2026Massachusetts 36, Stonehill 14
Sep 12, 2026Massachusetts 37, Sacred Heart 10
Nov 25, 2025Bowling Green 45, Massachusetts 14
Nov 12, 2025Northern Illinois 45, Massachusetts 3
Oct 18, 2025Buffalo 28, Massachusetts 21
Oct 4, 2025Western Michigan 21, Massachusetts 3
Sep 6, 2025Bryant 27, Massachusetts 26
Aug 30, 2025Temple 42, Massachusetts 10
Nov 30, 2024UConn 47, Massachusetts 42
Nov 16, 2024Liberty 35, Massachusetts 34

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2022. Official source.