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Welcome Stadium

Welcome Stadium in Dayton, OH, home of Dayton. Capacity 11,000. Opened 1949.

Welcome Stadium in Dayton, OH
Welcome Stadium, Dayton, OHPhoto: Wswbaker, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
11,000
Opened
1949
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
730 ft
Home team
Dayton
Dayton here
86–⁠28 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: Dayton is 141–⁠79–⁠3 in home games from the 1949 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, 2003 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 Welcome Stadium by season, 2006 to 20260k5k10k15k2006: 3,863 a game over 1 games; biggest 3,8632007: 2,677 a game over 2 games; biggest 2,7032008: 4,128 a game over 1 games; biggest 4,1282009: 3,759 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,1532010: 3,395 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,0172011: 3,202 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,5802012: 3,213 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,0772013: 3,421 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,1462014: 3,101 a game over 6 games; biggest 5,8392015: 3,058 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,1192016: 2,916 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,1932017: 3,128 a game over 6 games; biggest 5,7532018: 2,959 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,7002019: 1,987 a game over 3 games; biggest 2,0012021: 2,008 a game over 1 games; biggest 2,0082022: 2,997 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,6002023: 3,964 a game over 6 games; biggest 6,3612024: 2,955 a game over 6 games; biggest 3,2252025: 3,547 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,2622026: 3,102 a game over 3 games; biggest 3,18520062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

6,361St. Thomas (MN) at Dayton2023
5,839Robert Morris at Dayton2014
5,753Duquesne at Dayton2017
5,262Stetson at Dayton2025
5,153Marist at Dayton2023

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

Snow at kickoff

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
1949
Architect
MSA Sport (2023 renovation)
Renovated
2022/2023

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Welcome Stadium.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 150 by 190 meters (500 by 620 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 10, 2026Dayton 56, Morehead State 28
Sep 12, 2026Dayton 30, Thomas More 7
Aug 29, 2026Dayton 43, Fairmont State 20
Nov 15, 2025Drake 14, Dayton 6
Oct 25, 2025Dayton 35, Presbyterian 19
Oct 18, 2025Butler 23, Dayton 17
Sep 27, 2025Dayton 48, Stetson 14
Sep 6, 2025Dayton 38, Thomas More 0
Nov 16, 2024Dayton 26, Valparaiso 14
Nov 9, 2024San Diego 16, Dayton 10
Oct 26, 2024Morehead State 14, Dayton 6
Oct 12, 2024Dayton 16, Davidson 14