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Wildcat Stadium

Wildcat Stadium in Durham, NH, home of New Hampshire. Capacity 11,015. Opened 1936.

Wildcat Stadium in Durham, NH
Wildcat Stadium, Durham, NHPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
11,015
Opened
1936
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
63 ft
Home team
New Hampshire
New Hampshire here
97–⁠29 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: New Hampshire is 100–⁠32–⁠1 in home games from the 1964 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 Wildcat Stadium by season, 2003 to 20260k5k10k15k20k25k2003: 3,315 a game over 2 games; biggest 4,8152005: 7,284 a game over 8 games; biggest 8,6062006: 8,141 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,0422007: 7,242 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,0682008: 8,000 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,2552009: 7,543 a game over 6 games; biggest 14,8112010: 6,644 a game over 4 games; biggest 8,1442011: 7,525 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,5542012: 7,746 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,8342013: 8,745 a game over 6 games; biggest 18,4122014: 8,592 a game over 9 games; biggest 18,7742015: 7,303 a game over 6 games; biggest 16,7132016: 9,630 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,9432017: 10,057 a game over 5 games; biggest 22,1352018: 10,154 a game over 6 games; biggest 17,6872019: 10,105 a game over 5 games; biggest 17,1322021: 15,394 a game over 1 games; biggest 15,3942022: 9,615 a game over 5 games; biggest 14,1372023: 8,716 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,5442024: 6,327 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,3022025: 7,243 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,8352026: 5,349 a game over 3 games; biggest 5,48020032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

22,135Rhode Island at New Hampshire2017
21,943William & Mary at New Hampshire2016
18,774William & Mary at New Hampshire2014
18,412Rhode Island at New Hampshire2013
17,687Stony Brook at New Hampshire2018

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

The stadium’s history

Surface over the years
FieldTurf
Expanded
2015–⁠2016

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Wildcat Stadium (University of New Hampshire).

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 180 by 210 meters (610 by 700 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Monmouth 42, New Hampshire 21
Oct 3, 2026New Hampshire 30, Elon 23
Sep 19, 2026Harvard 31, New Hampshire 7
Sep 12, 2026New Hampshire 42, Stonehill 35
Nov 22, 2025New Hampshire 33, Maine 27
Oct 25, 2025New Hampshire 34, William & Mary 24
Oct 4, 2025Villanova 37, New Hampshire 7
Sep 27, 2025New Hampshire 24, UAlbany 6
Sep 6, 2025New Hampshire 19, Holy Cross 16
Nov 30, 2024UT Martin 41, New Hampshire 10
Nov 16, 2024New Hampshire 31, Stony Brook 30
Nov 9, 2024New Hampshire 33, Monmouth 20