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Williams Stadium (VA)

Williams Stadium (VA) in Lynchburg, VA, home of Liberty. Capacity 25,000. Opened 1989.

Williams Stadium (VA) in Lynchburg, VA
Williams Stadium (VA), Lynchburg, VAPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
25,000
Opened
1989
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
895 ft
Home team
Liberty
Liberty here
102–⁠32 games on file since 2003

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 Williams Stadium (VA) by season, 2003 to 20265k10k15k20k25k30k2003: 6,504 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,2732004: 8,464 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,7192005: 5,752 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,2632006: 11,644 a game over 5 games; biggest 15,6312007: 14,537 a game over 3 games; biggest 15,3072008: 12,786 a game over 6 games; biggest 15,4832009: 14,931 a game over 6 games; biggest 16,1122010: 16,216 a game over 4 games; biggest 19,3142011: 15,881 a game over 5 games; biggest 18,8782012: 16,483 a game over 2 games; biggest 17,1392013: 15,031 a game over 7 games; biggest 18,9112014: 17,016 a game over 6 games; biggest 20,8382015: 18,990 a game over 5 games; biggest 22,5512016: 16,377 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,7122017: 16,571 a game over 6 games; biggest 18,0012018: 16,282 a game over 6 games; biggest 20,4252019: 18,272 a game over 6 games; biggest 21,6712020: 1,000 a game over 5 games; biggest 1,0002021: 17,608 a game over 6 games; biggest 19,9352022: 20,954 a game over 6 games; biggest 24,0122023: 19,057 a game over 8 games; biggest 21,6472024: 19,966 a game over 6 games; biggest 24,0762025: 18,371 a game over 6 games; biggest 24,0222026: 17,019 a game over 2 games; biggest 18,33020032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

24,076East Carolina at Liberty2024
24,022James Madison at Liberty2025
24,012BYU at Liberty2022
23,055Virginia Tech at Liberty2022
22,551Montana at Liberty2015

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Willard May Stadium
Architect
Haken/Corley and Associates of Raleigh, N.C.
Surface over the years
FieldTurf
Expanded
2010, 2018
Renovated
2010–⁠2011, 2017–⁠2018
Record crowd
50,000+ (2017 Commencement)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Williams Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 160 by 190 meters (520 by 620 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 8, 2026Liberty 35, Sam Houston 3
Sep 19, 2026Liberty 51, Ball State 15
Sep 12, 2026Liberty 24, Gardner-Webb 23
Nov 29, 2025Kennesaw State 48, Liberty 42
Nov 8, 2025Missouri State 21, Liberty 17
Nov 1, 2025Liberty 59, Delaware 30
Oct 14, 2025Liberty 30, New Mexico State 27
Sep 20, 2025James Madison 31, Liberty 13
Aug 30, 2025Liberty 28, Maine 7
Nov 23, 2024Liberty 38, Western Kentucky 21
Oct 30, 2024Jacksonville State 31, Liberty 21
Oct 8, 2024Liberty 31, Florida International 24

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2025. Official source.