Published Sept. 3, 2024
I forget what prompted me to count the number of stadiums where I saw college football games. I didn’t think it’d reach 50, but it exceeded that.
Names are what they were at the time, mostly. Note: The reason I didn’t say “games in a lot of college football stadiums” is that some of these are not technically college stadiums.
Tiger Stadium, LSU
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, University of Florida
Neyland Stadium, University of Tennessee
War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock, Arkansas
Donald W. Williams Razorback Stadium, University of Arkansas
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, University of Mississippi
Davis Wade Stadium, Mississippi State University
Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn University
Bryant-Denny Stadium, University of Alabama
Vanderbilt Stadium, Vanderbilt University
Sanford Stadium, University of Georgia
Williams Brice Stadium, University of South Carolina
Commonwealth Stadium, University of Kentucky
Sun Devil Stadium, Arizona State University
Notre Dame Stadium, University of Notre Dame
Cowboy Stadium, McNeese State University
Cajun Field, University of Louisiana
Joe Aillet Stadium, Louisiana Tech
Turpin Stadium, Northwestern State University
Eddie Robinson Stadium, Grambling State University
A.W. Mumford Stadium, Southern University
Malone Stadium, University of Louisiana at Monroe
Brown Stadium, Northeast Louisiana University
Superdome (Sugar Bowl, Tulane, BCS championship)
John L. Guidry Stadium, Nicholls State University
Strawberry Stadium, Southeastern Louisiana University
Cardinal Stadium, Lamar University
Homer Bryce Stadium, Stephen F. Austin State University
Bowers Stadium, Sam Houston State University
Bobcat Stadium, Southwest Texas State University
Cotton Bowl
UNI Dome, University of Northern Iowa
Finley Stadium, UT Chattanooga
Doak Campbell Stadium, Florida State University
Hancock Stadium, Illinois State University
Citrus Bowl (UCF, Capital One Bowl)
Stambaugh Stadium, Youngstown State University
Fouts Field, University of North Texas
Washington-Grizzly Stadium, University of Montana
Robert W. Plaster Stadium, Southwest Missouri State
Bridgeforth Stadium, James Madison University
Veterans Memorial Stadium, Troy University
Paul Snow Stadium, Jacksonville State University
Hanson Field, Western Illinois University
Delaware Stadium, University of Delaware
Independence Stadium (Independence Bowls, Louisiana Tech)
Rice Stadium, Rice University
Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama
Georgia Dome (bowls)
Maxwell Field, Linfield College
Reser Stadium, Oregon State University
Autzen Stadium, University of Oregon
Lane Stadium, Virginia Tech
That’s 53, but I am sure I am forgetting one or two. The list also doesn’t include stadiums I visited without seeing a game played there. If you check back later and there are more than 53, it means I remembered what I’d forgotten. This list also leaves out stadiums where I saw high school and pro football games. That would easily put it over 100.
If we counted the number of games, it’d probably be at least 300.
I’m guessing not many people have a list this long, but in my case all it means is that I covered Southland Conference and I-AA football for a long time, and then LSU and Southeastern Conference football for a long time.
How’s your list?
Photo of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium by Arkorn via Shutterstock.com.