Largest U.S. Football Stadiums

Beaver Stadium, home of the Penn State Nittany Lions and named after a former governor, is the largest football stadium in the US and the third largest in the world. The stadium seating capacity is 107,282 with the record attendance being over 110,000 in 2002. Coming in second place is the Michigan Wolverine’s Michigan Stadium. It is generally hailed as the largest stadium in the US, however, due to renovations that have taken away seating, they are number two for the time being. In the US, 20 of the top 21 largest stadiums lay claim to college teams as opposed to professional teams.

Rank	Stadium	Capacity	Home Team	State
1	Beaver Stadium	107,282	Penn State Nittany Lions	Pennsylvania
2	Michigan Stadium	106,201	Michigan Wolverines	Michigan
3	Ohio Stadium	102,329	Ohio State Buckeyes	Ohio
4	Neyland Stadium	102,037	Tennessee Volunteers	Tennessee
5	Texas Memorial Stadium	94,113	Texas Longhorns	Texas
6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	93,607	USC Trojans football	California
7	Sanford Stadium	92,746	Georgia Bulldogs	Georgia
8	Tiger Stadium	92,400	LSU Tigers	Louisiana
9	Cotton Bowl	92,200	No Home Team	Texas
10	Bryant-Denny Stadium	92,138	Alabama Crimson Tide	Alabama
11	FedExField	91,704	Washington Redskins	Maryland
12	Rose Bowl	91,136	UCLA Bruins	California
13	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium	88,548	Florida Gators	Florida
14	Jordan-Hare Stadium	87,451	Auburn Tigers	Alabama
15	Kyle Field	83,002	Texas A&M Aggies	Texas
16	Bobby Bowden Field	82,300	Florida State Seminoles	Florida
17	Gaylord Memorial Stadium	82,112	Oklahoma Sooners	Oklahoma
18	Memorial Stadium	81,067	Nebraska Cornhuskers	Nebraska
19	Notre Dame Stadium	80,795	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Indiana
20	Camp Randall Stadium	80,321	Wisconsin Badgers	Wisconsin
21	Memorial Stadium	80,301	Clemson Tigers	South Carolina
22	Williams-Brice Stadium	80,250	South Carolina Gamecocks	South Carolina
23	Giants Stadium	80,242	New York Giants, New York Jets	New Jersey
24	Arrowhead Stadium	79,101	Kansas City Chiefs	Missouri
25	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium	76,867	Jacksonville Jaguars, The Gator Bowl	Florida
26	INVESCO Field at Mile High	76,125	Denver Broncos	Colorado
27	Reynolds Razorback Stadium	76,000	Arkansas Razorbacks	Arkansas
28	California Memorial Stadium	75,662	California Golden Bears	California
29	Spartan Stadium	75,025	Michigan State Spartans	Michigan
30	Dolphin Stadium	74,916	Miami Dolphins, Miami Hurricanes	Florida
31	Ralph Wilson Stadium	73,967	Buffalo Bills	New York
32	Sun Devil Stadium	73,379	Arizona State Sun Devils	Arizona
33	Bank of America Stadium	73,298	Carolina Panthers	North Carolina
34	Cleveland Browns Stadium	73,200	Cleveland Browns	Ohio
35	Lambeau Field	72,928	Green Bay Packers	Wisconsin
36	Husky Stadium	72,500	Washington Huskies	Washington
37	Louisiana Superdome	72,003	New Orleans Saints, Tulane Green Wave	Louisiana
38	Reliant Stadium	72,000	Houston Texans	Texas
39	Legion Field	71,594	UAB Blazers	Alabama
40	Georgia Dome	71,149	Atlanta Falcons	Georgia
41	Memorial Stadium	70,904	Illinois Fighting Illini	Illinois
42	Kinnick Stadium	70,585	Iowa Hawkeyes	Iowa
43	Qualcomm Stadium	70,561	San Diego Chargers, San Diego State Aztecs	California
44	Citrus Bowl	70,188	Jones HS Tigers	Florida
45	M&T Bank Stadium	70,107	Baltimore Ravens	Maryland
46	Rice Stadium	70,000	Rice Owls	Texas
47	Candlestick Park	69,843	San Francisco 49ers	California
48	LP Field	68,804	Tennessee Titans, Tennessee State Tigers	Tennessee
49	Gillette Stadium	68,756	New England Patriots	Massachusetts
50	Lincoln Financial Field	68,532	Philadelphia Eagles, Temple Owls	Pennsylvania
51	Faurot Field	68,349	Missouri Tigers	Missouri
52	Commonwealth Stadium	67,606	Kentucky Wildcats	Kentucky
53	Qwest Field	67,000	Seattle Seahawks	Washington
54	Edward Jones Dome	66,965	St. Louis Rams	Missouri
55	Lane Stadium	66,233	Virginia Tech Hokies	Virginia
56	Raymond James Stadium	65,647	Tampa Bay Buccaneers, South Florida Bulls	Florida
57	Texas Stadium	65,595	Dallas Cowboys	Texas
58	Paul Brown Stadium	65,535	Cincinnati Bengals	Ohio
59	Alamodome	65,000	No Home Team	Texas
60	Ford Field	65,000	Detroit Lions	Michigan
61	LaVell Edwards Stadium	65,000	BYU Cougars	Utah
62	Heinz Field	64,450	Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Panthers	Pennsylvania
63	Yale Bowl	61,446	Yale Bulldogs	Connecticut
64	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	64,035	Minnesota Vikings, Minnesota Golden Gophers	Minnesota
65	University of Phoenix Stadium	63,400	Arizona Cardinals	Arizona
66	McAfee Coliseum	63,026	Oakland Raiders	California
67	Lucas Oil Stadium	63,000	Indianapolis Colts	Indiana
68	Ross-Ade Stadium	62,500	Purdue Boilermakers	Indiana
69	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	62,380	Memphis Tigers	Tennessee
70	Soldier Field	61,500	Chicago Bears	Illinois
71	Scott Stadium	61,500	Virginia Cavaliers	Virginia
72	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium	60,580	Ole Miss Rebels	Mississippi
73	Milan Puskar Stadium	60,540	West Virginia Mountaineers	West Virginia
74	Veterans Memorial Stadium	60,492	Jackson State Tigers	Mississippi
75	Kenan Stadium	60,000	North Carolina Tar Heels	North Carolina
76	Carter-Finley Stadium	60,000	NC State Wolfpack	North Carolina
77	Boone Pickens Stadium	60,000	Oklahoma State Cowboys	Oklahoma
78	Arizona Stadium	57,803	Arizona Wildcats	Arizona
79	Davis Wade Stadium	55,082	Mississippi State Bulldogs	Mississippi
80	Jack Trice Stadium	55,000	Iowa State Cyclones	Iowa
81	Bobby Dodd Stadium	55,000	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	Georgia
82	Autzen Stadium	53,800	Oregon Ducks	Oregon
83	Folsom Field	53,750	Colorado Buffaloes	Colorado
84	War Memorial Stadium	53,727	Arkansas Razorbacks	Arkansas
85	Jones AT&T Stadium	53,000	Texas Tech Red Raiders	Texas
86	Franklin Field	52,593	Penn Quakers	Pennsylvania
87	Falcon Stadium	52,480	Air Force Falcons	Colorado
88	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium	52,200	Kansas State Wildcats	Kansas
89	Byrd Stadium	51,500	Maryland Terrapins	Maryland
90	Sun Bowl Stadium	51,500	UTEP Miners	Texas
91	Independence Stadium	50,832	No Home Team	Louisiana
92	Memorial Stadium	50,180	Indiana Hoosiers	Indiana
93	Memorial Stadium	50,071	Kansas Jayhawks	Kansas
94	Aloha Stadium	50,000	Hawaii Warriors	Hawaii
95	Carrier Dome	50,000	Syracuse Orange	New York
96	Floyd Casey Stadium	50,000	Baylor Bears	Texas
97	Stanford Stadium	50,000	Stanford Cardinal	California
98	Ryan Field	49,256	Northwestern Wildcats	Illinois
99	Reser Stadium	45,674	Oregon State Beavers	Oregon
100	Rice-Eccles Stadium	45,634	Utah Utes	Utah

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