List of American football stadiums by capacity

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Beaver Stadium is the largest American football stadium.

The following is an incomplete list of current American football stadiums. They are ordered by their seating capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the stadium can accommodate. The list contains the home stadiums of all 32 professional teams playing in the NFL as well as the largest stadiums used by college football teams in the NCAA. The United States is unique in that twenty of its twenty-one largest stadiums are home to a college team, not a professional one. This list is not current and needs to be updated to reflect current capacities.

Not included are several large stadiums used by teams in NFL Europa, as these were all built for and used mainly for association football, or the Rogers Centre, which is based in Canada (although it does host occasional American football games). Currently all football stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or more are included.

Rank	Stadium	Capacity	City	State	Home teams
1	Beaver Stadium	107,282[1]	State College	Pennsylvania	Penn State Nittany Lions
2	Michigan Stadium	106,201[2]	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Michigan Wolverines (projected to become the largest-capacity U.S. stadium in 2010 following renovation)
3	Ohio Stadium	102,329[3]	Columbus	Ohio	Ohio State Buckeyes
4	Neyland Stadium	102,037[4]	Knoxville	Tennessee	Tennessee Volunteers
5	Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium	94,113[5]	Austin	Texas	Texas Longhorns
6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	93,607[6][7]	Los Angeles	California	USC Trojans
7	Sanford Stadium	92,746[8]	Athens	Georgia	Georgia Bulldogs
8	Rose Bowl	92,542[9]	Pasadena	California	UCLA Bruins, the Rose Bowl game and hosts the BCS National Championship game every fourth year.
9	Tiger Stadium	92,400[10]	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	LSU Tigers
10	Cotton Bowl	92,200	Dallas	Texas	No home team; used for annual Red River Rivalry game (Texas vs. Oklahoma) and other occasional college football games
11	Bryant-Denny Stadium	92,138[11]	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	Alabama Crimson Tide
12	FedExField	91,704[12]	Landover	Maryland	Washington Redskins
13	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium	88,548[13]	Gainesville	Florida	Florida Gators
14	Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium	88,300	Tallahassee	Florida	Florida State Seminoles
15	Jordan-Hare Stadium	87,451[14]	Auburn	Alabama	Auburn Tigers
16	Kyle Field	83,002	College Station	Texas	Texas A&M Aggies
17	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium	82,112	Norman	Oklahoma	Oklahoma Sooners
18	Memorial Stadium	81,067	Lincoln	Nebraska	Nebraska Cornhuskers
19	Notre Dame Stadium	80,795	Notre Dame	Indiana	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
20	Camp Randall Stadium	80,321	Madison	Wisconsin	Wisconsin Badgers
21	Memorial Stadium	80,301	Clemson	South Carolina	Clemson Tigers
22	Williams-Brice Stadium	80,250	Columbia	South Carolina	South Carolina Gamecocks
23	Giants Stadium	80,242	East Rutherford	New Jersey	New York Giants, New York Jets
24	Cowboys Stadium	80,000	Arlington	Texas	Dallas Cowboys
24	Arrowhead Stadium	79,101	Kansas City	Missouri	Kansas City Chiefs
25	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium	76,867	Jacksonville	Florida	Jacksonville Jaguars, The Gator Bowl college bowl game, and the annual Florida Gators-Georgia Bulldogs football game - formerly known as The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party
26	INVESCO Field at Mile High	76,125	Denver	Colorado	Denver Broncos
27	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium	76,000	Fayetteville	Arkansas	Arkansas Razorbacks
28	California Memorial Stadium	75,662	Berkeley	California	California Golden Bears
29	Spartan Stadium	75,025	East Lansing	Michigan	Michigan State Spartans
30	LandShark Stadium	74,916	Miami Gardens	Florida	Miami Dolphins, Miami Hurricanes, the Orange Bowl game, and hosts the BCS National Championship game every fourth year
31	Ralph Wilson Stadium	73,967	Orchard Park	New York	Buffalo Bills
32	Sun Devil Stadium	73,379	Tempe	Arizona	Arizona State Sun Devils
33	Bank of America Stadium	73,298	Charlotte	North Carolina	Carolina Panthers
34	Cleveland Browns Stadium	73,200	Cleveland	Ohio	Cleveland Browns
35	Lambeau Field	72,928	Green Bay	Wisconsin	Green Bay Packers
36	Husky Stadium	72,500	Seattle	Washington	Washington Huskies
37	Louisiana Superdome	72,003	New Orleans	Louisiana	New Orleans Saints, Tulane Green Wave, the Sugar Bowl game and hosts the BCS National Championship game every fourth year
38	Reliant Stadium	72,000	Houston	Texas	Houston Texans
39	Legion Field	71,594	Birmingham	Alabama	UAB Blazers
40	Georgia Dome	71,149	Atlanta	Georgia	Atlanta Falcons
41	Kinnick Stadium	70,585	Iowa City	Iowa	Iowa Hawkeyes
42	Qualcomm Stadium	70,561	San Diego	California	San Diego Chargers, San Diego State Aztecs, the Holiday Bowl game and the Poinsettia Bowl game
43	Citrus Bowl	70,188	Orlando	Florida	Jones HS Tigers; also used for the Capital One Bowl game, the Champs Sports Bowl game, and the Florida Classic game (Florida A&M vs. Bethune-Cookman)
44	M&T Bank Stadium	70,107	Baltimore	Maryland	Baltimore Ravens
45	Rice Stadium	70,000	Houston	Texas	Rice Owls
46	Candlestick Park	69,843	San Francisco	California	San Francisco 49ers
47	LP Field	68,804	Nashville	Tennessee	Tennessee Titans, Tennessee State Tigers football
48	Gillette Stadium	68,756	Foxborough	Massachusetts	New England Patriots
49	Lincoln Financial Field	68,532	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia Eagles, Temple Owls football
50	Faurot Field	68,349	Columbia	Missouri	Missouri Tigers football
51	Commonwealth Stadium	67,606	Lexington	Kentucky	Kentucky Wildcats football
52	Qwest Field	67,000	Seattle	Washington	Seattle Seahawks
53	Edward Jones Dome	66,965	St. Louis	Missouri	St. Louis Rams
54	Lane Stadium	66,233	Blacksburg	Virginia	Virginia Tech Hokies football
55	Raymond James Stadium	65,647	Tampa	Florida	Tampa Bay Buccaneers, South Florida Bulls football
57	Paul Brown Stadium	65,535	Cincinnati	Ohio	Cincinnati Bengals
58	Alamodome	65,000	San Antonio	Texas	No home team; used for the Alamo Bowl game and Big 12 Conference championship game. Proposed home of University of Texas at San Antonio's future football team.[15]
T59	Ford Field	65,000	Detroit	Michigan	Detroit Lions, MAC Championship Game and Motor City Bowl
	LaVell Edwards Stadium	65,000	Provo	Utah	BYU Cougars football
61	Heinz Field	64,450	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Panthers football
62	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	64,035	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Minnesota Vikings
63	University of Phoenix Stadium	63,400	Glendale	Arizona	Arizona Cardinals, the Fiesta Bowl game and hosts the BCS National Championship game every fourth year
64	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	63,026	Oakland	California	Oakland Raiders
65	Lucas Oil Stadium	63,000	Indianapolis	Indiana	Indianapolis Colts
66	Memorial Stadium	62,872	Champaign	Illinois	Illinois Fighting Illini
67	Ross-Ade Stadium	62,500	West Lafayette	Indiana	Purdue Boilermakers
68	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	62,380	Memphis	Tennessee	Memphis Tigers football
T69	Soldier Field	61,500	Chicago	Illinois	Chicago Bears
	Scott Stadium	61,500	Charlottesville	Virginia	Virginia Cavaliers football
71	Yale Bowl	61,446	New Haven	Connecticut	Yale Bulldogs football
72	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium	60,580	Oxford	Mississippi	Ole Miss Rebels football
73	Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium	60,540	Morgantown	West Virginia	West Virginia Mountaineers football
74	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium	60,492	Jackson	Mississippi	Jackson State Tigers football
T75	Kenan Memorial Stadium	60,000	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	North Carolina Tar Heels football
	Boone Pickens Stadium	60,000	Stillwater	Oklahoma	Oklahoma State Cowboys football
77	Arizona Stadium	57,803	Tucson	Arizona	Arizona Wildcats football
78	Carter-Finley Stadium	57,583[16]	Raleigh	North Carolina	NC State Wolfpack football
79	Davis Wade Stadium	55,082	Starkville	Mississippi	Mississippi State Bulldogs football
T80	Jack Trice Stadium	55,000	Ames	Iowa	Iowa State Cyclones football
	Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field	55,000	Atlanta	Georgia	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
82	Autzen Stadium	53,800	Eugene	Oregon	Oregon Ducks football
83	Folsom Field	53,750	Boulder	Colorado	Colorado Buffaloes football
84	War Memorial Stadium	53,727	Little Rock	Arkansas	Arkansas Razorbacks football (secondary to Razorback Stadium)
85	Jones AT&T Stadium	53,000	Lubbock	Texas	Texas Tech Red Raiders football
86	Franklin Field	52,593	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Penn Quakers football
87	Falcon Stadium	52,480	Colorado Springs	Colorado	Air Force Falcons football
88	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium	52,200	Manhattan	Kansas	Kansas State Wildcats football
T89	Byrd Stadium	51,500	College Park	Maryland	Maryland Terrapins football
	Sun Bowl Stadium	51,500	El Paso	Texas	UTEP Miners football and Sun Bowl game
91	Independence Stadium	50,832	Shreveport	Louisiana	no home team, used for annual Independence Bowl game
92	TCF Bank Stadium	50,300	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Minnesota Golden Gophers
93	Memorial Stadium	50,180	Bloomington	Indiana	Indiana Hoosiers football
94	University of Kansas Memorial Stadium	50,071	Lawrence	Kansas	Kansas Jayhawks football
T95	Aloha Stadium	50,000	Honolulu	Hawaiʻi	Hawaiʻi Warriors football, Hawaiʻi Bowl and Pro Bowl
	Carrier Dome	50,000	Syracuse	New York	Syracuse Orange football
	Floyd Casey Stadium	50,000	Waco	Texas	Baylor Bears football
	Stanford Stadium	50,000	Stanford	California	Stanford Cardinal football
98	Ryan Field	49,256	Evanston	Illinois	Northwestern Wildcats
99	Reser Stadium	45,674	Corvallis	Oregon	Oregon State Beavers football
100	Rice-Eccles Stadium	45,634	Salt Lake City	Utah	Utah Utes football
101	Bright House Networks Stadium	45,301	Orlando	Florida	UCF Knights football
102	Alumni Stadium	44,500	Chestnut Hill	Massachusetts	Boston College Eagles football
103	Amon G. Carter Stadium	44,008	Fort Worth	Texas	TCU Horned Frogs football
104	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium	43,000	Greenville	North Carolina	East Carolina Pirates football
105	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium	42,000	Louisville	Kentucky	Louisville Cardinals football
106	Rutgers Stadium	41,500	Piscataway	New Jersey	Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
107	Bulldog Stadium	41,031	Fresno	California	Fresno State Bulldogs football
108	Ladd Peebles Stadium	40,646	Mobile	Alabama	South Alabama Jaguars football beginning 2009, used for annual Senior Bowl and GMAC Bowl games
T109	Rentschler Field	40,000	East Hartford	Connecticut	Connecticut Huskies football
	Michie Stadium	40,000	West Point	New York	Army Black Knights football
111	Vanderbilt Stadium	39,790	Nashville	Tennessee	Vanderbilt Commodores football
112	University Stadium	38,634	Albuquerque	New Mexico	New Mexico Lobos football
113	Joan C. Edwards Stadium	38,016	Huntington	West Virginia	Marshall Thundering Herd football
114	Sam Boyd Stadium	36,800	Las Vegas	Nevada	UNLV Rebels football and Las Vegas Bowl
115	M. M. Roberts Stadium	36,000	Hattiesburg	Mississippi	Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
116	Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium	35,542	Tulsa	Oklahoma	Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
117	Martin Stadium	35,117	Pullman	Washington	Washington State Cougars football
118	Nippert Stadium	35,000	Cincinnati	Ohio	Cincinnati Bearcats football
119	Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium	34,400	Fort Collins	Colorado	Colorado State Rams football
120	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium	34,000	Annapolis	Maryland	Navy Midshipmen football
121	Wallace Wade Stadium	33,941	Durham	North Carolina	Duke Blue Devils football
122	War Memorial Stadium	32,580	Laramie	Wyoming	Wyoming Cowboys football
T123	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	32,000	University Park	Texas	SMU Mustangs football
	Robertson Stadium	32,000	Houston	Texas	Houston Cougars football
125	BB&T Field	31,500	Winston-Salem	North Carolina	Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
T126	Cajun Field	31,000	Lafayette	Louisiana	Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football
	Rubber Bowl	31,000	Akron	Ohio	Akron Zips football
128	Huskie Stadium	30,998	DeKalb	Illinois	Northern Illinois Huskies football
129	Indian Stadium	30,964	Jonesboro	Arkansas	Arkansas State Red Wolves football
130	Joe Aillet Stadium	30,600	Ruston	Louisiana	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
131	Dix Stadium	30,520	Kent	Ohio	Kent State Golden Flashes football
132	Spartan Stadium	30,456	San Jose	California	San Jose State Spartans football
133	Malone Stadium	30,427	Monroe	Louisiana	ULM Warhawks football
134	Aggie Memorial Stadium	30,343	Las Cruces	New Mexico	New Mexico State Aggies football
135	Harvard Stadium	30,323	Boston	Massachusetts	Harvard Crimson football
136	Rynearson Stadium	30,200	Ypsilanti	Michigan	Eastern Michigan Eagles football
137	Kelly/Shorts Stadium	30,199	Mount Pleasant	Michigan	Central Michigan Chippewas football
138	Waldo Stadium	30,100	Kalamazoo	Michigan	Western Michigan Broncos football
T139	Bronco Stadium	30,000	Boise	Idaho	Boise State Broncos football
	Cessna Stadium	30,000	Wichita	Kansas	No current users
	Fouts Field	30,000	Denton	Texas	North Texas Mean Green football
	Movie Gallery Stadium	30,000	Troy	Alabama	Troy Trojans football
	William "Dick" Price Stadium	30,000	Norfolk	Virginia	Norfolk State University Spartans football

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• National Football League stadiums
• List of NCAA Division I FBS football stadiums
• List of NCAA Division I FCS football stadiums
• List of U.S. stadiums by capacity
• List of American baseball stadiums by capacity
• List of American soccer stadia by capacity
• List of North American stadiums by capacity
• List of stadiums by capacity
• List of football (soccer) stadiums by capacity
• List of rugby union stadiums by capacity