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Allen E. Paulson Stadium

Allen E. Paulson Stadium

Opened in 1984

About Allen E. Paulson Stadium

Allen E. Paulson Stadium is a former name of Allen E. Paulson Stadium at Evans Family Field, used 1984–2023. Allen E. Paulson Stadium at Evans Family Field is a College Football stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. It opened in 1984. It was designed by Heery International. It seats 25,000. Its current tenant is Georgia Southern Eagles (College Football), since 1984. By capacity it ranks 131st of 256 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 195th oldest of 368 stadiums and arenas still in use.

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Photo of Allen E. Paulson Stadium — Photo by Thespusandi. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Venue Information

Capacity

25,000

Source: Wikipedia

#131 in College Football of 256

Year Opened

1984

#182 oldest in College Football of 257

Location

Statesboro, Georgia 30458

Elevation

195 ft

59 m above sea level

#71 lowest in College Football of 257

Football field direction

East to west

The football field runs east to west, a bearing of 92 degrees.

Source: OpenStreetMap way/182052544

Architect

Heery International

Operator

Georgia Southern University

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Field direction read from the outline of the field in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Derived from a traced outline, so it can be a few degrees off.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

Teams

Home seasons at Allen E. Paulson Stadium by team, 1984–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Georgia Southern Eagles While based here: 37 seasons · 79-72 regular season in the 13 seasons with results on record · 8 postseason trips · 2026 in progress College Football · 1984–present Sun Belt 2014–2026 · Southern 1992–2013 · Independent 1984–1991 · FBS (Division I-A) Territory map on ImperialismMap Home venue unknown 1936–1937 Allen E. Paulson Stadium at Evans Family Field 1984–present	College Football	1984–present

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Game results are on record only for top-division college football seasons; other seasons count toward seasons here but not toward the record.