Cougar Stadium

Opened in 1964

About Cougar Stadium

Cougar Stadium is a former name of LaVell Edwards Stadium, used 1964–1999. LaVell Edwards Stadium is a College Football stadium in Provo, Utah. It opened in 1964. It was designed by Fred L. Markham. It seats 63,470. Its current tenant is BYU Cougars (College Football), since 1964. By capacity it ranks 34th of 241 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 112th oldest of 354 stadiums and arenas still in use.

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Venue Information

Capacity

63,470

Source: Wikidata

#34 in College Football of 241

Year Opened

1964

#106 oldest in College Football of 242

Location

Provo, Utah 84602

Elevation

4,642 ft

1,415 m above sea level

#12 highest in College Football of 242

Architect

Fred L. Markham

Operator

Brigham Young 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.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

Teams

Home seasons at Cougar Stadium by team, 1964–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
BYU Cougars While based here: 63 seasons · 492-232-3 regular season · 42 postseason trips · 2026 in progress College Football · 1964–present Big 12 2023–2026 · Independent 2011–2022 · Mountain West 1999–2010 · 1 earlier conference · FBS (Division I-A) Territory map on ImperialismMap Home venue unknown 1922–1963 LaVell Edwards Stadium 1964–present	College Football	1964–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.