Cowboy Stadium

Opened in 1965

About Cowboy Stadium

Cowboy Stadium is a former name of Navarre Stadium, used 1965–2024. Navarre Stadium is a College Football stadium in Lake Charles, Louisiana. It opened in 1965. It seats 12,226. Its current tenant is McNeese Cowboys (College Football), since 1965. By capacity it ranks 192nd of 256 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 126th oldest of 368 stadiums and arenas still in use.

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Photo of Cowboy Stadium
Photo by Gkarg. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Venue Information

Capacity

12,226

Source: Wikidata

Year Opened

1965

Address

700 East McNeese Street, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70607

Elevation

2 ft

1 m above sea level

Address 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.

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Teams

Home seasons at Cowboy Stadium by team, 1965–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.
Team League Years
McNeese Cowboys
While based here: 46 seasons · 56-19-2 regular season in the 7 seasons with results on record · 3 postseason trips
College Football · 1965–present
Southland 1973–2026 · Gulf States Conference 1965 · FCS (Division I-AA)
  1. Home venue unknown 1964
  2. Navarre Stadium 1965–present
College Football 1965–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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of Cowboy Stadium?

The capacity of Cowboy Stadium is 12,226.

When was Cowboy Stadium built?

Cowboy Stadium opened in 1965.

Who plays at Cowboy Stadium?

Cowboy Stadium is the home venue of McNeese Cowboys.

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

Historical Names

Navarre Stadium

2025 - Present

Cowboy Stadium

1965 - 2024

Current

Location

Coordinates: 30.1733, -93.2100
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Nearby Venues

VenueYearsDistance
Provost Umphrey Stadium 1964– 52 mi
Cajun Field 1971– 70 mi
McNaspy Stadium 71 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Read more on Wikipedia

Teams on Wikipedia

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.

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