Hancock Stadium

Opened in 1963

About Hancock Stadium

Hancock Stadium is a College Football stadium in Normal, Illinois. It opened in 1963. It seats 13,391. Its current tenant is Illinois State Redbirds (College Football), since 1971. By capacity it ranks 176th of 241 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 109th oldest of 354 stadiums and arenas still in use.

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Venue Information

Capacity

13,391

Source: Wikidata

#176 in College Football of 241

Year Opened

1963

#103 oldest in College Football of 242

Location

Normal, Illinois 61790

Elevation

795 ft

242 m above sea level

#79 highest in College Football of 242

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.

Teams

Home seasons at Hancock Stadium by team, 1963–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Illinois State Redbirds While based here: 50 seasons · 20-44-1 regular season in the 6 seasons with results on record · no postseason trips College Football · 1971–present Missouri Valley Football Conference 2008–2026 · Gateway Football Conference 1985–2007 · Missouri Valley 1981–1984 · 1 earlier conference · FCS (Division I-AA) Home venue unknown 1897–1944 Hancock Stadium 1971–present	College Football	1971–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.