Joe Aillet Stadium

Opened in 1968

About Joe Aillet Stadium

Joe Aillet Stadium is a College Football stadium in Ruston, Louisiana. It opened in 1968. It seats 28,019. Its current tenant is Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (College Football), since 1968. By capacity it ranks 115th of 241 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 132nd oldest of 354 stadiums and arenas still in use. It has also been known as Louisiana Tech Stadium (1968–1971).

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Venue Information

Capacity

28,019

#115 in College Football of 241

Year Opened

1968

#125 oldest in College Football of 242

Location

Ruston, Louisiana 71272

Elevation

239 ft

73 m above sea level

#75 lowest 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 Joe Aillet Stadium by team, 1968–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs While based here: 59 seasons · 257-249-6 regular season in the 45 seasons with results on record · 15 postseason trips · 2026 in progress College Football · 1968–present Sun Belt 2026 · C-USA 2013–2025 · Western Athletic Conference 2001–2012 · 5 earlier conferences · FBS (Division I-A) Territory map on ImperialismMap Home venue unknown 1904–1927 Home venue unknown 1929–1967 Joe Aillet Stadium 1968–present	College Football	1968–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.