Neyland Stadium

Opened in 1921

About Neyland Stadium

Neyland Stadium is a College Football stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. It opened in 1921. It was designed by Bruce McCarty. It seats 102,455. Its current tenant is Tennessee Volunteers (College Football), since 1921. By capacity it ranks 5th of 241 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 14th oldest of 354 stadiums and arenas still in use and 13th longest single tenancy (105 years) of the 100 longest on record. It has also been known as Shields-Watkins Field (1921–1961).

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Photo of Neyland Stadium — Photo by Neomrbungle. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Venue Information

Capacity

102,455

Source: Wikidata

#5 in College Football of 241

Year Opened

1921

#12 oldest in College Football of 242

Address

1235 Phillip Fulmer Way, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916

Elevation

870 ft

265 m above sea level

#69 highest in College Football of 242

Architect

Bruce McCarty

Operator

Tennessee Volunteers

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.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

Teams

Home seasons at Neyland Stadium by team, 1921–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Tennessee Volunteers While based here: 105 seasons · 765-321-37 regular season · 57 postseason trips · 2026 in progress College Football · 1921–present SEC 1933–2026 · Southern 1921–1932 · FBS (Division I-A) Territory map on ImperialismMap Home venue unknown 1902–1920 Neyland Stadium 1921–present	College Football	1921–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.