Sanford Stadium

Opened in 1929

About Sanford Stadium

Sanford Stadium is a College Football stadium in Athens, Georgia. It opened in 1929. It seats 92,746. Its current tenant is Georgia Bulldogs (College Football), since 1929. By capacity it ranks 9th of 241 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 48th oldest of 354 stadiums and arenas still in use and 39th longest single tenancy (97 years) of the 100 longest on record.

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Venue Information

Capacity

92,746

Source: Wikidata

#9 in College Football of 241

Year Opened

1929

#45 oldest in College Football of 242

Location

Athens, Georgia 30609

Elevation

608 ft

185 m above sea level

#112 highest in College Football of 242

Operator

University of Georgia

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 Sanford Stadium by team, 1929–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Georgia Bulldogs While based here: 98 seasons · 728-316-28 regular season · 60 postseason trips · 2026 in progress College Football · 1929–present SEC 1933–2026 · Southern 1929–1932 · FBS (Division I-A) Territory map on ImperialismMap Herty Field 1902–1910 Sanford Field 1911–1928 Sanford Stadium 1929–present	College Football	1929–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.