Scott Stadium

Opened in 1931

About Scott Stadium

Scott Stadium is a College Football stadium in University of Virginia, Virginia. It opened in 1931. It seats 61,500. Its current tenant is Virginia Cavaliers (College Football), since 1931. By capacity it ranks 39th of 241 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 59th oldest of 354 stadiums and arenas still in use and 51st longest single tenancy (95 years) of the 100 longest on record.

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Venue Information

Capacity

61,500

Source: Wikidata

#39 in College Football of 241

Year Opened

1931

#56 oldest in College Football of 242

Location

University of Virginia, Virginia 22904

Elevation

517 ft

158 m above sea level

#117 lowest in College Football of 242

Operator

University of Virginia

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 Scott Stadium by team, 1931–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Virginia Cavaliers While based here: 96 seasons · 463-534-21 regular season · 22 postseason trips · 2026 in progress College Football · 1931–present ACC 1954–2026 · Independent 1938–1953 · Southern 1931–1937 · FBS (Division I-A) Territory map on ImperialismMap Madison Hall Field 1889–1912 Lambeth Field 1913–1930 Scott Stadium 1931–present	College Football	1931–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.