Texas is entering new territory in the SEC when it comes to crowd size
As Texas prepares for its move to the SEC for the 2024 campaign, it is sure to get some less-than-friendly sendoffs from Iowa State, TCU, Baylor, and Houston and a slight preview of what’s to come in the following season during its early-year trip to Alabama.
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The move to the SEC entails games in significantly larger venues. The combined capacities of stadiums at TCU and Baylor aren’t greater than that of Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa. If Texas’ Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium and Oklahoma’s Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium are excluded, the Big 12 in it’s current form does not have a single stadium with a listed capacity of over 65,000. Meanwhile, the current SEC is home to 10 stadiums with 65,000 plus.
Inside Texas takes a look at the stadiums of the Longhorns, the Sooners, the rest of the Big 12, the SEC, and the record capacities for every program to illustrate what type of raucous environments Texas faithful will be able to see starting in 2024.
Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 100,119
Largest crowd: Alabama – 9/10/22 – 105,213
Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 80,126
Largest crowd: TCU – 11/11/17 – 88,308
Big 12 stadium capacities (excluding Oklahoma and Texas)
Baylor – McLane Stadium: 45,140
TCU – Amon G. Carter Stadium: 46,000
Texas Tech – Jones AT&T Stadium: 60,454
Oklahoma State – Boone Pickens Stadium: 55,509
Kansas – Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium: 47,000
Iowa State – Jack Trice Stadium: 61,500
Kansas State – Bill Snyder Family Stadium: 50,000
West Virginia – Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium: 60,000
Houston – TDECU Stadium: 40,000
Cincinnati – Nippert Stadium: 38,088
BYU – LaVell Edwards Stadium: 63,470
Central Florida – FBC Mortgage Stadium: 44,206
Average: 50,947
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Big 12 record crowds (excluding Oklahoma and Texas)
Baylor: Oklahoma – 11/16/19 – 50,537
TCU: Utah – 11/14/09 – 50,307
Texas Tech: Oklahoma State – 11/2/13 – 61,836
Oklahoma State: Baylor – 11/23/13 – 60,218
Kansas: Northern Colorado – 9/5/09 – 52,530
Iowa State: Northern Iowa – 9/5/15 – 61,500
Kansas State: Nebraska – 11/11/2000 – 53,811
West Virginia: Miami (Fla.) – 11/20/93 – 70,222
Houston: Memphis – 11/14/15 – 42,159
Cincinnati: UConn – 10/24/15 – 40,123
BYU: Notre Dame – 10/16/93 – 66,237
Central Florida: Miami (Fla.) – 10/17/09 – 48,453
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Average: 54,827
SEC stadium capacities
Texas A&M – Kyle Field: 102,733
LSU – Tiger Stadium: 102,321
Arkansas – Reynolds Razorback Stadium: 72,000
Ole Miss – Vaught-Hemingway Stadium: 64,038
Alabama – Bryant-Denny Stadium: 101,821
Auburn – Jordan-Hare Stadium: 87,451
Mississippi State – Davis Wade Stadium: 61,337
Missouri – Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium: 62,621
Tennessee – Neyland Stadium: 101,915
Vanderbilt – FirstBank Stadium: 40,550
South Carolina – Williams-Brice Stadium: 77,559
Florida – Ben Hill Griffin Stadium: 88,548
Georgia – Sanford Stadium: 92,746
Kentucky – Kroger Field: 61,000
Average: 79,760
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SEC record crowds
Texas A&M: Ole Miss – 10/11/14 – 110,633
LSU: Alabama – 11/5/22 – 102,321
Arkansas: Alabama – 9/25/10 – 76,808
Ole Miss: Alabama – 9/17/16 – 66,176
Alabama: LSU – 11/9/19 – 101,821
Auburn: 87,451
Mississippi State: Auburn – 10/11/14 – 62,945
Missouri: Penn State – 10/4/80 – 75,298
Tennessee: Florida – 9/18/04 – 109,061
Vanderbilt: 40,550
South Carolina: Georgia – 10/6/12 – 85,199
Florida: Florida State – 11/28/15 – 90,916
Georgia: Notre Dame – 9/21/19 – 92,746
Kentucky: Florida – 10/20/07 – 71,024
Average: 83,782
