Huntsville, TX stadium guide
Elliott T. Bowers Stadium
Elliott T. Bowers Stadium is a Sam Houston football stadium in Huntsville, TX with 14,000 capacity; opened in 1986.
- Capacity
- 14,000
- Games Hosted
- 126
- Surface + Roof
- Artificial Turf • Open Air
- Opened
- 1986
Current listed capacity
Tracked historical total
Playing conditions
First season in use
Stadium overview
Stadium profile
Validated stadium facts and current dataset coverage for Elliott T. Bowers Stadium.
- Primary Team
- Sam Houston
- Conference
- Conference USA
- City / State
- Huntsville, TX
- Country
- US
- Surface / Roof
- Artificial Turf • Open Air
- Venue Age
- 40 years
- Games Hosted
- 126
- First Recorded Game
- Sep 28, 1935
- Most Recent Game
- Nov 21, 2026
Home-field snapshot
Sam Houston at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium
Record
97-23
126 games
Win Rate
80.8%
Tracked games at this stadium
Average Margin
+17.9
Team score minus opponent score
Method
Primary home team only
Hidden when stadium team scope is ambiguous
- Location
- Huntsville, TX
- Country
- US
- Venue Age
- 40 years
- Linked Teams
- Sam Houston
- First Recorded Game
- Sep 28, 1935
- Most Recent Game
- Nov 21, 2026
- Coordinates
- 30.7139, -95.5420
- Dataset Scope
- Tracked stadium dataset only
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Location
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- Address
- Elliott T. Bowers Stadium, Huntsville, TX, 77340
- Coordinates
- 30.7139, -95.5420
Context
Stadium rankings
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Numbers
Attendance and scoring
Stadium-wide scoring and crowd trends from the tracked archive.
Attendance Record
14,566
Jacksonville State at Sam Houston • Sep 29, 2023
Average Attendance
8,298
5 games with attendance data
Average Points Scored
38.6
Sam Houston at this stadium
Average Points Allowed
20.7
Sam Houston at this stadium
Archive
Historic games
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Highest Attendance
Jacksonville State at Sam Houston
L 28-35
14,566 announced attendance.
Postseason
James Madison at Sam Houston
W 38-35
Postseason matchup at this stadium.
Biggest Margin
Oklahoma Panhandle St at Sam Houston
W 77-0
77 point margin.
High-Scoring
McNeese at Sam Houston
W 56-43
99 combined points.
Highest Excitement
Middle Tennessee at Sam Houston
W 23-20
Game excitement score 9.7 in the current dataset.
Sam Houston Win
Liberty at Sam Houston
W 20-18
A tracked win for Sam Houston at this stadium.
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Archive
Games at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium
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126 games in view
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| Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2026 Regular • Week 12 | Sam Houston | Middle Tennessee Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Nov 14, 2026 Regular • Week 11 | Sam Houston | Kennesaw State Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Oct 22, 2026 Regular • Week 8 | Sam Houston | New Mexico State Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Oct 15, 2026 Regular • Week 7 | Sam Houston | Western Kentucky Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Sep 19, 2026 Regular • Week 3 | Sam Houston | Nicholls Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Sep 12, 2026 Regular • Week 2 | Sam Houston | Tulsa Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Nov 29, 2024 Regular • Week 14 | Sam Houston | Liberty Campus | W 20-18 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 Regular • Week 10 | Sam Houston | Louisiana Tech Campus | W 9-3 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Oct 16, 2024 Regular • Week 8 | Sam Houston | Western Kentucky Campus | L 14-31 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Sep 21, 2024 Regular • Week 4 | Sam Houston | New Mexico State Campus | W 31-11 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Sep 14, 2024 Regular • Week 3 | Sam Houston | Hawai'i Campus | W 31-13 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Nov 25, 2023 Regular • Week 13 | Sam Houston | Middle Tennessee Campus | W 23-20 | 2023 Regular | 5,349 |
| Nov 4, 2023 Regular • Week 10 | Sam Houston | Kennesaw State Campus | W 24-21 | 2023 Regular | 7,143 |
| Oct 26, 2023 Regular • Week 9 | Sam Houston | UTEP Campus | L 34-37 | 2023 Regular | 6,889 |
| Oct 18, 2023 Regular • Week 8 | Sam Houston | Florida International Campus | L 27-33 | 2023 Regular | 7,543 |
| Sep 29, 2023 Regular • Week 5 | Sam Houston | Jacksonville State Campus | L 28-35 | 2023 Regular | 14,566 |
| Nov 19, 2022 Regular • Week 12 | Sam Houston | Southern Utah Campus | L 7-17 | 2022 Regular | — |
| Nov 12, 2022 Regular • Week 11 | Sam Houston | Abilene Christian Campus | L 28-45 | 2022 Regular | — |
| Sep 17, 2022 Regular • Week 3 | Sam Houston | East Texas A&M Campus | W 27-17 | 2022 Regular | — |
| Sep 10, 2022 Regular • Week 2 | Sam Houston | Northern Arizona Campus | L 3-10 | 2022 Regular | — |
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Guide
Stadium guide
Elliott T. Bowers Stadium capacity is 14,000. The stadium is in Huntsville, TX. Sam Houston is the primary football team context for this stadium. Elliott T. Bowers Stadium opened in 1986. #256 Largest Stadium in Dataset.
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