Stadium Guide
Elliott T. Bowers Stadium
Huntsville, TX • 14,000 capacity • home of Sam Houston • opened 1986
- Capacity
- 14,000
- Games Hosted
- 121
- 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
- 121
- First Recorded Game
- Sep 28, 1935
- Most Recent Game
- Sep 12, 2026
Home-field snapshot
Sam Houston at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium
Record
97-23
121 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
- Sep 12, 2026
- Coordinates
- 30.7139, -95.5420
- Dataset Scope
- Tracked stadium dataset only
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Location
Map, address, and travel links for this stadium.
- 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
Rules-driven highlights selected from the tracked archive.
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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| Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Dec 12, 2021 Regular • Week 15 | Sam Houston | Montana State Campus | L 19-42 | 2021 Regular | — |
| Dec 4, 2021 Regular • Week 14 | Sam Houston | Incarnate Word Campus | W 49-42 | 2021 Regular | — |
| Nov 13, 2021 Regular • Week 11 | Sam Houston | Eastern Kentucky Campus | W 42-28 | 2021 Regular | — |
| Nov 6, 2021 Regular • Week 10 | Sam Houston | Utah Tech Campus | W 59-10 | 2021 Regular | — |
| Oct 23, 2021 Regular • Week 8 | Sam Houston | Jacksonville State Campus | W 42-7 | 2021 Regular | — |
Context
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Guide
Stadium guide
Elliott T. Bowers Stadium is a college football stadium in Huntsville, TX. Sam Houston is the clearest current home team context in the tracked dataset. The listed capacity is 14,000. The stadium opened in 1986. #248 Largest Stadium in Dataset.
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