Stadium Guide
S.B. Ballard Stadium
Norfolk, VA • 20,118 capacity • home of Old Dominion • opened 1936
- Capacity
- 20,118
- Games Hosted
- 95
- Surface + Roof
- Artificial Turf • Open Air
- Opened
- 1936
Current listed capacity
Tracked historical total
Playing conditions
First season in use
Stadium overview
Stadium profile
Validated stadium facts and current dataset coverage for S.B. Ballard Stadium.
- Primary Team
- Old Dominion
- Conference
- Sun Belt
- City / State
- Norfolk, VA
- Country
- US
- Surface / Roof
- Artificial Turf • Open Air
- Venue Age
- 90 years
- Games Hosted
- 95
- First Recorded Game
- Sep 5, 2009
- Most Recent Game
- Sep 19, 2026
Home-field snapshot
Old Dominion at S.B. Ballard Stadium
Record
58-35
95 games
Win Rate
62.4%
Tracked games at this stadium
Average Margin
+4
Team score minus opponent score
Method
Primary home team only
Hidden when stadium team scope is ambiguous
- Location
- Norfolk, VA
- Country
- US
- Venue Age
- 90 years
- Linked Teams
- Old Dominion
- First Recorded Game
- Sep 5, 2009
- Most Recent Game
- Sep 19, 2026
- Coordinates
- 36.8890, -76.3049
- Dataset Scope
- Tracked stadium dataset only
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Location
Map, address, and travel links for this stadium.
- Address
- S.B. Ballard Stadium, Norfolk, VA, 23551
- Coordinates
- 36.8890, -76.3049
Context
Stadium rankings
Rankings are scoped to the tracked stadium dataset.
Numbers
Attendance and scoring
Stadium-wide scoring and crowd trends from the tracked archive.
Attendance Record
21,944
Virginia Tech at Old Dominion • Sep 2, 2022
Average Attendance
19,145
54 games with attendance data
Average Points Scored
30.7
Old Dominion at this stadium
Average Points Allowed
26.7
Old Dominion at this stadium
Archive
Historic games
Rules-driven highlights selected from the tracked archive.
Rivalry
James Madison at Old Dominion
L 32-35
Rivalry pairing identified from the site rivalry dataset.
Highest Attendance
Virginia Tech at Old Dominion
W 20-17
21,944 announced attendance.
Biggest Margin
VMI at Old Dominion
W 77-14
63 point margin.
High-Scoring
New Hampshire at Old Dominion
W 64-61
125 combined points.
Highest Excitement
Charlotte at Old Dominion
W 37-34
Game excitement score 9.7 in the current dataset.
Old Dominion Win
Georgia State at Old Dominion
W 27-10
A tracked win for Old Dominion at this stadium.
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Archive
Games at S.B. Ballard Stadium
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| Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2026 Regular • Week 3 | Old Dominion | East Carolina Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Sep 5, 2026 Regular • Week 1 | Old Dominion | Norfolk State Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Nov 29, 2025 Regular • Week 14 | Old Dominion | Georgia State Campus | W 27-10 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Nov 14, 2025 Regular • Week 12 | Old Dominion | Troy Campus | W 33-0 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Oct 25, 2025 Regular • Week 9 | Old Dominion | App State Campus | W 24-21 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Oct 4, 2025 Regular • Week 6 | Old Dominion | Coastal Carolina Campus | W 47-7 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Sep 27, 2025 Regular • Week 5 | Old Dominion | Liberty Campus | W 21-7 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Sep 6, 2025 Regular • Week 2 | Old Dominion | North Carolina Central Campus | W 54-6 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Nov 24, 2024 Regular • Week 13 | Old Dominion | Marshall Campus | L 35-42 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Nov 16, 2024 Regular • Week 12 | Old Dominion | James Madison Campus | L 32-35 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Oct 24, 2024 Regular • Week 9 | Old Dominion | Georgia Southern Campus | W 47-19 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Oct 19, 2024 Regular • Week 8 | Old Dominion | Texas State Campus | W 24-14 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Sep 14, 2024 Regular • Week 3 | Old Dominion | Virginia Tech Campus | L 17-37 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Sep 7, 2024 Regular • Week 2 | Old Dominion | East Carolina Campus | L 14-20 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Nov 25, 2023 Regular • Week 13 | Old Dominion | Georgia State Campus | W 25-24 | 2023 Regular | 15,717 |
| Nov 4, 2023 Regular • Week 10 | Old Dominion | Coastal Carolina Campus | L 24-28 | 2023 Regular | 17,982 |
| Oct 21, 2023 Regular • Week 8 | Old Dominion | App State Campus | W 28-21 | 2023 Regular | 20,017 |
| Sep 23, 2023 Regular • Week 4 | Old Dominion | East Texas A&M Campus | W 10-9 | 2023 Regular | 16,938 |
| Sep 16, 2023 Regular • Week 3 | Old Dominion | Wake Forest Campus | L 24-27 | 2023 Regular | 18,276 |
| Sep 9, 2023 Regular • Week 2 | Old Dominion | Louisiana Campus | W 38-31 | 2023 Regular | 18,154 |
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S.B. Ballard Stadium is a college football stadium in Norfolk, VA. Old Dominion is the clearest current home team context in the tracked dataset. The listed capacity is 20,118. The stadium opened in 1936. #204 Largest Stadium in Dataset.
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