Evanston, IL stadium guide
Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium
Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium is a Northwestern football stadium in Evanston, IL with 12,023 capacity; opened in 1997.
- Capacity
- 12,023
- Games Hosted
- 728
- Surface + Roof
- Artificial Turf • Open Air
- Opened
- 1997
Current listed capacity
Tracked historical total
Playing conditions
First season in use
Stadium overview
Stadium profile
Validated stadium facts and current dataset coverage for Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium.
- Primary Team
- Northwestern
- Conference
- Big Ten
- City / State
- Evanston, IL
- Country
- US
- Surface / Roof
- Artificial Turf • Open Air
- Venue Age
- 29 years
- Games Hosted
- 728
- First Recorded Game
- Sep 30, 1892
- Most Recent Game
- Sep 19, 2026
Home-field snapshot
Northwestern at Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium
Record
380-334-12
728 games
Win Rate
53.2%
Tracked games at this stadium
Average Margin
+0.5
Team score minus opponent score
Method
Primary home team only
Hidden when stadium team scope is ambiguous
- Location
- Evanston, IL
- Country
- US
- Venue Age
- 29 years
- Linked Teams
- Northwestern
- First Recorded Game
- Sep 30, 1892
- Most Recent Game
- Sep 19, 2026
- Coordinates
- 42.0582, -87.6709
- Dataset Scope
- Tracked stadium dataset only
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Location
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- Address
- Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium, Evanston, IL, 60208
- Coordinates
- 42.0582, -87.6709
Context
Stadium rankings
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Numbers
Attendance and scoring
Stadium-wide scoring and crowd trends from the tracked archive.
Attendance Record
47,330
Ohio State at Northwestern • Oct 19, 2019
Average Attendance
24,845
143 games with attendance data
Average Points Scored
18.6
Northwestern at this stadium
Average Points Allowed
18.1
Northwestern at this stadium
Archive
Historic games
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Rivalry
Illinois at Northwestern
L 3-41
Rivalry pairing identified from the site rivalry dataset.
Highest Attendance
Ohio State at Northwestern
L 3-52
47,330 announced attendance.
Biggest Margin
Wisconsin-Oshkosh at Northwestern
W 97-0
97 point margin.
High-Scoring
Michigan at Northwestern
W 54-51
105 combined points.
Highest Excitement
Miami (OH) at Northwestern
L 14-17
Game excitement score 9.8 in the current dataset.
Northwestern Win
Purdue at Northwestern
W 19-0
A tracked win for Northwestern at this stadium.
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Archive
Games at Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium
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728 games in view
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| Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2026 Regular • Week 3 | Northwestern | Colorado Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Sep 6, 2026 Regular • Week 1 | Northwestern | South Dakota State Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Oct 18, 2025 Regular • Week 8 | Northwestern | Purdue Campus | W 19-0 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Oct 4, 2025 Regular • Week 6 | Northwestern | UL Monroe Campus | W 42-7 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Sep 27, 2025 Regular • Week 5 | Northwestern | UCLA Campus | W 17-14 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Sep 13, 2025 Regular • Week 3 | Northwestern | Oregon Campus | L 14-34 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Sep 5, 2025 Regular • Week 2 | Northwestern | Western Illinois Campus | W 42-7 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Nov 18, 2023 Regular • Week 12 | Northwestern | Purdue Campus | W 23-15 | 2023 Regular | 23,291 |
| Oct 28, 2023 Regular • Week 9 | Northwestern | Maryland Campus | W 33-27 | 2023 Regular | 19,286 |
| Oct 7, 2023 Regular • Week 6 | Northwestern | Howard Campus | W 23-20 | 2023 Regular | 22,160 |
| Sep 30, 2023 Regular • Week 5 | Northwestern | Penn State Campus | L 13-41 | 2023 Regular | 25,064 |
| Sep 23, 2023 Regular • Week 4 | Northwestern | Minnesota Campus | W 37-34 | 2023 Regular | 20,148 |
| Sep 9, 2023 Regular • Week 2 | Northwestern | UTEP Campus | W 38-7 | 2023 Regular | 14,851 |
| Nov 26, 2022 Regular • Week 13 | Northwestern | Illinois Campus | L 3-41 | 2022 Regular | 25,744 |
| Nov 5, 2022 Regular • Week 10 | Northwestern | Ohio State Campus | L 7-21 | 2022 Regular | 42,774 |
| Oct 8, 2022 Regular • Week 6 | Northwestern | Wisconsin Campus | L 7-42 | 2022 Regular | 32,121 |
| Sep 24, 2022 Regular • Week 4 | Northwestern | Miami (OH) Campus | L 14-17 | 2022 Regular | 23,773 |
| Sep 17, 2022 Regular • Week 3 | Northwestern | Southern Illinois Campus | L 24-31 | 2022 Regular | 23,146 |
| Sep 10, 2022 Regular • Week 2 | Northwestern | Duke Campus | L 23-31 | 2022 Regular | 24,622 |
| Nov 6, 2021 Regular • Week 10 | Northwestern | Iowa Campus | L 12-17 | 2021 Regular | 38,141 |
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Guide
Stadium guide
Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium capacity is 12,023. The stadium is in Evanston, IL. Northwestern is the primary football team context for this stadium. Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium opened in 1997. #270 Largest Stadium in Dataset.
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