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KINNICK STADIUM
Kinnick Stadium, home for the Iowa
football team, served its 86th season of
hosting Hawkeye football games in 2015. One
of the 25 largest college‐owned stadiums in
the nation and one of college football’s finest
facilities, Kinnick Stadium is routinely filled on
Saturdays each fall.
A two-year, $90 million restoration and
renovation project for the stadium was
completed prior to the start of the 2006
season. The project, which was the largest
such undertaking ever for Iowa athletics,
included an entirely new south end zone
and a new press and hospitality facility. The
end zone project, which included new locker
rooms, training room and media facilities for
the Hawkeye football team on game days,
was completed prior to the 2005 season.
The Paul J. Brechler Press Box, a completely
new four-level press and hospitality facility,
opened for the 2006 season. The facility
extends the full length of the west side of the
stadium. It includes 47 private viewing suites
and over 1,000 club seats.
The renovation also provided a new entry
plaza (Krauss Family Plaza) to the south
entrance, wider seats throughout most of
the stadium, new and upgraded restroom
facilities and concession areas, and an
upgraded sound system. It also raised the
official capacity of Kinnick Stadium to 70,585.
Iowa draws sellout crowds for a majority of
all home games, including 64 of the last 86
games over the last 14 seasons. Iowa had a
sellout streak of 36 straight games snapped
in its 2008 home finale vs. Purdue (Nov. 15,
2008).
The Hawkeyes annually rank among
the top 25 schools in the nation in home
attendance. Iowa ranked 24th in home
attendance in 2015 with its average of 63,142.
Big Ten Conference football games in 2015
drew over 6.5 million fans, setting a singleseason
record while surpassing six million
fans for the fourth straight year. The Big Ten
annually ranks first or second nationally in
home attendance.
Construction on the original 53,000-seat
stadium was completed Oct. 5, 1929, at a
cost of $497,151.42. Original construction
took six months, but it has undergone several
facelifts since. Seats were added to the south
end zone in 1956, raising the capacity to
60,000. The north end zone was enclosed and
capacity increased to 66,000 prior to the 1983
season. With three more expansion projects
completed since, Kinnick now seats 70,585.
Kinnick Stadium has 20 miles of bleacher
seats and is 79 rows high on each side.
Beside the expansions, an artificial surface
was installed in 1972. That carpet was
replaced in 1981. Prior to the 1989 season
a natural grass playing field, Prescription
Athletic Turf, was installed. The playing
surface was replaced with new sod prior to
the 1997 season and during the 2005 season.
The playing surface was replaced prior
to the 2009 season, this time with state-ofthe-art
Field Turf. Permanent practice lights
were installed prior to the 2012 season and
upgraded to provide broadcast-quality
lighting prior to the 2015 season.
The original five‐floor press box was
constructed in 1958 at a cost of $490,628.62,
and was located between the 25‐yard lines
on the west side of the stadium. Between
1995 and 1999, the Kinnick Stadium press
box underwent a $3 million improvement
and renovation project, which included the
addition of 18 private viewing suites and
the remodeling of all five levels. The original
press box was demolished in December,
2005.
Spectators attending home games of
the Iowa Hawkeyes enjoy all the benefits of
watching a game on television, thanks to the
installation of all new and expanded video
boards and scoreboards prior to the 2013
season. The $9 million upgrade included
large scale, HD video display units, which
offer spectators live game action, instant
replays and other features. In addition to the
expanded main board in the south end zone,
two additional video boards and a video
ribbon were added to the south end zone.
The sound system renovation was completed
prior to the 2014 season.
Kinnick Stadium has a rich history,
beginning with a 46‐0 Hawkeye win over
Monmouth in the facility’s first game. The
Hawkeyes tied Illinois 7‐7 in the dedication
game Oct. 19, 1929.
In 1972, the name was changed from
Iowa Stadium to Kinnick Stadium in honor
of Iowa’s 1939 Heisman Trophy winner, Nile
Kinnick. His No. 24 jersey was retired by the
school because of his success as a scholarathlete
at the University.
Iowa’s all‐time record in Kinnick Stadium
is 276-177-15. Iowa’s longest home winning
streak of 22 games spanned the 2002 to
2005 seasons. The Hawkeyes have had 12
undefeated home seasons, including 2003,
2004 and 2015. Iowa posted a 6-1 home
record in 2002, 2008, 2009 and 2011.
The school’s all-time home total
attendance record was set in 2006 (494,095
fans) and matched in both 2010 and 2011.
The average per game record (70,585) was
established in 2005 and matched in 2006,
2007, 2010 and 2011. Iowa’s record season
attendance mark for all games is 905,840 set
in 1990, a 75,487 per game average.
IOWA FOOTBALL
2016 MEDIA GUIDE
Kinnick Stadium Attendance
Year-By-Year
Home___ Home___Season__Season
Year___ Total_____Avg. ___ Total____Avg.
1934__ 84,000____28,000__ 195,500__24,438
1935__ 116,000__23,200__ 193,000__24,125
1936__ 64,000____16,000__ 186,200__23,275
1938__ 64,000____16,000__ 152,000__19,000
1939__ 129,500__32,375__ 234,500__29,313
1940__ 106,700__26,675__ 262,730__32,837
1941__ 88,200____29,400__ 199,539__24,942
1942__ 110,400__15,771__ 179,043__17,904
1943__ 41,200____10,300__ 106,849__12,831
1944__ 42,200____10,550__ 111,056__13,882
1945__ 64,100____16,025__ 212,502__23,611
1946__ 197,811__39,562__ 384,191__42,688
1947__ 187,844__46,961__ 488,752__54,306
1948__ 212,708__42,542__ 356,542__39,616
1949__ 218,021__43,604__ 356,352__39,594
1950__ 222,921__44,584__ 456,473__50,719
1951__ 157,883__39,471__ 392,563__43,618
1952__ 181,164__45,291__ 349,467__38,829
1953__ 211,109__42,222__ 406,570__45,174
1954__ 245,421__49,084__ 491,608__54,623
1955__ 201,072__50,268__ 545,025__60,558
1956__ 306,478__51,079__ 534,550__53,455
1957__ 203,709__50,927__ 500,856__55,651
1958__ 329,673__54,912__ 630,262__63,026
1959__ 279,400__55,880__ 518,894__57,655
1960__ 264,100__52,820__ 506,590__56,288
1961__ 290,250__58,050__ 516,360__57,373
1962__ 281,216__56,212__ 478,828__53,203
1963__ 230,200__57,550__ 463,096__57,887
1964__ 266,391__53,278__ 483,697__53,744
1965__ 263,700__52,740__ 513,198__51,319
1966__ 278,628__46,438__ 498,688__49,869
1967__ 241,993__48,399__ 506,550__50,655
1968__ 294,126__49,021__ 473,811__47,381
1969__ 301,287__50,218__ 504,083__50,408
1970__ 248,643__49,728__ 490,438__49,043
1971__ 233,150__46,630__ 569,876__51,807
1972__ 220,833__44,166__ 537,504__48,864
1973__ 217,846__43,569__ 616,884__56,080
1974__ 291,600__48,600__ 571,185__51,926
1975__ 320,690__53,448__ 531,319__48,302
1976__ 267,327__53,465__ 614,382__55,853
1977__ 377,410__53,916__ 651,869__59,261
1978__ 319,289__53,214__ 595,281__54,116
1979__ 358,245__59,708__ 674,581__61,326
1980__ 359,750__59,958__ 668,008__60,728
1981__ 360,381__60,064__ 801,550__66,796
1982__ 297,766__59,553__ 692,455__57,705
1983__ 330,610__66,122__ 879,338__73,278
1984__ 396,784__66,131__ 764,793__58,830
1985__ 396,773__66,129__ 827,795__68,983
1986__ *472,041__67,434__ 852,604__71,050
1987__ 338,500__67,700__ 769,187__59,168
1988__ 406,200__67,700__ 773,190__59,476
1989__ 406,200__67,700__ 680,171__61,834
1990__ 414,349__69,058__ *905,840__*75,487
1991__ 420,424__70,071__ 772,358__64,363
1992__ 420,234__70,039__ 797,025__66,419
1993__ 403,842__67,307__ 746,480__62,207
1994__ 409,516__68,253__ 691,637__62,876
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