Neyland Stadium, Knoxville
Neyland Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 93, 3:30 pm Saturdays 88
Home of Tennessee · SEC · capacity 102,455 · Grass
- 90all Saturdays, Comfortable
- 48thof 167 stadiums
90 is Comfortable, and most stadiums score lower.
How the rank works
All 167 stadiums with eight seasons of regular-season Saturdays are ranked by their weather score across every kickoff time, highest first; 1st is the most pleasant. A season can swing a score by 2 to 3 points, so allowing for year-to-year noise (about two chances in three) it ranks between 17th and 91st.
Show a month
All Saturdays
- noon: 90, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 88, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 93, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September at Neyland Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 98 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 78.
- noon: 79, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 78, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at Neyland Stadium: scores run 94 to 97, all Comfortable.
- noon: 95, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 94, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 97, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November at Neyland Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 95 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 86.
- noon: 95, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 92, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 86, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
At kickoff, 114 regular-season Saturdays at each kickoff time, 2018 to 2025.
All Saturdays
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (93). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (90 and 88).
September
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (98). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (79 and 78).
October
Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 95, 3:30 pm 94, 7:30 pm 97.
November
Best kickoff time: noon (95). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (86).
The roughest kickoff time is the lowest of the day's times. It can still be Mixed or Comfortable.
What goes with it
Share of Saturdays here that feel this way over the first 3 hours and 20 minutes after kickoff.
All Saturdays
Feel 85°F or hotter
September
Feel 85°F or hotter
October
Feel 85°F or hotter
November
At every kickoff time, fewer than 5 in 100 of November Saturdays here feel 85°F or hotter, and fewer than 5 in 100 feel under 32°F.
Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.
Across all Saturdays, Neyland Stadium scores higher than 10 of the other 15 SEC stadiums
All Saturdays
- Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 91, Comfortable
- FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 90, Comfortable
- Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 90, Comfortable
- Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 90, Comfortable
- Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 90, Comfortable
- Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 90, Comfortable
- Kroger Field (Kentucky): 89, Mixed
- Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 88, Mixed
- Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 88, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 88, Mixed
- Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 88, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 87, Mixed
- Tiger Stadium (LSU): 85, Mixed
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 84, Mixed
- DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 82, Mixed
- Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 82, Mixed
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Neyland Stadium scores 90, higher than 10, lower than 1 and level with 4 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 82 to 91.
Noon Saturdays
- Kroger Field (Kentucky): 90, Comfortable
- Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 90, Comfortable
- FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 88, Mixed
- Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 88, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 88, Mixed
- Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 88, Mixed
- Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 88, Mixed
- Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 87, Mixed
- Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 87, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 86, Mixed
- Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 85, Mixed
- Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 83, Mixed
- Tiger Stadium (LSU): 78, Mixed
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 77, Mixed
- DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 77, Mixed
- Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 76, Mixed
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Neyland Stadium scores 90, tied for the highest of the 16 SEC stadiums, with Kroger Field (Kentucky). Scores run 76 to 90.
3:30 pm Saturdays
- Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 90, Comfortable
- FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 89, Mixed
- Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 88, Mixed
- Kroger Field (Kentucky): 87, Mixed
- Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 87, Mixed
- Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 87, Mixed
- Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 87, Mixed
- Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 86, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 86, Mixed
- Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 86, Mixed
- Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 85, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 83, Mixed
- Tiger Stadium (LSU): 81, Mixed
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 80, Mixed
- DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 77, Mixed
- Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 76, Mixed
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Neyland Stadium scores 88, higher than 13, lower than 2 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 76 to 90.
7:30 pm Saturdays
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 97, Comfortable
- Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 96, Comfortable
- Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 96, Comfortable
- Tiger Stadium (LSU): 96, Comfortable
- Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 95, Comfortable
- Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 95, Comfortable
- Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 94, Comfortable
- Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 94, Comfortable
- DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 93, Comfortable
- FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 93, Comfortable
- Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 93, Comfortable
- Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 93, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 92, Comfortable
- Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 92, Comfortable
- Kroger Field (Kentucky): 90, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 90, Comfortable
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Neyland Stadium scores 93, higher than 4, lower than 8 and level with 3 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 90 to 97.
One dot per stadium: 16 SEC stadiums. Every SEC stadium by month.
More about Neyland Stadium
The Vol Navy floats in on the river outside; the Pride marches the T before kickoff.
- The roughest game played hereChattanooga at Tennessee, Aug. 31, 2024: feels like 97°F, weather score 50 (Rough). Heat took off the most points.
- Kickoff timesHow games here landed among each Saturday’s kickoff times.
- NetworksHow kickoff times and TV networks line up.
- Rivalry weatherAlabama vs Tennessee (Third Saturday in October): the two home stadiums side by side.
The table behind this page
| Season | Noon | 3:30 pm | 7:30 pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saturdays | 90 | 88 | 93 |
| September | 79 | 78 | 98 |
| October | 95 | 94 | 97 |
| November | 95 | 92 | 86 |
| Saturdays counted | 114 | 114 | 114 |
How this is measured
The score covers the first 3 hours and 20 minutes after kickoff, averaged over every regular-season Saturday from late August to early December, 2018 to 2025, using the nearest airport’s readings, not the stands. Shade, delays and smoke are not in it. Scores within about 2 points are effectively tied. It describes what these Saturdays were like. It is not a forecast and it says nothing about home advantage.
Weather observations: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet at Iowa State University. Weather score version 2.2.