University at Buffalo Stadium

College football and track stadium

"UB Stadium" redirects here. For the stadium in Botswana, see University of Botswana Stadium.

UB Stadium

"The Bullpen"[citation needed]

Aerial view of the stadium in 2023

Address| Webster Road
Amherst, NY
United States
Coordinates| 42°59′57″N 78°46′39″W﻿ / ﻿42.99917°N 78.77750°W﻿ / 42.99917; -78.77750
Owner| University at Buffalo
Operator| Univ. at Buffalo Athletics
Type| Stadium
Capacity| 25,013 (2017–present)
29,013[2][failed verification] (1999–2017)
15,000 (1993–1999)
Surface| A-Turf Titan (2014–present)
Momentum Turf (2005–2013)
Natural grass (1993–2004)
Current use| Football
Soccer
Construction
Broke ground| September 17, 1991
Opened| September 4, 1993; 31 years ago (September 4, 1993)
Expanded| 1999
Construction cost| $23 million
($50.1 million in 2024 dollars)[1]
Architect| HOK Sport
Tenants

* Buffalo Bulls (NCAA) teams:
* football (1993–present)
* men's soccer (1993–2017)
* women's soccer (1993–present)
* men's and women's track and field
(1993–present)

Website
ubbulls.com/ub-stadium

UB Stadium is a stadium in Amherst, New York, United States, on the campus of the University at Buffalo. It is primarily used for football, soccer, and track and field events, and is the home field of the Buffalo Bulls. The Stadium hosted the athletics events and the closing ceremonies of the 1993 World University Games held in July 1993. The first football game was held between the Bulls and Maine Black Bears on September 4, 1993.[3]

## History

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The stadium was built from 1991 to 1993 as the final piece of the school's "Run to Division I" drive, meant to bring UB football back to Division I status and as the feature athletics venue for the 1993 Summer Universiade. The program had been dropped for seven years in the 1970s, but returned at a lower level. The team had played at a much smaller, 4,000-seat UB Stadium (now known as Walter Kunz Stadium) from the time of its move to the town of Amherst north of Buffalo in 1985 until 1992. The current stadium opened in the summer of 1993, hosting the World University Games. The Bulls played their first six years in the stadium as a member of Division I-AA, finally making their return to Division I-A in 1999.

Jim Kelly hosted his third-annual StarGaze charity event at the venue in 1994. The stadium was the primary venue for the 1995 World Masters Athletics Championships. The stadium hosted the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Empire State Games on July 21, 2010.

## Location and configuration

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The stadium consists of a north-south field surrounded by an eight-lane track. There are the original double-decked grandstands on either sideline spanning the entire length of the football field, a large bleacher grandstand around the south end of the track, and two shorter bleacher sections on the north side with the free-standing scoreboard located between them. The stadium is lit by the four large light towers near the corners of the stadium.

The stadium is located at the east side of UB's North Campus. Students living on the North Campus typically walk to the stadium from their on-campus housing or take the UB Stampede shuttle buses directly to Alumni Arena, which is nearby.

UB Stadium has a capacity of approximately 25,000. The sideline seating areas consist of two main grandstands which hold 15,000 (7,500 each). A large bleacher grandstand in the southern end of the stadium has a seating capacity of approximately 10,000. There is additional space on the north and south ends of the field level that is utilized as a standing room only space which accommodates approximately 3,000, though this is not factored into the capacity of the stadium.

In 1999, the school added two rounded bleacher sections to UB Stadium, raising the capacity to above 29,000. The southern section holds 10,000. Two half-sections were constructed in the north endzone, both with a capacity of 3,000 each (6,000 total). In October 2017, demolition work commenced on the northern endzones of the stadium in preparation for the program's new 92,000-square-foot (8,500 m2), $18 million field house.[4] The demolition of the bleachers brought the stadium's capacity down to about 25,000.

## Attendance records (football)

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Rank  | Attend.  | Date  | Rival  | Score

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1 | 29,795 | August 31, 2006 | Temple | 9–3 (OT)
2 | 29,013 | September 11, 2004 | Syracuse | 17–37
3 | 26,511 | November 18, 2000 | Miami (OH) | 16–17
4 | 24,714 | September 12, 2014 | Baylor | 21–63
5 | 24,013 | September 14, 2013 | Stony Brook | 26–23 (OT)
6 | 23,671 | September 29, 2018 | Army | 13–42
7 | 23,602 | October 5, 2013 | Eastern Michigan | 42–14
8 | 22,918 | November 5, 2013 | Ohio | 30–3
9 | 22,676 | September 22, 2007 | Baylor | 21–34
10 | 22,658 | August 30, 2001 | Rutgers | 15–31
11 | 21,933 | September 10, 2011 | Stony Brook | 35–7
12 | 21,870 | September 12, 2009 | Pittsburgh | 27–54
13 | 21,719 | October 18, 2008 | Army | 27–24 (OT)
14 | 21,139 | September 20, 2014 | Norfolk State | 36–7
15 | 21,103 | August 29, 2002 | Lehigh | 26–37
16 | 20,952 | September 28, 2013 | UConn | 41–12
17 | 20,872 | September 5, 2015 | Albany | 51–14
18 | 20,843 | October 3, 2015 | Bowling Green | 22–28
19 | 20,841 | September 27, 2014 | Miami (OH) | 35–27
20 | 20,835 | September 11, 1999 | Akron | 10–17

## See also

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* Alumni Arena
* Amherst Audubon Field
* List of NCAA Division I FBS football stadiums

## References

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1. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
2. ^ "UB Stadium - Amherst, NY Tickets". eventticketscenter.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
3. ^ Holland, Scott (September 4, 2013). "1993 Buffalo Football – A 'new' UB Stadium". University at Buffalo Digital Collections. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014.
4. ^ Fuller, Jon (September 15, 2017). "UB moves forward on fieldhouse". www.buffalo.edu. University at Buffalo. Retrieved September 18, 2023.

## External links

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Buffalo Bulls football

Venues|

* Olympic Park (1894–1919)
* International Park (1915–1917, 1919)
* Rotary Field (1920–1942, 1955–1984)
* War Memorial Stadium (1946–1954, 1958, 1960, 1968–1969)
* Kunz Stadium (1985–1992)
* University at Buffalo Stadium (1993–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

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* Victor E. Bull
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State University of New York at Buffalo

Located in: Buffalo, New York

Academics

* Arts and Sciences
* Architecture and Planning
* Dental Medicine
* Education
* Engineering and Applied Sciences
* Law
* Libraries
* Management
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* Nursing
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* Public Health
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Athletics

* Baseball
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* M
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* Victor E. Bull
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* Mark Alnutt

Notable people

* Alumni
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Media

* UB Reporter
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Student life

* The Generation
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* Student Association
* WRUB
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Buildings

* Abbott Hall
* Alfiero Center
* Alumni Arena
* Baird Hall
* Baldy Hall
* Bell Hall
* Bissell Hall
* Bonner Hall
* Capen Hall
* Center for the Arts
* Clark Hall
* Clemens Hall
* Cooke Hall
* Davis Hall
* Diefendorf Hall
* Fronczak Hall
* Furnas Hall
* Harriman Hall
* Hayes Hall
* Hochstetter Hall
* Jacobs Management Center
* Jarvis Hall
* Ketter Hall
* Knox Hall
* Lockwood Library
* Mathematics Building
* Millard Fillmore Academic Center
* Natural Sciences Complex
* Norton Hall
* O'Brian Hall
* Park Hall
* Slee Hall
* Squire Hall
* Student Union
* Talbert Hall
* UB Stadium

Campuses

* North Campus
* South Campus
* Downtown Campus

Around campus

* Amherst
* Duff's Famous Wings
* University Heights

UB miscellanea

* Kunz Stadium
* Millard Fillmore
* UB 2020
* Amherst Audubon Field

Established: 1846 – Endowment: $795 million – Students: 31,923

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Football stadiums of the Mid-American Conference

Current stadiums|

* InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field (Akron)
* Scheumann Stadium (Ball State)
* Doyt Perry Stadium (Bowling Green)
* University at Buffalo Stadium (Buffalo)
* Kelly/Shorts Stadium (Central Michigan)
* Rynearson Stadium (Eastern Michigan)
* Dix Stadium (Kent State)
* Yager Stadium (Miami)
* Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium (Northern Illinois; leaving in 2026)
* Peden Stadium (Ohio)
* Glass Bowl (Toledo)
* Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (UMass)
* Waldo Stadium (Western Michigan)

Championship|

* Ford Field

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College football venues in New York

Division I
FBS|

| ACC|

* JMA Wireless Dome (Syracuse)

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American|

* Michie Stadium (Army)

MAC|

* University at Buffalo Stadium (Buffalo)

Division I
FCS|

| CAA|

* Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium (Albany)
* Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium (Stony Brook)

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Ivy League|

* Schoellkopf Field (Cornell)
* Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium (Columbia)

Northeast|

* Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium (LIU)
* Wagner College Stadium (Wagner)

Patriot|

* Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium (Colgate)
* Coffey Field (Fordham)

Pioneer|

* Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field (Marist)

Division II|

| Northeast-10|

* Finnerty Field (Pace)

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Division III|

| ECFC|

* Pioneer Stadium (Alfred State)
* Reinhart Field (Maritime College)

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Empire 8|

* All Weather Field (Hartwick)
* Butterfield Stadium (Ithaca)
* Gaetano Stadium (Utica)
* Growney Stadium (St. John Fisher)
* Merrill Field (Alfred)

Liberty|

* '86 Field (RPI)
* Boswell Field (Hobart)
* Fauver Stadium (Rochester)
* Frank Bailey Field (Union)
* Leckonby Stadium (St. Lawrence)

NESCAC|

* Steuben Field (Hamilton)

NEWMAC|

* Captain James Harvey Tomb Field (Merchant Marine)

NJAC|

* Coyer Field (Buffalo State)
* Drake Field (Morrisville)
* Eunice Kennedy Shriver Stadium (Brockport)
* SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex (Cortland)

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Sports in Buffalo

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Semi-professional|

* Buffalo eXtreme
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Collegiate|

* Buffalo Bulls
* Buffalo State Bengals
* Canisius Golden Griffins
* D'Youville Saints
* Erie Kats

Venues|

* All-High Stadium
* Alumni Arena
* Buffalo Niagara Convention Center
* Buffalo RiverWorks
* Buffalo State Sports Arena
* Burt Flickinger Center
* Demske Sports Complex
* Highmark Stadium
* KeyBank Center
* Koessler Athletic Center
* LECOM Harborcenter
* Queen City Field
* Sahlen Field
* Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel
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