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Ohio Stadium Facts
Year built: 1922
Architect: Howard Dwight Smith
Cost: $1.3 million
First Game: vs. Ohio Wesleyan, 10-7-1922
Dedication Game: vs. Michigan, 10-21-1922
Original Capacity: 66,210
Present Capacity: 101,568
Largest Crowd: 105,539 (vs. Michigan, 11-23-02)		 Artificial Turf installed: 1970
Current PAT Surface installed: 1990
Renovation: 1999-2001
Re-dedication: vs. Akron, 2001
Stadium circumference: 2,892 square feet
Stadium length x width: 919 ft. x 679 ft.
Stadium acreage: 14.5 acres
Stadium height: 136 feet

LARGEST OHIO STADIUM CROWDS
Attendance
Date
Opponent
Result
105,539
105,286
105,194
105,103
105,078
105,044
104,897
104,892
104,890
104,680
11-23-02
11-15-03
11-8-03
10-26-02
8-30-03
10-18-03
11-2-02
10-12-02
9-13-03
9-27-03
Michigan
Purdue
Michigan State
Penn State
Washington
Iowa
Minnesota
San Jose State
North Carolina State
Northwestern
W, 14-9
W, 16-13
W, 33-23
W, 13-7
W, 28-9
W, 19-10
W, 34-3
W, 50-7
W, 44-38
W, 20-0

OHIO STADIUM ATTENDANCE RECORDS
Year
Home Games
Attendance
Average
2003
2001
2002
2000
1996
8
6
8
6
6
838,963
621,192
827,904
586,542
564,167
104,870
103,532
103,488
97,757
94,028