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Holland Municipal Stadium

Hope College plays its home football games at Holland Municipal Stadium. Opened in 1979, the stadium has permanent seats for 5,322 people. The stadium is located on a 16-acre parcel near 16th Street and Fairbanks Avenue, south of the Hope College owned Ekdal J. Buys Athletic Complex. There is on-site parking for approximately 1,000 vehicles. The stadium has a spacious press box and two concessions stands with restrooms. Team locker rooms are available at the nearby city-owned Bouws swimming pool on game day. The nearby college-owned Lugers Fieldhouse serves the football team in the Fall and other teams in the Spring. The fieldhouse includes a fully equipped sports medicine center and lockerrooms for athletes, coaches and officials.

The first Hope football game in the stadium was a 20-2 victory over Wabash College of Indiana on Sept. 15, 1979.

The 1997 Flying Dutchmen established a single season attendance record with an average of 4,148 fans per game. Playing their first night game at the stadium to open the 1997 season, the Flying Dutchmen attracted a record 6,421 fans for the Community defeating Benedictine, Ill. 27-0. The Dutchmen also played home night games in 2000, 2007 and 2008.

Hope at Holland Municipal Stadium Alltime thru 2008 season: 79-46-3

Year	Dates	Total	Average	W-L-T
1979	5	18,854	3,770	4-0-1
1980	4	15,317	3,830	2-2-0
1981	5	18,623	3,725	3-2-0
1982	4	16,281	4,070	4-0-0
1983	4	14,677	3,669	4-0-0
1984	5	18,133	3,627	5-0-0
1985	4	12,897	3,225	2-1-1
1986	5	16,435	3,287	3-2-0
1987	5	15,403	3,081	4-1-0
1988	4	12,231	3,058	1-3-0
1989	4	11,620	2,905	3-1-0
1990	5	15,904	3,181	3-1-1
1991	4	12,472	3,118	2-2-0
1992	5	12,424	2,485	3-2-0
1993	4	11,436	2,859	1-3-0
1994	4	11,283	2,821	2-2-0
1995	6	14,793	2,466	2-4-0
1996	4	12,200	3,050	1-3-0
1997	5	20,742	4,148	3-2-0
1998	4	12,259	3,065	2-2-0
1999	5	14,075	2,815	3-2-0
2000	5	20,175	4,035	3-2-0
2001	5	17,330	3,466	5-0-0
2002	5	16,945	3,389	3-2-0
2003	4	13,302	3,325	4-0-0
2004	5	16,547	3,309	3-2-0
2005	5	10,660	2,132	4-1-0
2006	5	11,051	2,210	4-1-0
2007	5	18,847	3,769	2-3-0
2008	5	14,630	2,926	2-3-0

Best Single Game Attendance
6,421, Benedictine, Ill., 9-13-97 (night)
6,308, Grand Valley State, Mich., 9-6-80
5,820, Central, Iowa, 9-8-07 (night)
5,621, Wabash, Ind., 9-15-79
5,506, Adrian, 10-20-84
5,475, Valparaiso, Ind., 9-9-00 (night)

Largest Homecoming Attendance: 5,506, Adrian, 10-20-84
Largest Community Day Attendance: 6,421, Benedictine, 9-13-97
Largest Parent's Day Attendance: 5,035, Albion, 11-11-00
NCAA Playoff Game: 2,539, Augustana, Ill., 11-22-86

Best MIAA Opponent Attendance

Adrian 5,506 1984

Albion 5,213 1993

Alma 5,021 1994

Kalamazoo 5,052 1983

Olivet 4,840 1990

Trine 3,905 2008