College football stadiums: Ranking the 10 best game-day experiences

Regardless of how you feel about the Michigan Wolverines as a program, Michigan Stadium’s greatness is undeniable. It holds the largest capacity crowd in college football at 107,601 fans, hence the nickname, “The Big House.”

The Big House was built on an old farm that the university purchased in 1925. Legend has it there’s a crane buried beneath the stadium that was swallowed up in the quicksand-like surface during construction. The Wolverines have buried plenty of opponents who visited Ann Arbor, including a 51-12 mark since 2012.

The Big House has been an innovation pioneer among college football stadiums, as it was the first to use electronic scoreboards. It happened in 1930 when one was installed at each end of the field; the scoreboards were replaced in 1968 at a cost of $75,000

The first game was in 1927 against Ohio Wesleyan in front of roughly 40,000 fans, but a whopping 84,401 fans showed up three weeks later for the dedication game against the Ohio State Buckeyes.