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{{short description|Outdoor stadium in Madison, Wisconsin}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = Camp Randall Stadium
| image = Camp Randall Aerial.jpg
| image_size = 273
| caption = View from the north in 2021.
| location = 1440 Monroe Street<br>[[University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin]]<br>[[Madison, Wisconsin]]<!--53711-2051-->
| coordinates = {{coord|43|4|12|N|89|24|46|W|type:landmark|display=it}}
| pushpin_map = USA Wisconsin#USA
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_label = Madison
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Wisconsin##Location in the United States
| publictransit = {{rint|bus|1}} [[Metro Transit (Madison)|Metro Transit]]
| broke_ground = 1917
| opened = November 3, 1917<br>{{Years or months ago|1917}}
| expanded = 1921, 1924, 1940, 1951, 1958,<br>1966, 2004
| renovated = 2004, 2022 (south end zone)
| closed = 
| demolished = 
| owner = University of Wisconsin–Madison
| operator = University of Wisconsin–Madison
| surface = [[FieldTurf]] (2003–present)<ref name=info>{{cite web |url=https://uwbadgers.com/documents/2024/8/19/2024_FB_FactBook.pdf |title=Camp Randall Stadium |work=Wisconsin Football: 2024 Fact Book |publisher=Wisconsin Badgers |page=245 |date=August 19, 2024 |access-date=September 8, 2024}}</ref><br>[[AstroTurf]] (1968–2002)<br>Natural grass (1917–1967)
| construction_cost = $15,000<br />(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|15000|1917}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})
| architect = [[Arthur Peabody]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Levitan|first1=Stuart D.|title=Madison: 1856–1931|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJiXlcnFmL0C&pg=PA196|access-date=September 28, 2011|publisher=The University of Wisconsin Press|location=Madison, Wisconsin|isbn=0-299-21674-8|page=196|year=2006}}</ref><br>Berners-Schober Associates, Inc.<br>(2005 renovation)
| former_names = 
| tenants = [[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin Badgers]] ([[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]) (1917–present)
| seating_capacity = 76,057 (2024–present)<ref name="info"/>
'''Former'''
{{collapsible list|
* 76,118 (2023)
* 75,822 (2022)
* 80,321 (2005–2021)
* 82,123 (2004)
* 76,634 (2001–2003)
* 76,129 (1998–2000)
* 77,745 (1991–1997)
* 76,293 (1987–1990)
* 77,280 (1966–1986)
* 63,435 (1958–1965)
* 52,788 (1955–1957)
* 52,819 (1953–1954)
* 51,000 (1951–1952)
* 45,000 (1940–1950)
* 36,000 (1937–1939)
* 32,700 (1932–1936)
* 38,293 (1926–1931)
* 29,783 (1925)
* 20,000 (1921–1924)
* 11,900 
}}
| website = {{URL|https://camprandallstadium.com/|camprandallstadium.com}}
}}
'''Camp Randall  Stadium''' is an outdoor stadium in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], located on the campus of the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin]]. It has been the home of the [[Wisconsin Badgers football]] team in rudimentary form since [[1895 Wisconsin Badgers football team|1895]], and as a fully functioning stadium since [[1917 Wisconsin Badgers football team|1917]]. It is the oldest and seventh-largest stadium in the [[Big Ten Conference]].
The field has a conventional north–south alignment at an approximate [[elevation]] of {{convert|880|ft}} above [[sea level]].

==History==
The stadium lies on the grounds of [[Camp Randall]], a<!-- former--> [[Union Army]] training camp during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name=slessn16>{{cite news|title=State's lesson in Civil War|first=Frederick|last=Merk|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TaxRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FiEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3846%2C4911055|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|Milwaukee Journal]]|agency=Wisconsin Historical Society|date=July 30, 1916|page=4|access-date=October 25, 2015|archive-date=May 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507175208/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TaxRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FiEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3846,4911055|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=anrplcf82>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hcgiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1CkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3076%2C6168753|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|Milwaukee Journal]]|last=Davenport|first=Don|title=A northern resting place for the Confederacy's dead|date=May 31, 1982|page=1, part 1|access-date=October 25, 2015|archive-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429021646/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hcgiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1CkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3076,6168753|url-status=dead}}</ref> The camp was named after then [[List of governors of Wisconsin|Governor]] [[Alexander Randall (Wisconsin politician)|Alexander Randall]], who later became [[United States Postmaster General|Postmaster General]] of the United States.

[[File:Randall Field.jpg|thumb|left|Randall Field prior to stadium construction]]
After an outcry from veterans over plans to turn the site into building lots, the state bought it in 1893 and presented it to the university. Soon afterward, it was pressed into service as an athletic ground. It was originally used by the track and field team before the football and baseball teams moved there in 1895. The wooden bleachers were very difficult to maintain, and some were condemned as unsafe in 1914. The university then asked for $40,000 to build a concrete-and-steel stadium, and got $20,000. After three sections of bleachers collapsed during a 1915 game, the state readily granted the additional money. The new stadium opened for the first time on October 6, 1917. It consisted of 7,500 concrete seats—roughly corresponding to the lower portion of the current stadium's east grandstand—and 3,000 wooden seats from the old field.

After the wooden seats burned down in [[1922 Wisconsin Badgers football team|1922]], more permanent seats were added in stages until it consisted of a horseshoe opening to the south, with a running track around the field. In 1940, the UW built an addition to the east side of Camp Randall that included housing for 150 people (as well as a rifle range and facilities for boxing and wrestling). In 1951, the university decided to turn the Stadium Dorm rooms into office space. The stadium was renovated at various points to raise the size of the horseshoe by nearly doubling the number of rows around the stadium in stages, placing south stands in front of the [[Wisconsin Field House]] (built in 1930), the removal of the track and addition of nearly 11,000 seats in [[1958 Wisconsin Badgers football team|1958]], the addition of the upper deck on the west side in [[1966 Wisconsin Badgers football team|1966]], and finally the [[2005 Wisconsin Badgers football team|2005]] addition of boxes along the eastern rim of the stadium.

Originally natural grass, the field was one of the first in the United States to convert to [[artificial turf]] in [[1968 Wisconsin Badgers football team|1968]].<ref name=uw67artgr>{{cite news|title=UW Considering Artificial Grass at Camp Randall|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P1oaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9ScEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1227%2C5959239|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|Milwaukee Journal]]|agency=UPI|date=April 30, 1967|page=3, sports|access-date=October 25, 2015|archive-date=May 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513012031/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P1oaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9ScEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1227,5959239|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=wgtr68>{{cite news|title=Camp Randall Will Get Turf|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PbUdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XCgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5195%2C1004138|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|Milwaukee Journal]]|agency=Associated Press|date=July 13, 1968|page=15|access-date=October 25, 2015|archive-date=April 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430021810/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PbUdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XCgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5195,1004138|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=synth68>{{cite news|title=Synthetic Grass at UW Passes 1st Test|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FG0jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UigEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3789%2C5429561|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|Milwaukee Sentinel]]|date=September 10, 1968|page=1, part 2|access-date=October 25, 2015|archive-date=March 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310180343/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FG0jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UigEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3789%2C5429561|url-status=dead}}</ref> Superturf was installed in 1980,<ref name=ntfcrb90>{{cite news|title=Camp Randall Makeover Puttin' on the Glitz|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6cYdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CywEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2087%2C648417|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|Milwaukee Journal]]|date=July 24, 1990|page=C2|access-date=October 25, 2015|archive-date=May 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512205733/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6cYdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CywEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2087,648417|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a new [[AstroTurf]] field was installed in [[1990 Wisconsin Badgers football team|1990]],<ref name=gltz90>{{cite news|title=New Turf for Camp Randall Backed|first=Richard P.|last=Jone|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HcAcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3n4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5887%2C338926|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|Milwaukee Journal]]|date=March 9, 1990|page=7B|access-date=October 25, 2015|archive-date=May 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513062149/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HcAcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3n4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5887,338926|url-status=dead}}</ref>  and replaced in [[1998 Wisconsin Badgers football team|1998]].<ref name=pogac98>{{cite news|title=UW Delivers a Piece of Gridiron Action|first=Jo|last=Sandin|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fKYaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hi8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3767%2C3297078|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|date=October 23, 1998|page=2B|access-date=October 25, 2015|archive-date=April 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428032635/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fKYaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hi8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3767,3297078|url-status=dead}}</ref> A new type of artificial grass, infilled [[FieldTurf]], was installed for the [[2003 Wisconsin Badgers football team|2003]] season, replaced  after the spring term in time for the [[2012 Wisconsin Badgers football team|2012]] season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wisconsin Turf Finished at Camp Randall Stadium|first=Joshua|last=Guiher|url=http://www.collegiatestadiums.com/2012/06/14/wisconsin-turf-finished-at-camp-randall-stadium/|work=Collegiate Stadiums|date=June 14, 2012|access-date=September 3, 2012|archive-date=August 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829110905/http://www.collegiatestadiums.com/2012/06/14/wisconsin-turf-finished-at-camp-randall-stadium/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The stadium also houses athletic offices of the university. In 2002, a large-scale reconstruction project commenced, which added luxury boxes, a five-story office building, and separate football program offices. In addition, concessions, restrooms and other infrastructure items were upgraded, the walkway around the field was removed, and new scoreboards were installed. The construction was completed prior to the start of the [[2004 Wisconsin Badgers football team|2004]] season. The football team continued to play at the stadium throughout the construction.

Also during this period of reconstruction at the stadium, changes were made to the visiting team locker room. Known as one of the best visiting team locker rooms in the Big Ten Conference, it was initially painted a bright pink, a color thought to affect the play of the visiting team (similar to Iowa's pale pink visiting locker room). The UW Athletic Dept. decided that the color may irritate the opposing team and had the room painted a pale shade of blue called "prison blue", named for the shade of paint used in [[Wisconsin Department of Corrections]] facility cells, which is intended to have a "calming effect." Since this change, the Badgers have had a 43–4 home record.

[[File:Camp Randall Scoreboard 2013.jpg|thumb|right|Camp Randall scoreboard at Movie Night 2013|alt=Camp Randall scoreboard at Movie Night 2013]]

The numbers of Wisconsin's two [[Heisman Trophy]] winners, [[Alan Ameche]] and [[Ron Dayne]], are displayed on the upper deck façade. Both of their numbers (35 and 33, respectively) are retired; The retired numbers of [[Elroy Hirsch]] (40), [[Dave Schreiner]] (80), [[1944 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Allan Shafer]] (83), and [[Pat Richter]] (88) were added during the 2006 football season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Count Again, UW It Retired 4 Numbers But Will Display 5|first=Andy|last=Baggot|url=http://host.madison.com/news/article_df318300-2ff1-5158-ad21-7e08a1cf915c.html|newspaper=[[Wisconsin State Journal]]|location=Madison|date=August 17, 2006|access-date=June 6, 2012}}</ref>

At [[Barry Alvarez]]'s final game as head coach in 2005, plans were announced to place a statue of him in the Stadium's Kellner Plaza.  The bronze [[statue]] was unveiled in [[2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team|2006]] on October 13. On November 17, it was joined by a similar statue of former UW athlete and [[athletic director]] [[Pat Richter]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Richter's Jersey Number to be Retired|url=http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110306aab.html|publisher=The Division of Intercollegiate Athletics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison|date=November 3, 2006|access-date=October 5, 2015|archive-date=July 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713145000/http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110306aab.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Announced in the fall of 2010 and completed in January 2014, the Student Athlete Performance Center, an expansion of Camp Randall to the north, included a new scoreboard, academic and strength training facilities, multimedia instructional space, lower-level football team access tunnel, and renovated locker rooms, shower rooms and equipment space. The new scoreboard is  {{convert|50|by|170|ft}} and the Daktronics screen is {{convert|4271|sqft}} (per @BadgerFootball), with two smaller screens flanking either side.<ref>{{cite web |title=Daktonics Screen Size|url=https://twitter.com/BadgerFootball/status/347042933314289665|date=June 18, 2013|access-date=September 8, 2013}}</ref>

In 2018, a plan was announced to build premium seating in the south end zone (replacing existing bleacher seating), replace the artificial turf, upgrade utilities, and improve the press box. These projects were completed over the summer of 2022, cutting the stadium's capacity from 80,321 down to its current number of 75,822.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://madison.com/wsj/sports/college/here-s-where-the-wisconsin-badgers-are-looking-at-facility/collection_9e022c7f-1698-5b25-a5e7-8eabdb749d88.html#1|title=Here's where the Wisconsin Badgers are looking at facility renovations|last=Milewski|first=Todd D.|date=August 22, 2018|work=Wisconsin State Journal|access-date=2018-08-29|language=en}}</ref> With the [[2021–2024 NCAA conference realignment#Big Ten Conference|2024 expansion of the Big Ten]] and its new television contract adding new evening games to the schedule deep into November, and the possibility of hosting [[College Football Playoff]] games, UW–Madison replaced the field after the 2023 season with a heated surface and winterization measures which will allow it to continue hosting games until the end of the year. The scoreboard will also have additional panels added on to replace traditional static advertising hoardings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2023/12/05/wisconsin-begins-implementing-heated-field-at-camp-randall-stadium/71814549007/|title=With eye on expanded playoffs, Wisconsin begins implementing heated field at Camp Randall Stadium|last=Radcliffe|first=JR|date=5 December 2023|work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|access-date=9 December 2023}}</ref>

==Crush==

[[File:Camp Randall Stadium stands.jpg|thumb|November 2006]]

{{see also|1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team}}
On October 30, 1993, Wisconsin defeated the [[1993 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan Wolverines]], 13–10, for the first time since [[1981 Wisconsin Badgers football team|1981]]. As the final gun sounded, students began to [[Pitch invasion|charge the field]] to celebrate, but were blocked by the guardrails surrounding the field. The crowd in the back, not aware of what was going on at the front, continued to move forward, aided by gravity. Those in front were crushed against the rails and then trampled when the rails finally gave way and the throng spilled onto the field.<ref name=pcwsif>{{cite news|title=Police chief won't say if officers hit students|first=Richard P.|last=Jones|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cKIaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wCwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6632%2C28243|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|Milwaukee Journal]]|date=November 1, 1993|page=A6|access-date=October 25, 2015|archive-date=April 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425092807/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cKIaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wCwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6632,28243|url-status=dead}}</ref> There were no fatalities, but 73 students were injured, six of them critically.<ref name=sicocr>{{cite news |title=State inspectors check out Camp Randall|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pEdQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=11UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4053%2C2898531|newspaper=Ludington Daily News|location=Michigan|agency=Associated Press|date=November 4, 1993|page=14}}</ref> Several Badgers football players assisted with removing the injured from the tangle. Per Mar Security (stadium security) and the University of Wisconsin were later found liable for this situation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Justices Hear 'Stampede' Case|first=Gwen|last=Carleton|page=3A|date=January 7, 1999|newspaper=[[The Capital Times]]|location=Madison}}</ref>

As a result, design changes were made in the stadium that increased the size and strength of the fences. Stadium personnel also received training to help them better handle a field rush. A field rush after a defeat of no. 1 [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]] on October 16, 2010, showed that the measures taken after 1993 worked, as only one minor injury took place.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thirty-Five Arrested, More Than 100 Ejected From Ohio State Game But No Serious Injuries|url=http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/article_78e24710-d9b5-11df-b0f1-001cc4c002e0.html|newspaper=[[Wisconsin State Journal]]|date=October 17, 2010|access-date=October 17, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Students Rush Field, Memories of 1993 Crush Fizzle|first1=Ryan|last1=Rainey|first2=Jen|last2=Zettel|url=http://badgerherald.com/news/2010/10/17/students_rush_field_.php|newspaper=[[The Badger Herald]]|date=October 17, 2010|access-date=October 17, 2010|archive-date=July 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707082200/http://badgerherald.com/news/2010/10/17/students_rush_field_.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Off-the-field traditions==
Badger football events at Camp Randall Stadium include numerous traditions. Some of these include:

===The Fifth Quarter===
In 1969, the Badgers had lost 24 straight games, and [[Michael Leckrone]] took over the [[University of Wisconsin Marching Band|Wisconsin Marching Band]]. Working with athletic director [[Elroy Hirsch]], Leckrone and the band created a fan event called "The Fifth Quarter", that took place at the end of the game.

Songs typically played during the Fifth Quarter include "[[On Wisconsin]]", "You've Said It All" (also known as the "Bud" song, referring to its beginning as a jingle in a Budweiser beer commercial), "Space Badgers" (A variation on the opening to [[Also sprach Zarathustra (Strauss)|Also sprach Zarathustra]]), "Dance Little Bird" ([[The Chicken Dance]]), "[[Beer Barrel Polka]]", "[[Tequila (Champs song)|Tequila]]", and "Hey Baby." Many spectators remain in the stands for 20 minutes after the game to enjoy the performance. Many of the songs are associated with specific choreography in which the band, cheerleaders and the audience all participate.

At the end of the Fifth Quarter, the band lines up to play "Varsity" as the spectators sing. The band then exits the field via the north entrance to perform more and sing "It's Hard to Be Humble", after which the band marches to the Mosse Humanities Building, where it is dismissed.

The Fifth Quarter was officially named in 1978, and its traditions have been passed down since then.

Leckrone directed his final "Fifth Quarter" performance on November 24, 2018, after a 50-year career as director of the band.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Meg |title=After 50 years leading UW marching band, Mike Leckrone leaves Camp Randall |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2018/11/24/mike-leckrone-uw-marching-band-leader-directs-last-camp-randall-show/2082002002/ |access-date=2020-01-02 |publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=2018-11-24}}</ref>

[[File:Camp Randall Stadium crowd.jpg|thumb|Badger fans fill the stadium during a 2005  football game with Michigan]]

==="Jump Around" tradition===
Another tradition at UW football games is the "Jump Around", where fans dance to the [[House of Pain]] song of the [[Jump Around|same name]]. This takes place between the third and fourth quarters. The tradition began during the 1993 football season with the men's swim team smuggling in a megaphone and discman and playing the song to rile up sections O and P. The media start was on Saturday, October 10, 1998, at the Badgers' Homecoming game against the [[Purdue Boilermakers]].<ref name=GBO>[http://www.greaterbuckyopen.com/gbofun_campr.htm Greater Bucky Open – Camp Randall Stadium], Accessed June 3, 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704173545/http://www.greaterbuckyopen.com/gbofun_campr.htm |date=July 4, 2008 }}</ref> After no offensive points were scored in the third quarter, the Badgers' marketing agent in charge of sound piped the song through the loudspeakers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wisconsin Football: More Than a Game|first=Jen|last=Brown|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/story?id=1172725&page=1|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=September 30, 2005|access-date=June 3, 2008}}</ref> It stirred up fans and players and has become a tradition of the last decade.

On September 6, 2003, (the Badgers' first home game of the season), with construction of the skyboxes surrounding the stadium, UW officials decided to cancel the "Jump Around" tradition that had been a staple for five years. Stadium security and the local police department had been informed of this decision, but no notification had been given to the fans.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kiss 'Jump Around' Goodbye|first=Michelle|last=Orris|url=http://badgerherald.com/news/2003/09/08/kiss_jump_around_goo.php|newspaper=[[The Badger Herald]]|date=September 8, 2003|access-date=June 3, 2008|archive-date=February 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214044922/http://badgerherald.com/news/2003/09/08/kiss_jump_around_goo.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> As the fourth quarter began and students realized there had been no "Jump Around", they became upset. Some jumped around without the requisite music. Then an entire section sat down in protest, a majority directed their middle finger at the sound booth, and a chant of "Fuck the sound guy" began. Sitting down was particularly significant as the student section generally stands on the bleachers while the team is playing. Chanting and [[booing]] continued through the majority of the fourth quarter. With 6:29 to go in the game, [[Lee Evans (American football)|Lee Evans]] scored on a 99-yard play and led the Badgers to a victory.

When news surfaced on Monday, September 8, 2003, that this event was not a technical or human malfunction, but rather a decision by campus officials, the students launched a protest. Petitions circulated and students pushed back against administration. Structural engineers confirmed that the stadium could withstand the vibrations created by jumping. Two days later, Chancellor [[John D. Wiley]] announced that the "Jump Around" tradition would resume.<ref>{{cite web |title='Jump Around' Tradition Returns to Student Section|url=http://www.news.wisc.edu/8907|publisher=University of Wisconsin-Madison|date=September 10, 2003|access-date=June 3, 2008}}</ref>

==Other uses==
[[File:ScannedImage-11.jpg|thumb|200px|[[1999 Green Bay Packers season|Packers]] host the [[1999 Denver Broncos season|Denver Broncos]] at Camp Randall on August 23, [[1999 Green Bay Packers season|1999]]]]
The stadium is also used by the [[Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association]] for its state football championships.

===NFL===
The [[Green Bay Packers]] played twelve exhibition games at Camp Randall, which, up until 2013, had a larger [[seating capacity]] than the Packers' home stadium, [[Lambeau Field]]. The series began in [[1986 Green Bay Packers season|1986]], shortly after the [[Chicago Bears]] began to use nearby [[University of Wisconsin-Platteville]] as a training camp site. The most recent pre-season Packers game at Camp Randall was played in [[1999 Green Bay Packers season|1999]].

===Hockey===
[[File:Camp randall hockey classic 031 (4337030308).jpg|thumb|Men's ice hockey match]]
The University of Wisconsin men's and women's ice hockey teams each played an outdoor hockey game at Camp Randall Stadium on February 6, 2010, as part of the [[Culver's]] Camp Randall Hockey Classic.  The Wisconsin women defeated Bemidji State 6–1, while the Badger men beat Michigan 3–2.

===Entertainment===

Camp Randall has also hosted a number of major concerts.

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|-
! width=12% style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=white}};|Date
! width=10% style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=white}};|Artist
! width=10% style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=white}};|Opening act(s)
! width=16% style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=white}};|Tour / Concert name
! width=10% style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=white}};|Attendance
! width=10% style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=white}};|Revenue
! width=20% style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=white}};|Notes
|-
| May 20, 1988 || [[Pink Floyd]] || — || [[A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour]] || 45,132 / 55,000 || $902,640 ||
|-
| June 9, 1992 || [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] || — || [[We Can't Dance Tour]] || — || — || 
|-
| September 13, 1992 || [[U2]] || [[Big Audio Dynamite II]]<br>[[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]] || [[Zoo TV Tour]] || 62,280 / 62,280 || $1,868,400 ||
|-
| July 3, 1994 || [[Pink Floyd]] || — || [[The Division Bell Tour]] || 60,960 / 60,960 || $1,942,780 ||
|-
| August 26, 1994 || [[The Rolling Stones]] || [[Bryan Adams]]<br>[[Blind Melon]]<br>[[Lenny Kravitz]] || [[Voodoo Lounge Tour]] || 51,201 / 51,201 || $2,420,485 || 
|-
| June 25, 1997 || [[U2]] || [[Fun Lovin' Criminals]] || [[PopMart Tour]] || 34,002 / 40,000 || $1,701,045 || 
|-
| October 6, 1997 || [[The Rolling Stones]] || [[Blues Traveler]] || [[Bridges to Babylon Tour]] || 27,087 / 35,000 || $1,460,425 ||
|-
| June 28, 2025 || rowspan=2|[[Morgan Wallen]] || rowspan=2|[[Miranda Lambert]]<br>[[Ella Langley]] || rowspan=2|I'm The Problem Tour || rowspan=2|— || rowspan=2|— || rowspan=2|
|-
| June 29, 2025
|-
| July 19, 2025 || [[Coldplay]] || [[Ayra Starr]]<br>[[Elyanna]] || [[Music of the Spheres World Tour]]|| — || — ||
|-
| July 19, 2026 || [[AC/DC]] || [[The Pretty Reckless]] || [[Power Up Tour]]|| — || — ||
|}

==Complex==
The Camp Randall athletic complex includes three additional facilities: the [[University of Wisconsin Field House|Field House]], home to the UW [[basketball]] teams until January 1998, and now the [[collegiate wrestling|wrestling]] and women's [[volleyball]] teams; the Dave McClain Athletic Facility, an indoor football practice facility named for the late Badgers football coach, [[Dave McClain (coach)|Dave McClain]], which also houses locker rooms for football, men's and women's [[track and field|track]], and [[soccer]], and strength and conditioning, [[sports medicine]], and academic services; and the Camp Randall Memorial Sports Center ("The Shell"), which contains a 200-meter indoor track that surrounds facilities for intramural sports. The indoor track is used by the UW track teams during their indoor seasons. The Shell also houses a practice ice sheet. The Shell was demolished in October 2024 to make way for a new indoor football practice facility.

==Longest home winning streaks==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|-
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=white}};"|Rank !! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=white}};"|Started !! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=white}};"|Snapped !! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=white}};"|Streak
|-
| style="text-align:left"| 1st || October 31, 2009 || October 27, 2012 || 21
|-
| style="text-align:left"| 2nd || September 9, 2006 || October 4, 2008 || 16
|-
| style="text-align:left"| 3rd || October 29, 2016 || September 15, 2018 || 12
|-
| style="text-align:left"| 4th || September 4, 2004 || November 12, 2005 || 11
|-
| style="text-align:left"| 5th || September 6, 2014 || October 3, 2015 || 10
|-
| style="text-align:left"| T-6th || October 31, 1953 || October 1, 1955 || 9
|-
| style="text-align:left"| T-6th || November 18, 1961 || October 26, 1963 || 9
|-
| style="text-align:left"| T-8th || October 4, 1930 || October 3, 1931 || 8
|-
| style="text-align:left"| T-8th || September 12, 1998 || September 25, 1999 || 8
|-
| style="text-align:left"| T-8th || September 7, 2019 || December 5, 2020 || 8
|}
[https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/play-index/streak.cgi?request=1&year_min=1917&school_id=wisconsin&game_location=H&c1stat=points&c1comp=gt&c1val=opp_points&c2comp=gt&c3comp=gt&c4comp=gt]

Note: Streaks do not include ties.

==Largest crowds==
===Top 10 largest crowds===
{| class=wikitable
|-
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=white}};"|Rank !! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=white}};"|Date !! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=white}};"|Attendance !! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=white}};"|Opponent !! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=white}};"|Result
|-
|  1 || November 12, 2005 || 83,184 || [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa]]|| L, 10–20
|-
|  2 || November 6, 2004 || 83,069 || [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]]|| W, 38–14
|-
|  3 || September 24, 2005 || 83,022 || [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]]|| W, 23–20
|-
|  4 || October 22, 2005 || 82,828 || [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]]|| W, 31–20
|-
|  5 || September 22, 2007 || 82,630 || Iowa|| W, 17–13
|-
|  6 || October 23, 2004 || 82,468 || [[Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern]]|| W, 24–12
|-
|  7 || November 10, 2007 || 82,352 || Michigan|| W, 37–21
|-
|  8 || October 1, 2005 || 82,330 || [[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]]|| W, 41–24
|-
|  9 || October 2, 2004 || 82,306 || [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]]|| W, 24–7
|-
|  10 || September 25, 2004 || 82,179 || [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State]]|| W, 16–3
|-
|}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Camp Randall North Entrance Expansion 2013.jpg
File:Camp Randall Arch as of 2013.jpg
File:Panoramic - Camp Randall 11.29.14.jpg
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of NCAA Division I FBS football stadiums]]
* [[Lists of stadiums]]

==References==
{{Reflist|33em}}

==Further reading==
* Mattern, Carolyn J. ''Soldiers When They Go: The Story of Camp Randall, 1861–1865''. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1968.

==External links==
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* {{official website}}
*[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/UW/UW-idx?type=article&did=UW.UWBuildings.i0077&id=UW.UWBuildings&isize=M&pview=hide Camp Randall Stadium] in ''The Buildings of the University of Wisconsin''
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151013053705/http://www.uwbadgers.com/facilities/camp-randall.html Camp Randall on UWBadgers.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051202025117/http://football.ballparks.com/NCAA/Big10/Wisconsin/index.htm Camp Randall on Ballparks.com]
*[http://uwbadgers.com/facilities/field_house/index_81.html The Fieldhouse on UWBadgers.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112064927/http://www.uwbadgers.com/facilities/field_house/index_81.html |date=2006-11-12 }}
*[http://uwbadgers.com/facilities/mcclain/index_83.html McClain Facility on UWBadgers.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112062725/http://www.uwbadgers.com/facilities/mcclain/index_83.html |date=November 12, 2006 }}
*[http://uwbadgers.com/facilities/shell/index_89.html "The Shell" on UWBadgers.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030234104/http://www.uwbadgers.com/facilities/shell/index_89.html |date=2006-10-30 }}
*[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/UW.UWAthletics University of Wisconsin–Madison Athletic Department Collection]
*[http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=r5bg5y7jg0m9&style=b&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&scene=20554000&encType=1 Aerial View of Camp Randall Stadium]

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