re: Loudest CFB Stadiums (By Decibels)

As someone who has been to several games at Husky Stadium, I am amused at the comments by people who have never attended a game there stating that there is no way it could be ranked number 2.

Husky Stadium is loud because of the construction, not because of the fans. I be will be the first to admit that there are many stadiums, especially in the South, where the fans are louder, but because of the stadium construction the decibel level is lower, open end zones not withstanding.

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1. **Rustling Leaves**: 10 dB
2. **Whisper**: 30 dB

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Whispers are 3X leaves?

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No, it's 100 times louder...

I'm having trouble adjusting to Lonnie Utah's new avatar.

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Do you want me to get into when you use A vs C weighting on noise dosimetry, or what states use different frequency ranges for audiometric testing?

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I'm with you Bro, let's roll!!

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Lonnie Utah - We're not even getting into the fact that they only have general dB readings but no octave band analysis. Right???

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I’ve been to 5 games at Neyland… including 3 games against Auburn and one Bama-UT game and I’ve never felt that it was all that loud.

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No, you haven’t.

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Yes I have.

1994 Alabama at Tennessee
1999 Auburn at Tennessee
2004 Auburn at Tennessee
2009 Auburn at Tennessee
2013 Western Kentucky at Tennessee

That’s cool. It’s well documented that someone’s ear fell off in Tiger Stadium once because of the noise. I doubt that’s happened anywhere else.

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I would put A&M against any of the other Stadiums in the SEC. By your own admission you haven't been there.

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Yes that’s what I said.

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A&M is extremely loud.

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They may be. I’ve only been to 13 of the SEC stadiums so I can’t speak for the 3 I’ve not yet been to.

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you haven't been there. I have, as well as in those stadiums you mention.

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Good for you. But no stadium has the same atmosphere every week. A lot depends on the time of the game, the strength of the opponent, how much is on the line, etc. Going to a stadium one time doesn’t always give you the full experience. And no offense meant, but not every opponent is going to get up for playing Missouri the same way they would if a Top 10 or 15 ranked opponent is coming to town.

I’ve been to probably 100+ games at Auburn…. 15-20 games in Tuscaloosa… 7 games in Athens… 7 games in Baton Rouge… 7 games in Oxford… 7 games in Starkville… 5 games in Knoxville… 4 games in Gainesville… 3 games in Nashville… 2 games in Columbia, SC… 2 games in Fayetteville, AR… and 1 each in Lexington and Columbia, MO.

This in addition to games at Clemson, Penn State (a night white out game), Virginia, Georgia Tech, USC, Syracuse, Kansas State, UAB, and Troy (a games against Mizzou actually!)

I would say out of all my experiences, LSU, Auburn, Penn State, and Florida are the loudest.

What is the loudest without piping in noise like Neyland does though.

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We're not even getting into the fact that they only have general dB readings but no octave band analysis. Right???

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But you're 100% right. Without breaking down dB's by octave using a spectrum analyzer, these are kind of pointless numbers.

But I'll stand by my teams stadium tying for #2...

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Low frequency noise impacts at lower pressure levels are highly underappreciated. That's another reason why the stadiums built in a way that their upper decks conduct vibrations/amplify vibrations can really contribute to confusion on the field without dramatically impacting the overall sound pressure levels. In these stadiums...fewer fans can have a higher impact by stomping, creating low frequency sound pressure, along with their screaming, than in bigger stadiums with different substructure underpinning.