Jordan – Hare Stadium Jordan – Hare Stadium ( – ) is the playing venue for Auburn University ' s football team located on campus in Auburn , Alabama , USA . The stadium is named for Ralph " Shug " Jordan , who has the most wins as head coach of the University ' s football team , and Cliff Hare , a member of Auburn ' s first football team as well as Dean of the Auburn University School of Chemistry and President of the Southern Conference . On November 19 , 2005 , the playing field at the stadium was named Pat Dye Field in honor of former Auburn coach and athletic director Pat Dye . The stadium reached its current seating capacity of 87 , 451 with the 2004 expansion and is the twelfth largest stadium in the NCAA . By the end of the 2006 season , it was estimated that 19 , 308 , 753 spectators had attended a football game in Jordan – Hare . Jordan – Hare Stadium regularly makes lists of the best gameday atmospheres and most intimidating places to play . History . The stadium , then known as Auburn Stadium with 7 , 290 seats , hosted its first game on November 10 , 1939 , between the Auburn and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football freshmen teams . About one month later , the stadium was dedicated and the first college football game was played against the University of Florida on November 30 , 1939 under head coach , Jack Meagher . By the time the stadium was renamed Cliff Hare Stadium in 1949 , it had grown to a capacity of 21 , 500 . Shug Jordan became head coach of the Tigers in 1951 , and he was still coaching when the stadium was renamed to honor him in 1973 , making it the first stadium in the United States to be named for an active coach . Throughout its history , Auburn played games against their traditional rivals at neutral sites rather than Jordan – Hare Stadium . This occurred due to the difficulty in traveling to Auburn during the first half of the 20th century and the capacity of other stadiums . These games included Alabama ( played at Legion Field in Birmingham ) , Tennessee ( played at Legion Field in Birmingham or Knoxville ) , Georgia Tech ( played in Birmingham or Atlanta ) , and Georgia ( played at Memorial Stadium in Columbus ) . As Auburn became more accessible and the stadium expanded in capacity , more games were moved to Jordan – Hare Stadium . The most notable of these matchups occurred on December 2 , 1989 , when Auburn defeated # 2 Alabama in the first Iron Bowl played at Jordan – Hare . With the addition of the west upper deck in 1980 and the east upper deck in 1987 , the stadium became the largest in the state of Alabama until the 2006 and 2010 expansion of Bryant - Denny Stadium ( capacity 101 , 821 ) at the University of Alabama . The 2004 stadium expansion extended the east upper deck by an additional section on each end , adding more luxury suites and additional general seating to reach the current capacity of 87 , 451 . In 1998 , artist Michael Taylor was commissioned to paint ten large mural s on the east - side exterior of the stadium . The paintings depicted the greatest players , teams , and moments from Auburn ' s football history to that date . In 2006 , Auburn updated these murals , including images that recognized great moments in Auburn football history up to 2006 . In 2011 , Auburn once again updated the murals , recognizing the greatest coaches , players , and teams up until 2011 . Before the 2007 season , a new , $ 2 . 9 million , high by wide high definition Daktronics LED video display was installed in the south end - zone of Jordan – Hare Stadium . Auburn is the first SEC school to install an HD video display and the second in the NCAA ( after Texas ' Godzillatron ) .