30 Best College Football Stadiums of All-Time

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Sep 13, 2014; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; a general view of Bryant-Denny Stadium during the game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Southern Miss Golden Eagles. Mandatory Credit: Marvin Gentry-USA TODAY Sports

4. Bryant-Denny Stadium

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Capacity: 101,821

Record attendance: 101,821, 29 times

What makes it great: Alabama football at Bryant-Denny Stadium has absolutely defined home field advantage. The Crimson Tide have gone 212-50-3 at Bryant-Denny, and legendary coach Bear Bryant went 72-2 at home over the course of his career at Alabama.

Not only has Alabama been dominant at home, but they have done it without structural gimmicks or sound-containing tricks. What Alabama does at home is the same as its done for decades. They line up across the field from you, and they beat you into the ground.

Greatest game played: In 2010, Bryan-Denny played host to a clash between Alabama and the bitter cross-state rival Auburn Tigers. The undefeated Tigers were ranked second in the nation coming into that November 26th matchup, and managed to rally from a 24-0 deficit to come back and beat the Crimson Tide 28-27 on the way to winning the national championship against Oregon.

The 24 point comeback ranked as the biggest deficit overcome in the all-time series between Alabama and Auburn, which dates back to 1893. It was also the biggest lead Alabama had ever surrendered.

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