Joe Aillet Stadium weather

    Live weather and kickoff forecast for Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, home of Louisiana Tech — Gulf-fed humidity and storm chances most of the season.

    Home team: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
    Conference USA
    Roof: Open
    Surface: FieldTurf
    Capacity: 30,600
    Field bearing: 0° N

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    Game-time forecast at Joe Aillet Stadium

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    The next college football game at Joe Aillet Stadium is Army Black Knights at Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, Friday 2 October at 11:00 pm venue time. Live conditions at the ground are briefly unavailable — the reading refreshes on its own.

    Next match at Joe Aillet Stadium: Bulldogs v Knights

    Louisiana Tech Bulldogs v Army Black Knights weather at Joe Aillet Stadium

    Louisiana Tech Bulldogs host Army Black Knights at Joe Aillet Stadium on Friday 2 October at 11:00 pm venue time.

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    Live stadium conditions

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    Live readings are context only. The game-time read uses the forecast at kickoff.

    Why Joe Aillet Stadium plays differently

    North Louisiana heat and humidity; dense air suppresses ball carry in early-season kicks.

    Game-time weather read

    No fixture is scheduled at Joe Aillet Stadium yet. The game-time weather read is written automatically 3 hours before kickoff once a match is on the calendar.

    Stadium Map

    Upcoming games at Joe Aillet Stadium

    • Army Black Knights at Louisiana Tech BulldogsFri, 2 Oct, 11:00 pm venue time
    • Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns at Louisiana Tech BulldogsFri, 9 Oct, 11:00 pm venue time

    Last games at Joe Aillet Stadium: conditions vs total

    DateMatchConditionsOur readTotal
    22 Nov 2025Louisiana Tech Bulldogs v Liberty Flames——62 (34-28)
    31 Oct 2025Louisiana Tech Bulldogs v Sam Houston Bearkats——69 (55-14)
    21 Oct 2025Louisiana Tech Bulldogs v Western Kentucky Hilltoppers——55 (27-28)
    20 Sept 2025Louisiana Tech Bulldogs v Southern Miss Golden Eagles——50 (30-20)
    13 Sept 2025Louisiana Tech Bulldogs v New Mexico State Aggies——63 (49-14)

    Rows without conditions are archive results — final scores at this ground. Rows tagged with conditions and our read build up as we grade games here.

    Joe Aillet Stadium weather FAQs

    About this page

    Joe Aillet Stadium weather is updated live and produces a game-time forecast read for every home game. The page uses one permanent URL for the venue; match-up details rotate as the schedule changes, so search results always point to current conditions. Our own study of 4,330 college football games found wind alone showed no material scoring deviation, so we keep these reads descriptive — conditions and context, not exaggerated edge claims.

    What the research says

    The published studies behind the read on this page at Joe Aillet Stadium. Every figure is season-adjusted, with sample sizes and t-statistics shown.

    • College Football Wind & Kicking

      Crosswind — resolved against each venue's true field bearing — bends field-goal accuracy. Game totals show no material deviation.

      4,330 games

    • College Football Heat & Humidity Shock

      Do cool-climate teams underperform when they travel into hot, humid Southern venues in August and September? Graded against closing lines, with control games alongside.

      Ten seasons of Aug–Sept road games

    • College Football Extreme Heat & Totals

      A widely repeated claim says non-conference games go Over about 59% of the time at 85–106°F. Our data: 52.8% against a 49.1% control — no meaningful edge.

      Ten seasons of kickoff-hour temperatures graded against closing totals

    • College Football Rain & Totals

      Rain does not measurably move college football scoring. Wet games sit within a fraction of a point of dry games once each season is accounted for, and the Over rate barely shifts.

      1,441 outdoor games with closing totals, 2016–2025 (211 wet)

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