How Many Acres Is a Football Field?
A football field is 1.32 acres including the end zones: the full field measures 360 × 160 feet, which is 57,600 square feet, and 57,600 ÷ 43,560 = 1.32. The playing field alone — goal line to goal line — is 48,000 sq ft, or 1.1 acres.
See it on your own land: search your address below and the map drops a football-field-sized area (1.32 acres) on satellite imagery. Drag it over your yard, your street or your back forty.
With and without the end zones
“Football field” can mean two different areas, which is why you see both 1.1 and 1.32 quoted:
| Definition | Dimensions | Square feet | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full field (both 30-ft end zones) | 360 × 160 ft (120 × 53⅓ yd) | 57,600 | 1.32 |
| Playing field only (100 yd) | 300 × 160 ft | 48,000 | 1.10 |
Turned around: one acre is 0.76 of a full field — about three-quarters. If you can picture a field with one end zone and a few yards shaved off, you are picturing an acre. For the full breakdown of acre dimensions, see how big is an acre.
Sports fields in acres
| Field | Dimensions | Square feet | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Football field (incl. end zones) | 360 × 160 ft | 57,600 | 1.32 |
| Football playing field only | 300 × 160 ft | 48,000 | 1.10 |
| Soccer pitch (FIFA standard) | 105 × 68 m | 76,854 | 1.76 |
| Baseball field (fair territory, ~400-ft fence) | quarter-circle approx. | 125,664 | 2.88 |
| Ice hockey rink (NHL) | 200 × 85 ft | 17,000 | 0.39 |
| Basketball court (NBA) | 94 × 50 ft | 4,700 | 0.11 |
| Tennis court (doubles) | 78 × 36 ft | 2,808 | 0.06 |
Soccer pitches vary: FIFA permits 100–110 m by 64–75 m for international play, so real pitches range from roughly 1.6 to 2.2 acres. Baseball varies even more with fence distance — the figure above approximates fair territory as a quarter circle to a 400-ft center-field fence.
How many football fields is your land?
Each page overlays that exact acreage on satellite imagery of any address — with its football-field equivalent computed for you.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many football fields are in an acre?
- About 0.76 of a football field fits in one acre — in other words, an acre covers roughly three-quarters of a field including the end zones (43,560 ÷ 57,600 = 0.76). Flipped the other way, one full field is 1.32 acres. Both directions are worth remembering, because land listings quote acres while most people picture fields.
- Is a football field bigger than an acre?
- Yes. A full football field is 1.32 acres including both end zones, and even the playing field alone — goal line to goal line — is 1.1 acres. So any field you have stood on is noticeably larger than one acre.
- How many acres is a soccer field?
- A FIFA-standard 105 × 68 m pitch is 1.76 acres, and the permitted range for international matches works out to roughly 1.6 to 2.2 acres. That makes a soccer pitch a bit larger than an American football field. The sports-field table on this page compares baseball, hockey, basketball and tennis the same way.
- How many football fields is 10 acres?
- Ten acres is about 7.6 football fields including end zones (10 × 43,560 ÷ 57,600). If you want to see that much land in one view, our 10-acres page overlays a 10-acre square on satellite imagery of any address.