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Buccaneer Field

Buccaneer Field in North Charleston, SC, home of Charleston Southern. Capacity 4,000. Opened 1970.

Buccaneer Field in North Charleston, SC
Buccaneer Field, North Charleston, SCPhoto: DCAllStar, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
4,000
Opened
1970
Surface
Artificial Turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
42 ft
Charleston Southern here
63–⁠35 games on file since 2006

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2006 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Buccaneer Field by season, 2006 to 20260k5k10k15k2006: 3,303 a game over 6 games; biggest 3,7832007: 4,822 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,7582008: 2,925 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,2912009: 3,302 a game over 4 games; biggest 3,8452010: 3,441 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,0002011: 2,847 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,3752012: 2,136 a game over 1 games; biggest 2,1362013: 4,509 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,1352014: 4,329 a game over 6 games; biggest 7,9542015: 4,918 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,4512016: 2,712 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,3752017: 2,345 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,3452018: 1,854 a game over 2 games; biggest 2,4652019: 5,112 a game over 1 games; biggest 5,1122021: 3,102 a game over 4 games; biggest 3,9282022: 3,696 a game over 4 games; biggest 4,1122023: 3,604 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,1092024: 3,708 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,8312025: 3,823 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,2112026: 2,445 a game over 2 games; biggest 2,81820062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

10,758Savannah State at Charleston Southern2007
8,451The Citadel at Charleston Southern2015
7,954The Citadel at Charleston Southern2014
6,211South Carolina State at Charleston Southern2025
6,135Coastal Carolina at Charleston Southern2013

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database).

The stadium’s history

Opened
1970
Surface over the years
Artificial Turf

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Buccaneer Field.

Recent games here

Oct 10, 2026Charleston Southern 49, South Carolina State 39
Oct 3, 2026Gardner-Webb 12, Charleston Southern 10
Sep 19, 2026Charleston Southern 65, Point University 0
Nov 22, 2025Charleston Southern 7, Tennessee State 6
Oct 25, 2025Charleston Southern 17, Eastern Illinois 16
Oct 11, 2025Tennessee Tech 27, Charleston Southern 13
Sep 27, 2025Charleston Southern 31, South Carolina State 24
Sep 13, 2025Lindenwood 35, Charleston Southern 28
Nov 9, 2024UT Martin 40, Charleston Southern 14
Nov 2, 2024Gardner-Webb 17, Charleston Southern 14
Oct 19, 2024Southeast Missouri State 26, Charleston Southern 13
Oct 5, 2024Western Illinois 31, Charleston Southern 20