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Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC)

Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC) in Clemson, SC, home of Clemson. Capacity 81,500. Opened September 19, 1942.

Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC) in Clemson, SC
Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC), Clemson, SCPhoto: Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
81,500
Opened
1942
Surface
Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
675 ft
Home team
Clemson
Clemson here
144–⁠29 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
eight times

Since it opened: Clemson is 353–⁠111–⁠11 in home games from the 1942 season on. Our source names a game’s stadium only from 2001, so that count takes every earlier home game not marked neutral and may include a few played elsewhere.

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2001 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 Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC) by season, 2001 to 202660k80k100k2001: 77,800 a game over 5 games; biggest 85,0002002: 75,655 a game over 7 games; biggest 84,0002003: 75,286 a game over 7 games; biggest 83,0002004: 78,823 a game over 6 games; biggest 82,3722005: 78,232 a game over 6 games; biggest 80,5362006: 74,656 a game over 8 games; biggest 83,0002007: 80,917 a game over 7 games; biggest 83,0002008: 78,571 a game over 7 games; biggest 81,5002009: 75,793 a game over 7 games; biggest 78,3712010: 77,469 a game over 7 games; biggest 82,3132011: 77,959 a game over 7 games; biggest 81,5142012: 79,429 a game over 7 games; biggest 82,0002013: 80,525 a game over 7 games; biggest 83,8302014: 80,176 a game over 7 games; biggest 82,7202015: 81,757 a game over 7 games; biggest 83,0992016: 80,840 a game over 7 games; biggest 83,3622017: 80,773 a game over 7 games; biggest 81,7992018: 80,400 a game over 7 games; biggest 81,4362019: 80,868 a game over 7 games; biggest 81,5002020: 18,728 a game over 6 games; biggest 18,8852021: 79,489 a game over 6 games; biggest 81,5002022: 80,694 a game over 7 games; biggest 81,5002023: 81,334 a game over 7 games; biggest 81,5002024: 80,806 a game over 7 games; biggest 81,5002025: 79,142 a game over 7 games; biggest 81,5002026: 79,982 a game over 3 games; biggest 81,150200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

85,000Florida State at Clemson2001
84,000South Carolina at Clemson2002
83,830Georgia at Clemson2013
83,428Florida State at Clemson2013
83,362Louisville at Clemson2016

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.

College GameDay here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC) eight times, first in 2006.

Oct 1, 2022Clemson 30, NC State 20Bowman Field
Oct 10, 2020Clemson 42, Miami 17Memorial Stadium
Aug 29, 2019Clemson 52, Georgia Tech 14Memorial Stadium
Oct 1, 2016Clemson 42, Louisville 36Bowman Field
Oct 3, 2015Clemson 24, Notre Dame 22Bowman Field
Oct 19, 2013Florida State 51, Clemson 14Bowman Field
Aug 31, 2013Clemson 38, Georgia 35Bowman Field
Oct 21, 2006Clemson 31, Georgia Tech 7Bowman Field

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA).

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database). Game days: the day’s high and snowfall at the NOAA station nearest the stadium, for Clemson’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Former names
Memorial Stadium (1942–⁠1974)
Opened
September 19, 1942
Architect
Carl Lee and Professor H.E. Glenn
Surface over the years
Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass
Expanded
1958, 1960, 1978, 1982, 1983, 2006, 2022
Record crowd
90,037 (George Strait – In The Round, 2026)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Memorial Stadium (Clemson).

From above

100 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 250 by 240 meters (830 by 780 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Clemson 37, Charleston Southern 0
Oct 3, 20264Miami 41, Clemson 13
Sep 19, 2026Clemson 28, North Carolina 20
Sep 12, 2026Clemson 22, Georgia Southern 7
Nov 22, 2025Clemson 45, Furman 10
Nov 8, 2025Clemson 24, Florida State 10
Nov 1, 2025Duke 46, Clemson 45
Oct 18, 2025SMU 35, Clemson 24
Sep 20, 2025Syracuse 34, Clemson 21
Sep 6, 20258Clemson 27, Troy 16
Aug 30, 20259LSU 17, 4Clemson 10
Nov 30, 202416South Carolina 17, 12Clemson 14

Around the stadium

Beer sales
Sold to all fans · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2025. Single source.