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Spec Martin Municipal Stadium

Spec Martin Municipal Stadium in DeLand, FL, home of Stetson. Capacity 6,000. Opened 1941.

Spec Martin Municipal Stadium in DeLand, FL
Spec Martin Municipal Stadium, DeLand, FLPhoto: Mcsweeney, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
6,000
Opened
1941
Surface
Grass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
48 ft
Home team
Stetson
Stetson here
31–⁠42–⁠1 games on file since 2014

Since it opened: Stetson is 33–⁠44–⁠1 in home games from the 1951 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, 2014 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 Spec Martin Municipal Stadium by season, 2014 to 20260k5k10k2014: 3,713 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,2652015: 3,022 a game over 6 games; biggest 3,8422016: 3,438 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,0472017: 2,051 a game over 6 games; biggest 2,5122018: 2,033 a game over 3 games; biggest 2,5712019: 1,696 a game over 2 games; biggest 2,0272021: 1,105 a game over 2 games; biggest 1,1692022: 1,609 a game over 5 games; biggest 2,0222023: 1,442 a game over 6 games; biggest 1,8762024: 1,515 a game over 5 games; biggest 1,7772025: 1,640 a game over 7 games; biggest 2,0242026: 2,121 a game over 2 games; biggest 2,177201420162018202220242026

Biggest crowds on file

4,265Marist at Stetson2014
4,047Jacksonville at Stetson2016
4,032Marist at Stetson2016
3,912Butler at Stetson2014
3,900Florida Tech at Stetson2014

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

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 Stetson’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Former names
DeLand Municipal Stadium (1941–⁠1973)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Spec Martin Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 150 by 190 meters (510 by 610 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Presbyterian 47, Stetson 43
Oct 3, 2026Marist 28, Stetson 14
Sep 5, 2026Stetson 45, Webber International 10
Nov 22, 2025San Diego 42, Stetson 8
Oct 25, 2025St. Thomas (MN) 52, Stetson 10
Oct 11, 2025Stetson 21, Morehead State 14
Oct 4, 2025Stetson 35, Davidson 32
Sep 20, 2025Harvard 59, Stetson 7
Sep 6, 2025Stetson 59, Warner 13
Aug 30, 2025Webber International 31, Stetson 21
Nov 23, 2024Drake 49, Stetson 10
Nov 9, 2024Marist 40, Stetson 31