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Torero Stadium

Torero Stadium in San Diego, CA, home of San Diego. Capacity 6,000. Opened 1961.

Torero Stadium in San Diego, CA
Torero Stadium, San Diego, CAPhoto: Gateman1997, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
6,000
Opened
1961
Surface
Grass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
190 ft
Home team
San Diego
San Diego here
101–⁠23–⁠1 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: San Diego is 101–⁠24–⁠1 in home games from the 1961 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, 2003 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 Torero Stadium by season, 2004 to 20260k5k10k2004: 5,372 a game over 1 games; biggest 5,3722005: 3,266 a game over 1 games; biggest 3,2662007: 3,021 a game over 1 games; biggest 3,0212008: 4,503 a game over 1 games; biggest 4,5032010: 3,272 a game over 4 games; biggest 6,0002011: 2,856 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,7642012: 2,916 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,0812013: 3,190 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,2562014: 2,683 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,3332015: 2,307 a game over 6 games; biggest 3,4022016: 2,405 a game over 5 games; biggest 2,8272017: 2,142 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,0622018: 2,131 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,1152019: 2,096 a game over 6 games; biggest 2,7632021: 1,987 a game over 6 games; biggest 3,3582022: 2,327 a game over 3 games; biggest 2,9012023: 1,696 a game over 3 games; biggest 1,7912024: 2,559 a game over 6 games; biggest 5,7922025: 2,467 a game over 6 games; biggest 5,8062026: 3,149 a game over 2 games; biggest 4,5732004201420192024

Biggest crowds on file

6,000UC Davis at San Diego2010
5,806Cal Poly at San Diego2025
5,792Cal Poly at San Diego2024
5,372Wagner at San Diego2004
4,573UC Davis at San Diego2026

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
1961
Surface over the years
Grass

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Torero Stadium.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026San Diego 38, Valparaiso 13
Oct 3, 2026San Diego 63, Davidson 14
Sep 5, 2026UC Davis 49, San Diego 17
Nov 15, 2025San Diego 29, Butler 7
Nov 1, 2025San Diego 31, Dayton 13
Oct 11, 2025Drake 19, San Diego 16
Sep 27, 2025San Diego 30, St. Thomas (MN) 27
Sep 6, 2025San Diego 30, Southern Utah 27
Aug 30, 2025Cal Poly 41, San Diego 17
Nov 16, 2024San Diego 45, Stetson 6
Nov 2, 2024San Diego 40, Davidson 13
Oct 19, 2024San Diego 34, Marist 6