Jack Murphy Stadium

About Jack Murphy Stadium

Jack Murphy Stadium is a former name of SDCCU Stadium, used 1981–1996. SDCCU Stadium was a College Football, MLB and NFL stadium in San Diego, California. It opened in 1967 and closed in 2021. It was designed by Frank L. Hope & Associates. Its last recorded capacity was 70,561. Tenants included San Diego Chargers (NFL, 1967–2016), San Diego State Aztecs (College Football, 1967–2019) and San Diego Padres (MLB, 1969–2003). In all, 3 teams from 3 leagues have called it home. On our ranked lists it ranks 19th for most name changes among 121 venues with 3 or more names, 30th for most tenants among 67 venues with 3 or more teams and 179th shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years. It has also been known as San Diego Stadium (1967–1980) and Qualcomm Stadium (1997–2016).

Appears in

• 19th for most name changes among 121 venues with 3 or more names
• 30th for most tenants among 67 venues with 3 or more teams
• 179th shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years
• 8th for most name changes among 68 football stadiums with 3 or more names
• 81st shortest-lived of 139 football stadiums with known opening and closing years
• 5th for most name changes among 25 NFL stadiums with 3 or more names
• 36th shortest-lived of 55 NFL stadiums with known opening and closing years
• 6th longest single tenancy (49 years) of the 101 longest on record in NFL stadiums
• 5th for most name changes among 55 College Football stadiums with 3 or more names
• 60th shortest-lived of 107 College Football stadiums with known opening and closing years
• 5th for most name changes among 20 MLB stadiums with 3 or more names
• 68th shortest-lived of 82 MLB stadiums with known opening and closing years
• 27th longest single tenancy (34 years) of the 100 longest on record in MLB stadiums
• 7th shortest-lived of 11 AFL stadiums with known opening and closing years

Venue Information

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

The site today

• The site is now part of SDSU Mission Valley.

From OpenStreetMap data near the venue's recorded coordinates, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Maps show what is there now, not the old footprint.

Teams

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Game results are on record only for top-division college football seasons; other seasons count toward seasons here but not toward the record.

Frequently Asked Questions

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

• Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
• OpenStreetMap (ODbL): What stands on the site today.
• OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
• VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
• Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point), Architect and operator.
• Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA): Photograph.