Memorial Stadium

Opened in 1942

Several venues share the name “Memorial Stadium”. See all of them.

About Memorial Stadium

Memorial Stadium is a College Football stadium. It opened in 1942. It seats 81,500. Its current tenant is Clemson Tigers (College Football), since 1942. It was formerly home to Carolina Panthers (NFL, 1995). By capacity it ranks 15th of 256 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 84th oldest of 368 stadiums and arenas still in use and 74th longest single tenancy (84 years) of the 102 longest on record.

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Venue Information

Capacity

81,500

Source: Wikidata

#15 in College Football of 256

Year Opened

1942

#81 oldest in College Football of 257

Elevation

643 ft

196 m above sea level

#108 highest in College Football of 257

Operator

Clemson University

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

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

Teams

Home seasons at Memorial Stadium by team, 1942–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Clemson Tigers While based here: 85 seasons · 595-309-19 regular season · 47 postseason trips · 2026 in progress College Football · 1942–present ACC 1953–2026 · Southern 1942–1952 · FBS (Division I-A) Territory map on ImperialismMap Home venue unknown 1902–1913 Home venue unknown 1914 Riggs Field 1915–1941 Memorial Stadium 1942–present	College Football	1942–present
Carolina Panthers While based here: 1 season · 7-9 regular season · no postseason trips NFL · 1995 Territory map on ImperialismMap Memorial Stadium 1995 Bank of America Stadium 1996–present	NFL	1995

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.