About Riggs Field
Riggs Field is recorded as a College Football stadium in Clemson, South Carolina. It opened in 1915. Its recorded capacity is 6,500. Its only tenant was Clemson Tigers (College Football, 1915–1941).
Venue Information
Year Opened
Location
Elevation
219 m above sea level
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.
Teams
| Team | League | Years |
|---|---|---|
|
Clemson Tigers While based here: 27 seasons · 126-104-17 regular season · 1 postseason trip
College Football · 1915–1941
Southern 1921–1941 · Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1915–1920 · Major College
|
College Football | 1915–1941 |
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the capacity of Riggs Field?
The capacity of Riggs Field is 6,500.
When was Riggs Field built?
Riggs Field opened in 1915.
Where did the Clemson Tigers play after Riggs Field?
After leaving Riggs Field in 1941, the Clemson Tigers moved to Memorial Stadium in 1942.
Sources
Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.
- Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
- 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 4 m of this point).
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY): Photograph.
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Memorial Stadium | 1942– | 0.3 mi |
| Sirrine Stadium | 27 mi | |
| Paladin Stadium | 1981– | 28 mi |
| Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium | 1974– | 47 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.