Oliver C. Dawson Stadium, Football stadium in Orangeburg, United States.
Oliver C. Dawson Stadium is a college football stadium on the campus of South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. It holds around 22,000 spectators and features a synthetic turf field along with updated locker rooms and training facilities.
The stadium opened in 1955 as the main sports venue for the university and served in that role for decades without major changes. A renovation carried out in the 1990s expanded its seating and brought the facilities up to date.
The stadium is the home ground of the South Carolina State Bulldogs, and on game days the stands fill with students, alumni, and families cheering together. The energy on those afternoons is a regular part of campus life that many students remember long after graduation.
The stadium sits on the South Carolina State University campus in Orangeburg and is easy to reach on foot from the center of campus. On game days, arriving early is a good idea because nearby parking fills up quickly.
From 2006 to 2009 the stadium hosted the South Carolina High School League's Class 1A state football championship games, bringing high school teams from across the state to a college venue. The stadium had opened in 1955 as State College Stadium and was renamed in 1984 for Oliver C. Dawson (1910–1989), the university's athletic director for 16 years.
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