Bazemore-Hyder Stadium

Valdosta State's home football field for 36 of the Blazers' 39 playing years, Cleveland Field at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium offers Valdosta State with a football facility conveniently located adjacent to VSU's main campus.

The original stadium was constructed in 1922 and was named for the late Dr. A.G. Cleveland, who was superintendent of Valdosta City Schools from 1919 through 1949. In the spring of 1996, two legendary coaches from the Valdosta area were honored when the complex was named after the late Wright Bazemore and Nick Hyder.

The original stadium was leveled following the 2003 season and rebuilt from the ground up, providing the Blazers with a state-of-theart facility for its home games. The seating capacity of the stadium rose to 10,100 including three prime sections featuring theater-style seating with the ramainder of the stands featuring benches with seat backs. New SprintTurf was installed on the playing surface while locker rooms were added to each end of the stadium and a new press box was built above the main stands on the home side of the field.

Valdosta State played its first seven seasons at Cleveland Field, tallying a 24-14 record, before returning to the stadium prior to the 1992 season. The Blazers have been dominant since returning to the stadium as they have gone 165-49-1 over the 36 playing years there. Since 2000, the Blazers have gone 11724 at home for a blistering .830 winning percentage.

In 2018, VSU went a perfect 8-0 at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium for its eighth undfeated season at home in program history. The eight home wins in 2018 were the most since recording a school-record nine home victories in 2002. In addition, the eight wins tied the record with the 1994 team for second all-time in a season. VSU is 17-7 all-time in the NCAA Playoffs at home.

Following the 2020 season being cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021 saw the Blazers record their ninth undefeated season at home, going 9-0 for the second time in program history (2002).

YEAR 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

VALDOSTA STATE AT HOME

STADIUM

Cleveland Field Cleveland Field Cleveland Field Cleveland Field Cleveland Field Cleveland Field Cleveland Field Martin Stadium Martin Stadium Martin Stadium Cleveland Field Cleveland Field Cleveland Field Cleveland Field Cleveland Field Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium*

HOME RECORD

3-2 3-3 2-3 5-2 4-0 3-2 4-2 3-1 2-2 4-1 3-0-1 5-1 8-0 5-0 6-1 3-2 2-3

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Total Home Record

Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 2-4 4-1 7-1

Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* Bazemore-Hyder Stadium*

9-0 3-2 6-0 5-2 5-0 7-1 5-1 4-2 4-2 3-2 6-1 3-2 3-2 5-1 5-1 2-2 8-0 5-1 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* (No Season due to COVID-19) 0-0 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 9-0

174-53-1 (.765)

Cleveland Field/Bazemore-Hyder Stadium 165-49-1 (.770) Martin Stadium 9-4 (.692)