Stadium Guide
Carter-Finley Stadium
Raleigh, NC • 58,000 capacity • home of NC State • opened 1966
- Capacity
- 58,000
- Games Hosted
- 656
- Surface + Roof
- Natural Grass • Open Air
- Opened
- 1966
Current listed capacity
Tracked historical total
Playing conditions
First season in use
Stadium overview
Stadium profile
Validated stadium facts and current dataset coverage for Carter-Finley Stadium.
- Primary Team
- NC State
- Conference
- ACC
- City / State
- Raleigh, NC
- Country
- US
- Surface / Roof
- Natural Grass • Open Air
- Venue Age
- 60 years
- Games Hosted
- 656
- First Recorded Game
- Oct 6, 1902
- Most Recent Game
- Nov 14, 2026
Home-field snapshot
NC State at Carter-Finley Stadium
Record
406-223-20
656 games
Win Rate
64.1%
Tracked games at this stadium
Average Margin
+6.3
Team score minus opponent score
Method
Primary home team only
Hidden when stadium team scope is ambiguous
- Location
- Raleigh, NC
- Country
- US
- Venue Age
- 60 years
- Linked Teams
- NC State
- First Recorded Game
- Oct 6, 1902
- Most Recent Game
- Nov 14, 2026
- Coordinates
- 35.8008, -78.7196
- Dataset Scope
- Tracked stadium dataset only
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Location
Map, address, and travel links for this stadium.
- Address
- Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh, NC, 27695
- Coordinates
- 35.8008, -78.7196
Context
Stadium rankings
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Numbers
Attendance and scoring
Stadium-wide scoring and crowd trends from the tracked archive.
Attendance Record
58,200
Notre Dame at NC State • Oct 8, 2016
Average Attendance
40,739
158 games with attendance data
Average Points Scored
22.1
NC State at this stadium
Average Points Allowed
15.7
NC State at this stadium
Archive
Historic games
Rules-driven highlights selected from the tracked archive.
Rivalry
Wake Forest at NC State
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Rivalry pairing identified from the site rivalry dataset.
Highest Attendance
Notre Dame at NC State
W 10-3
58,200 announced attendance.
Postseason
South Florida at NC State
W 14-0
Postseason matchup at this stadium.
Biggest Margin
Hampton Road at NC State
W 100-0
100 point margin.
Highest Excitement
Wake Forest at NC State
W 45-42
Game excitement score 9.8 in the current dataset.
NC State Win
North Carolina at NC State
W 42-19
A tracked win for NC State at this stadium.
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Archive
Games at Carter-Finley Stadium
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| Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2026 Regular • Week 11 | NC State | Syracuse Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Nov 6, 2026 Regular • Week 10 | NC State | Duke Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Oct 30, 2026 Regular • Week 9 | NC State | California Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Oct 10, 2026 Regular • Week 6 | NC State | Wake Forest Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Oct 3, 2026 Regular • Week 5 | NC State | Louisville Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Sep 26, 2026 Regular • Week 4 | NC State | App State Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Sep 12, 2026 Regular • Week 2 | NC State | Richmond Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Nov 30, 2025 Regular • Week 14 | NC State | North Carolina Campus | W 42-19 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Nov 22, 2025 Regular • Week 13 | NC State | Florida State Campus | W 21-11 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Nov 1, 2025 Regular • Week 10 | NC State | Georgia Tech Campus | W 48-36 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Oct 4, 2025 Regular • Week 6 | NC State | Campbell Campus | W 56-10 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Sep 27, 2025 Regular • Week 5 | NC State | Virginia Tech Campus | L 21-23 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Sep 6, 2025 Regular • Week 2 | NC State | Virginia Campus | W 35-31 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Aug 28, 2025 Regular • Week 1 | NC State | East Carolina Campus | W 24-17 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Nov 9, 2024 Regular • Week 11 | NC State | Duke Campus | L 19-29 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Nov 2, 2024 Regular • Week 10 | NC State | Stanford Campus | W 59-28 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Oct 13, 2024 Regular • Week 7 | NC State | Syracuse Campus | L 17-24 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Oct 5, 2024 Regular • Week 6 | NC State | Wake Forest Campus | L 30-34 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Sep 28, 2024 Regular • Week 5 | NC State | Northern Illinois Campus | W 24-17 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Sep 14, 2024 Regular • Week 3 | NC State | Louisiana Tech Campus | W 30-20 | 2024 Regular | — |
Context
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Guide
Stadium guide
Carter-Finley Stadium is a college football stadium in Raleigh, NC. NC State is the clearest current home team context in the tracked dataset. The listed capacity is 58,000. The stadium opened in 1966. #78 Largest Stadium in Dataset.
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