Ithaca College Athletics

On September 19, 1992, before a crowd of 4,417 fans, which included former players and then-NCAA executive director Dick Schultz, South Hill Field was renamed Jim Butterfield Stadium. The move by the Ithaca College Board of Trustees placed the name most associated with the school’s football program on the facility. Butterfield joined Grambling’s Eddie Robinson and Roy Kidd of Eastern Kentucky as college football’s only active coaches to have their home field named for them.

Butterfield Stadium has seating capacity for approximately 5,000 spectators, although crowds of more than 10,000 fans have attended games there—including a facility-record 12,620 for the 2001 Cortland game. In the summer of 2023, Butterfield Stadium underwent renovations to change the natural grass surface to FieldTurf, along with lights, thanks to a major $3 million gift from Monica Bertino ‘81 Wooden. The first game played on the new surface took place on September 30, 2023 against Hobart - a 24-14 win for IC.

On October 31, 2023, the first-ever soccer game was played on Butterfield as the women's soccer team hosted St. Lawrence in a Liberty League First Round matchup. The Bombers won that contest, 2-0.

The original stadium was completed in the summer of 1958. On September 27, 1958, Ithaca hosted East Stroudsburg in the first regular-season game on South Hill Field.

A number of improvements have been made since the facility was first used in 1958, including the latest renovation -- a new scoreboard and message board installed in 2004. The press box, which was constructed in 1960, was renovated in 1985 and again in 1998. New bleachers were added in 1978, as was the track that surrounds the football field. In 2017, a new retaining wall was installed along the south end of the stadium.