Henderson State University Athletics

Carpenter-Haygood Stadium has been the home of Henderson State Football since 1968.

First named Haygood Stadium in honor of Jimmy Haygood, the school's head football coach from 1907-1924, the 9,600 capacity, bowl enclosed facility was renamed in April 1990 to include the name of former coach Ralph "Sporty" Carpenter.

The school's board of trustees voted unanimously to add Carpenter's name to the stadium in 1990.

During the summer of 2015, Henderson State's athletic facilities underwent major improvements which included a newly paved and lighted parking lot for 275 vehicles located between the baseball and football stadiums, new ticket booths, wrought-iron fencing and a new main gate entrance at Carpenter-Haygood Stadium.

In the spring of 2011, installation of the state-of-the-art artificial surface was installed thanks marketing efforts, donor gifts and a primary gift from Don and Mary Yancey Ruggles of Texarkana. Both attended Henderson State in the 1950's. The turf was reinstalled for a second time in the spring of 2022 thanks to a lead gift by GeoSurfaces and was upgraded to include Henderson's modern branding, most notably the new H-Reddies logo at midfield and the block Reddies font in both end zones.

Since its opening in 1968, the stadium has hosted five NAIA national track and field meets, the NAIA football national playoffs, along with other events such as Special Olympics, state high school playoff games, state track meets, marching contests and graduation ceremonies.