Research was conducted during two growing seasons to determine nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) fertilizer recovery of Coastal bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon(L.) Pers.] on a S‐deficient Rilla silt loam (Fine‐silty, mixed, thermic Typic Hapludalf) soil in the Gulf Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States. Sulfur was applied as gypsum or wettable S at the annual initiation of forage growth at 100 kg S/ha. Nitrogen was applied as ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3), urea, and 32% urea‐ammonium nitrate (UAN) solution at rates of 0, 224, and 448 kg N/ha in four split applications. Nitrogen sources did not significantly influence N or S recovery. However, both N and S sources did significantly interact with N rates to affect N and S recovery. Nitrogen recovery declined with increasing N rates but was significantly higher when coupled with S fertilizer. Sulfur recovery increased with increasing N rates with higher recoveries for gypsum than for wettable S.