Largest crowd ever played in front of...

[Obzerver]

What is the largest crowd your team has played in front of??

[DFW HOYA]

Pre-WWII: 50,000 during multiple games with NYU at Yankee Stadium.

Post-WWII: 14,000 at Fordham in 1970.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

What is the largest crowd your team has played in front of??

For Lehigh within the last 25 or so years would either be Uconn in 2003 Army in 1995 and in the 80's, or Virginia in the early 80's late 70's, any of those are about 30-35k. All time i'm guessing either Penn, Princeton or Yale way back in the day, 45k plus.

[crunifan]

Probably the 75,000 at Kinnick Stadium down in Iowa City last year.

[Umass74]

51,221 fans took in the UMass-N.C.State game on 09/02/02. I was there. We lost 56-24.

They kept Rivers in till late in the fourth quarter. And he was still throwin'.

Last year UMass was the second leading draw for Army. UMass-Army drew 34,055. That was more than the Baylor, Iowa State, Central Michigan and Arkansas State games.

[GOKATS]

I made the trip to FL when the Bobcats played the 'Gators in '88. I can't think of a bigger crowd than that one for the 'Cats.

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

University of New Hampshire

Home: 20,000 on Nov. 12, 1977 vs. UMass.

Away: I assume the 32K+ at Rutgers in 2004 (probably to be broken this year at Northwestern)

[EKU05]

I know our record crowd at Roy Kidd stadium is about 26,000 (a little more I think). That's pretty good, until I remember that every season my high school plays a regular season game in front of nearly 40,000.

[MACHIAVELLI]

76,753

[blackfordpu]

I think the largest crowd SHSU has played in front of at home was when we played Alcorn St. in 95 (help with date!)?

Don't know about the largest road crowd.

[bostonspider]

Well I know that UR played in front of 51,500 or so at NCState two years ago, but the crowd the last couple of times they played at UVA might have been larger. Their stadium now seats like 61,000, so I would think the last game there might have been closer to the high 50,000's some where. Largest home crowd was in the 23,000 range for a Virginia Tech game in the early 80's

[Go...gate]

29,000 at Navy, 1998 (my estimate - I need to look up in USNA press guide)

50,000 at Syracuse, 1987 (sellout against I-A #2 SU, per the Syracuse Post-Standard)

80,000 at Penn State, 1980 (sellout per PSU archives).

44,734 at Syracuse, 1981 (per the Syracuse Post-Standard)

39,929 at Army, 1985 and 1987 (sellouts)

33,405 at Rutgers, 1976 (Meadowlands, per Colgate archives)

Pre-1960, Colgate played before 40,000 or more one or more times at Yale Bowl, Palmer Stadium, Tulane Stadium, Yankee Stadium, Ohio Stadium and University of Illinois' Memorial Stadium. From the 1920's through 1961, the annual Colgate-Syracuse game at SU's old Archbold Stadium drew 30,000 on average, with many sellouts in the mid-high 30's.

[walliver]

Wofford's game this year at South Carolina is already sold out (capacity 80250). I believe that 70K+ were in attendance at our games at South Carolina and Clemson in 2001. We draw somewhat less at home:D

[Retro]

Mcneese at Nebraska - 77,192..

Nebraska had the Lord on their side that day!

[jstate83]

I honestly have no idea.................never thought about it believe it or not. :)

All I can say is:

Memorial has had 60,000 a couple of times..........McNair's last year and SU.
40,000 to 50,000+ countless times for SU, Homecomming, Alcorn, Valley.

The Liberty Bowl in Memphis has sold out a couple of times and draw 50,000+ yearly.

The Classic in Indi..............Don't know how many the Colt's stadium holds.

Soilder Field in Chicago.................bout 45,000 for Tn. St one year.

Old Fulton County Stadium in the ATL was packed in '91 for JSU -vs- Alabama St.

Superdome for SU...................2 years packed.
The last time about 40,000.

[TheRock21]

Well we've got you all beat so far...ASU vs. LSU in front of 90,000+ last year:D

[jstate83]

Well we've got you all beat so far...ASU vs. LSU in front of 90,000+ last year:D

Bet that was a "Happy:smiley_wi " crowd...................90,000 drunk LSU fans.xlolx

Dangit...............I want ROCKY TOP...................117,000.xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx

[MACHIAVELLI]

I honestly have no idea.................never thought about it believe it or not. :)

Superdome for SU...................2 years packed.
The last time about 40,000.

The superdome has never been packed for the su vs jsu game.

[bulldog10jw]

In my lifetime 73,000+ for Yale-Harvard in 1981.

Yale did have 80,000 for an Army game in the 1920's

[Pard4Life]

I would guess 60,000 plus vs. Fordham, NYU, or Army at Yankee Stadium or the Polo Grounds.

However we are the first college football team to play an indoor game... vs. Washington and Jefferson in Atlantic City, 1930.

[NSUDemon98]

I would guess 60,000 plus vs. Fordham, NYU, or Army at Yankee Stadium or the Polo Grounds.

However we are the first college football team to play an indoor game... vs. Washington and Jefferson in Atlantic City, 1930.

Strictly home game speaking...Back during the late 70s and 80s nearing the end of the Northwestern St/Louisiana Tech rivalry they would draw 40,000+ fans to Independence Stadium and the most recent was the 2002 NSU vs. Southern game at Independence Stadium that drew 35,000.

NSU has played in front of some large crowds on the road against UGA and Missouri and personally I was at the TCU-NSU game where we won in overtime. There were probably around 50,000 at that game.

[Baldy]

Well we've got you all beat so far...ASU vs. LSU in front of 90,000+ last year:D
:nono:

2005: ASU vs. LSU 91,414
2004: GSU vs. UGA 92,746

Oh soooooo close. :D

[BaylorTitan]

:nono:

2005: ASU vs. LSU 91,414
2004: GSU vs. UGA 92,746

Oh soooooo close. :D


I didn't realize UGA had such a large stadium. I would have guessed 75K.:read:

[Mr. C]

I've been to the L.A. Coliseum, the Rose Bowl, Clemson and Auburn for games, but the biggest crowd for a sporting event that I have attended, or covered was the 91,414 for Appalachian State and LSU last November. It was also the best crowd in terms of enthusiasm that I've ever seen. It was an absolutely incredible experience and I can't wait to do it again when ASU and LSU meet again in (I believe) in 2007. App State also has games on the schedule for Georgia, Florida and Virginia Tech coming up in the near future.

[bigbluetiger]

I think the Atlanta Classic (TnState vs FAMU) topped at 71K a couple years ago. I wonder what the largers I-AA vs I-AA game is on record? Bayou or Florida Classic would be my guess.

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

The superdome has never been packed for the su vs jsu game.
50,000 plus the first time.

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

76,753
Bayou CLassic. SU vs Gram.

[MACHIAVELLI]

I think the Atlanta Classic (TnState vs FAMU) topped at 71K a couple years ago. I wonder what the largers I-AA vs I-AA game is on record? Bayou or Florida Classic would be my guess.

Not the FC.

[MACHIAVELLI]

50,000 plus the first time.

Approximately...I agree I was there. What was the capacity of the superdome?

[TheBisonator]

NDSU Home: 19,046 against North Dakota in 2002

NDSU Away: 35,000+ at San Diego State sometime in the early 70's (I forgot the year!!)

[Chi Panther]

JState83,

That is one of the best photos on AGS!!!!!:thumbsup: :bow: :hurray:

http://home.thirdage.com/Education/nonchalant/JSUsu03.jpg

[MACHIAVELLI]

JState83,

That is one of the best photos on AGS!!!!!:thumbsup: :bow: :hurray:

http://home.thirdage.com/Education/nonchalant/JSUsu03.jpg

This is one of the worst :flagged:
http://www.swacpage.com/images/jstadium.jpg

[Chi Panther]

This is one of the worst :flagged:
http://www.swacpage.com/images/jstadium.jpg

Good smack....hopefully your photo was taken on a Friday....xlolx

[MACHIAVELLI]

Saturday Oct. 29, 2005

[*****]

this is not the smack place Mach... unless you want to start talking about Nov 12, 2005...

[MACHIAVELLI]

this is not the smack place Mach... unless you want to start talking about Nov 12, 2005...

Maybe we have different definitions of smack. Ralphie you don't want to smack against me. You would be out of your league.

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

JState83,

That is one of the best photos on AGS!!!!!:thumbsup: :bow: :hurray:

http://home.thirdage.com/Education/nonchalant/JSUsu03.jpg
SU vs JSU. SU brought 40,000.:thumbsup:

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

This is one of the worst :flagged:
http://www.swacpage.com/images/jstadium.jpg
Mach, you wrong. You know that was atleast an hour before kickoff.: smh :

[Kill'em]

:nono:

2005: ASU vs. LSU 91,414
2004: GSU vs. UGA 92,746

Oh soooooo close. :D
This made it the largest crowd to ever see a football game in the state of Georgia. :nod: Just think we were a bigger draw than Tennessee, Auburn, LSU, etc...xlolx

[catbob]

69,121 MSU at Florida, Sept 3, 1988.

[leatherneck177]

87,164 at LSU. Score was 13-7 LSU with about two minutes left in the third quarter. This was their national championship year too.

[leatherneck177]

The game was in 2003.

[kats89]

SHSU V TX TECH (2005) 50,051
SHSU V TX A&M (1997) 58,619

[SunCoastBlueHen]

I don't know what, to date, is the largest crowd Delaware has played before (@Navy, @Temple?), but I'm pretty sure that number will be shattered when the Hens play at Maryland in '08. :nod:

[carney2]

I would guess 60,000 plus vs. Fordham, NYU, or Army at Yankee Stadium or the Polo Grounds.

However we are the first college football team to play an indoor game... vs. Washington and Jefferson in Atlantic City, 1930.

Also at Pittsburgh back in the days when old Pitt Stadium (capacity 57,000 on the day it was torn down) somehow wedged in crowds numbering in the mid 70s.

[jstate83]

This is one of the worst :flagged:
http://www.swacpage.com/images/jstadium.jpg

Yep..................But the stratagy worked ndidn't it.:nod:

2 DAY'S LATER....................JAMES BELL WAS FIRED and THE A.D WENT RIGHT BEHIND HIM.xlolx

[jstate83]

JState83,

That is one of the best photos on AGS!!!!!:thumbsup: :bow: :hurray:

http://home.thirdage.com/Education/nonchalant/JSUsu03.jpg

Thanks........................The masses are dusting off those JSU flags.
JSU car flag's are everywhere down here.

An excitement this city has been without for the last 2 1/2 years.:hurray:

[jstate83]

Mach, you wrong. You know that was atleast an hour before kickoff.: smh :

That was by design.

After the A.D. came out after homecomming and gave every excuse NOT to fire Bell immediately, people decided to "boycott" the Pine Bluff game.

2,981 people showed...................INCLUDING THE BANDS.
I passed by Memorial that Saturday morning bout 9am, it was a ghost town..................people didn't even bother to show up at the tailgates and stay in the parking lot.

People stayed at home...................The last straw.
The business community and the City leaders put pressure on Mason then.

BYE, BYE BELL and Culbertson.:hurray:

[jstate83]

The superdome has never been packed for the su vs jsu game.

Man..................Just what is it with you.
I know......................That good ole JSU HATE is back in effect.xlolx

Ya'll can't even fill that soup bowl that fill's with water everytime it rains.xlolx

[mainejeff]

For Maine:

77,469 at Nebraska (2005)
43,486 at Mississippi State (2004)
23,228 at Montana (2004)

Other Top 5 attendance would be at Hawaii (1990) and at Rutgers (1991) but I can't find attendance stats for those games.

[MACHIAVELLI]

Man..................Just what is it with you.
I know......................That good ole JSU HATE is back in effect.xlolx


What hate...show me where the game su/jsu game in the dome was packed. Prove me wrong. stats and a link would help. What would I have to hate jsu football about? We lead the series with jsu by about 11 games. I think we won the last 4 out of 5. We have more players in the pros and in the HOF. I mean what exactly am I supposed to be jealous of?

[BigApp]

:nono:

2005: ASU vs. LSU 91,414
2004: GSU vs. UGA 92,746

Oh soooooo close. :D

was that the 1st game after they expanded Sanford?

[SoCon48]

51,221 fans took in the UMass-N.C.State game on 09/02/02. I was there. We lost 56-24.

They kept Rivers in till late in the fourth quarter. And he was still throwin'.

Last year UMass was the second leading draw for Army. UMass-Army drew 34,055. That was more than the Baylor, Iowa State, Central Michigan and Arkansas State games.

Interesting analysis. NC State's only offensive score in the fourth quarter came on a rushing TD with 14:56 left in the game. The only other 4th qtr State TD came from a blocked U Mass punt.
U Mass QB's getting sacked 5 times hurt the most and the rushing first downs from TA McLendon.
State punted 3 times in the fourth quarter and the second stringer did most of the 4th qtr passing with the longest being 8 yards. In fact Davis QB'ed most of the 4th qtr plays. Period. In fact State only had the ball 6 minutes of the final qtr.

I taught and helped coach T.A. (Touchdown Anytime) McLendon in high school.

[Go...gate]

I don't know what, to date, is the largest crowd Delaware has played before (@Navy, @Temple?), but I'm pretty sure that number will be shattered when the Hens play at Maryland in '08. :nod:

Seems to me that UD and Temple played before some good crowds in the late '70's and early '80's at the Vet.

[El_Cid_99]

I think our old record was when we played Florida in the Swamp in 1998.

I'm pretty sure that got beat when we played LSU a few years later.

I was at both, and I remember us being a tiny speck of Citadel blue in the corner of the end zones..

[JDC325]

Well we've got you all beat so far...ASU vs. LSU in front of 90,000+ last year:D


Check the GSU vs. UGA stats. They have expanded since our last meeting so we will break the old record in 2008.

[jstate83]

What hate...show me where the game su/jsu game in the dome was packed. Prove me wrong. stats and a link would help. What would I have to hate jsu football about? We lead the series with jsu by about 11 games. I think we won the last 4 out of 5. We have more players in the pros and in the HOF. I mean what exactly am I supposed to be jealous of?


Do you honestly think I care about proving anything to you or GRAM..............About attendance figures ya'll can't match if you combine 3 of your seasons together?

And don't play dumb and post pictures of the Dumb Bell years.
4 out of 5 huh..................And with the worst team we ever fielded, we still kicked that arse IN YOUR SOUP BOWL during your championship runs.
The mid '90's we was bust 50 and 60 point's on ya'll. One was a 52 to 0 clowning.
Ya'll just got worth mentioning in 2001.......................And that's fact.


Man .................You know ain't nobody from JSU giving a CLUCK bout RAM so quit fooling these people here like ya'll are looked at as GOD's in this conference. xlolx

You had your run with the HAMBURGERLER. xlolx
2 years.................Write it down.

As for the HOF...................Who was the last one and who will be the next?
How long ago was GRAMs last inductee...........BC or AD.............When is Doug going? xlolx
That's ya'lls last hoo-rah.

Our last inductee was BIG Jackie Slater.........Class of 2001.
Bet our next is the #7, (and moving up), all time leading receiver in the NFL.................Jimmy Smith.

[SoCon48]

This made it the largest crowd to ever see a football game in the state of Georgia. :nod: Just think we were a bigger draw than Tennessee, Auburn, LSU, etc...xlolx

Quote:
Originally Posted by Baldy
2005: ASU vs. LSU 91,414
2004: GSU vs. UGA 92,746

This made it the largest crowd to ever see a football game in the state of Georgia. Just think we were a bigger draw than Tennessee, Auburn, LSU, etc...

You might add..since it was the first game in the expanded stadium. That attendance was matched the very next home game and every game since then. Boise State, La-Monroe, Marshall, etc have all matched that record.:nono: In otherwords, GSU is tied with everybody who plays in the stadium.
So saying you were a bigger draw than TN, etc..was only because the stadium wouldn't hold em the previous seasons.before. Soon as it could..they did.

[SunCoastBlueHen]

Seems to me that UD and Temple played before some good crowds in the late '70's and early '80's at the Vet.

I believe some of the Temple / UD games at the Vet had crowds of 30K + (mostly Hen fans). The Navy game in 2003 played on homecoming had, I think, a sellout crowd of 36K. Byrd Stadium at U of M seats well over 50K and I'm guessing that the attendance will surpass the crowds at Navy and Temple. I'm sure Delaware will bring in excess of 10K to that game. :nod:

[SoCon48]

I believe some of the Temple / UD games at the Vet had crowds of 30K + (mostly Hen fans). The Navy game in 2003 played on homecoming had, I think, a sellout crowd of 36K. Byrd Stadium at U of M seats well over 50K and I'm guessing that the attendance will surpass the crowds at Navy and Temple. I'm sure Delaware will bring in excess of 10K to that game. :nod:

Byrd Stadium at U of M seats well over 50K and I'm guessing that the attendance will surpass the crowds at Navy and Temple

No reason why it shouldn't. It's been years since anyone drew less than 50,000 at Maryland, including the likes of The Citadel and "o-fer" Temple.

FWIW, Maryland at Navy in '05 drew 67,809.

[blackfordpu]

Largest home game

Oct. 24, 1994 - A crowd of 16,148 (the largest crowd ever to witness a sports event in Huntsville) watches along with an ABC regional television audience as Sam Houston State defeats 14th-ranked Alcorn State (and their NFL-bound quarterback Steve McNair) at Bowers Stadium.

[SunCoastBlueHen]

[COLOR="Blue"]
FWIW, Maryland at Navy in '05 drew 67,809.

I'm guessing that game was played somewhere other than Annapolis.:)

[TheRock21]

So I guess Youngstown State will have us all beat when they roll into Happy Valley and try to tame the Nittany Lions of Penn State!:nod:

Beaver Stadium (107,282):eek:

Well I just saw where they will be playing Ohio State in 2007 & 2008, so mark them down with the top two records!

[HIU 93]

I would guess 60,000 plus vs. Fordham, NYU, or Army at Yankee Stadium or the Polo Grounds.

However we are the first college football team to play an indoor game... vs. Washington and Jefferson in Atlantic City, 1930.

Where did you play indoors in AC?

[SoCon48]

I'm guessing that game was played somewhere other than Annapolis.:)
Guessed right..played in Baltimore, the Ravens' M&T Bank Stadium.

[Tod]

Sorry, guys, I can't find that stat on the Griz. Ask again after the Iowa game. ;)

[HIU 93]

Most of y'all are mentioning games AT I-A schools. How about your biggest crowd vs. or at a I-AA? I'll start- 76,000- Whitney Young Classic vs. Grambling- Giants Stadium- I believe it was 1995.

[bisonguy]

NDSU Home: 19,046 against North Dakota in 2002

NDSU Away: 35,000+ at San Diego State sometime in the early 70's (I forgot the year!!)


The San Diego State game was in 1966. San Diego State had a brilliant, young defensive coordinator that shut out the #1 ranked Bison of North Dakota State 36-0. The defensive coordinator's name was John Madden.

[*****]

Most of y'all are mentioning games AT I-A schools. How about your biggest crowd vs. or at a I-AA? I'll start- 76,000- Whitney Young Classic vs. Grambling- Giants Stadium- I believe it was 1995.Well we all know the Yale Bowl is the largest I-AA stadium... xlolx

[elkmcc]

Sorry, guys, I can't find that stat on the Griz. Ask again after the Iowa game. ;)

my :twocents:
Montana's best away attendance probably has to be the '84 Mirage Bowl vs Army, attendance ~60,000. 2005 vs Oregon comes in a close second at 58,169. Montana played at Minnesota in '85 and that year the Gophers averaged over 60,000 per home game.

Montana has the distinction of winning the highest attended I-AA playoff game (32,106) against Marshall Univ. in in Huntington, WV in 1995. Yours truely has the distinction of being there.

Iowa's Kinnick Stadium should raise the bar for the Griz to about 70,000.

[Demon Fan]

Strictly home game speaking...Back during the late 70s and 80s nearing the end of the Northwestern St/Louisiana Tech rivalry they would draw 40,000+ fans to Independence Stadium and the most recent was the 2002 NSU vs. Southern game at Independence Stadium that drew 35,000.

NSU has played in front of some large crowds on the road against UGA and Missouri and personally I was at the TCU-NSU game where we won in overtime. There were probably around 50,000 at that game.
Northwestern State Demons

86,520 at Univ. of Georgia in 2002

[MACHIAVELLI]

Most of y'all are mentioning games AT I-A schools. How about your biggest crowd vs. or at a I-AA?

;)

[Demon Fan]

;)

"Unofficially Offical" Largest attendance for a Northwestern State game against another I-AA:

Home: 17,528 2000 Southern University
Away: 27,195 2003 Southern University
Neutral: 23,573 2002 Southern Universtiy

One of the reasons we like to schedule the Jaguars.

[GAD]

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[BgJag]

"Unofficially Offical" Largest attendance for a Northwestern State game against another I-AA:

Home: 17,528 2000 Southern University
Away: 27,195 2003 Southern University
Neutral: 23,573 2002 Southern Universtiy

One of the reasons we like to schedule the Jaguars.

get me paid reservation at a bed and breakfast in Natchitochas during the Christmas festival and I'll talk to our A.D.:thumbsup: :D :smiley_wi

[OSRacer]

For Murray State
Home - 16600
Away - 80,000 (approximate @ Wisconsin in 1999)
Personal - 25000 (approximate @ Marshall in 1993)

[HIU 93]

Well we all know the Yale Bowl is the largest I-AA stadium... xlolx

I don't know why you are laughing- I think you are correct. That would make Yale have the largest I-AA crowds, theoretically.

[ucdtim17]

31,250 at Stanford last year. Should beat that at TCU, but maybe not. They don't draw as well as you'd imagine a top 25 program in Dallas would. Still waiting on that game in Berkeley - that'll be 73k for sure

[Calif_Colonial]

8,016 Oct, 18, 1994 vs Duquesne at Moon Stadium (HS)
Robert Morris 28, Dukes 6. First ever meeting of the two schools.

9,615 Oct. 14, 2000 vs Dayton at Welcome Stadium

I don't know the score but we won because we went 10 - 0 in 2000!:thumbsup:

[BULLDOG8180]

AWAY
1998 Florida 85,061
2002 LSU 85,022
2005 FSU 79,152 +We were leading at halftime 13-10!!
(don't ask me about the 2nd half)

2004 Auburn 76,202


Biggest away crowd to see Citadel WIN a game
63,000 , 1990 vs South Carolina final score 38-35

[SactoHornetFan]

Home Record: 20,993 vs ucd on 09/18/99
Road Record: 65,938 at Cal on 09/03/05