Week 9 Attendance

[Ivytalk]

13,058 at Harvard for an epic battle with Dartmouth.

Very disappointing turnout. I thought they'd break 20k for sure, with good weather and a battle of two first-place teams.

[Go Green]

13,058 at Harvard for an epic battle with Dartmouth.

Very disappointing turnout. I thought they'd break 20k for sure, with good weather and a battle of two first-place teams.

I predicted TV would depress turnout. Yale-Penn last Friday similarly underachieved, presumably for the same reasons.

The past 5 years have seen unprecedented access to Ivy games. Yet in-game attendance has taken a noticeable downturn. The two are probably related.

[Sitting Bull]

Not sure why they played on Friday night. I would bet 20+ on Saturday afternoon.

[Bison56]

ISUb with a goal line stand. Turnover on downs. Score 0-0 3:49 to go in 1st quarter.

Safety by ISUr 2-0

[ST_Lawson]

2,610 in the rain and cold to see Western's offense wallow around on the field a bit and lose by 2 to Youngstown State.

[Cocky]

21,000+ at JSU v EKU

[citdog]

10,006 at General Johnson Hagood, CSA, Stadium to see the Cadets move to 5-0 in the Southern Conference.

[Seawolf97]

5578 at StonyBrook. Pretty weak for a nice afternoon .

[Loyl2u]

Sparse 7498 braved the driving rain, wind and cool temps at ISUr Hancock 2.0 to see the Redbirds extend the FCS longest home winning streak.

[SFA 93]

Disappointing home coming crowd of 5,000 at Homer Bryce Stadium for a 55-21 win for the Jacks of SFA over UIW.

[ngineer]

I estimate 8-9,000 at Goodman for the Georgetown game. Home side was 90% full, with a lot of people (including myself, daughter and two grandkids) on the horseshoe hill, and close to 1,000 in the East stands. Gorgeous day for football and South Mountain was a tremendous mix of orange, red and yellow.

[Panther88]

Alabama A&M vs Alabama State
Attendance: 63874

Very nice showing.

[Sitting Bull]

9,414 in Williamsburg for the down-to-the-wire disposal of JMU.

Not bad though this was the first time this game hadn't sold out since 2003 (6 straight sellouts). I think the NBCSN coverage, Halloween evening along with the previous week being Homecoming (and a sellout) were all factors holding it down.

[caribbeanhen]

general trend of attending live sporting events is down nationwide.... football is a beautiful TV sport and TV is getting better and better!

[ASU33]

Alabama A&M vs Alabama State
Attendance: 63874

Very nice showing.

Great number in spite of the weather conditions.

[ngineer]

I estimate 8-9,000 at Goodman for the Georgetown game. Home side was 90% full, with a lot of people (including myself, daughter and two grandkids) on the horseshoe hill, and close to 1,000 in the East stands. Gorgeous day for football and South Mountain was a tremendous mix of orange, red and yellow.

The "official" stated attendance was 7,995. Not a bad estimate from yesterday.

Agree about above statement about attendance being down nationwide. Social media and especially all the free streaming has had a substantial impact.

[NY Crusader 2010]

9,414 in Williamsburg for the down-to-the-wire disposal of JMU.

Not bad though this was the first time this game hadn't sold out since 2003 (6 straight sellouts). I think the NBCSN coverage, Halloween evening along with the previous week being Homecoming (and a sellout) were all factors holding it down.

Harvard and Dartmouth had the same issue with the TV coverage. Halloween undoubtedly a factor, not so much for students but for alumni with kids.

[Catsfan90]

general trend of attending live sporting events is down nationwide.... football is a beautiful TV sport and TV is getting better and better!
Especially for on the fence fans who don't tailgate, or don't want to sit in the elements.

[bostonspider]

8475 in Richmond. On the road next two weeks then home for likely sold out W&M game to end season. 125th meeting.

[eiu1999]

2,108 in Murray, KY for EIU/MSU

[ElCid]

10,006 at General Johnson Hagood, CSA, Stadium to see the Cadets move to 5-0 in the Southern Conference.

That was seriously disappointing. A beautiful day with a likely win to go to 5-0 and that is all we got? I am not sure The Citadel faithful realized what was at stake. Hopefully we pack the stands to cheer on the Bulldogs in our quest to retain the Silver Shako and go 6-0 in the SOCON. Hopefully homecoming will bring them out. I will add two the attendance figures. I wonder if the SOCON network last year and ESPN 3 is having an impact at all. It is, but how big?

[PAllen]

Halloween is tough for out of towners with young kids. No way I was travelling anywhere Saturday. I could have swung an early game in DC, but that's about it.

[CSU18]

A weak 5,300 to watch CSU take down CCU. Talked to a friend that was there and he said it seemed like a lot more than that.