Official Attendance Numbers for 2017

[ST_Lawson]

NCAA released the official numbers (as reported to the NCAA) for football attendance: http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/Attendance/2017.pdf

Here's a breakdown of some of the data by STATS: http://www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i=20180208144008497281404&ref=rec&tm=&src=FCS

And here's the top FCS teams and conference ranking:

https://i.imgur.com/t8EpZ0e.png?1

[GAD]

6 teams in the top 16 (SWAC)

[SFA 93]

The top winningest programs in the SLC can't even get their fans to come to the games.

[Sammy94]

The top winningest programs in the SLC can't even get their fans to come to the games.

And they are above FCS average, such a shame.

[Panther88]

The top winningest programs in the SLC can't even get their fans to come to the games.

Hopefully Prairie View staffers will do their part to advertise/market for the pending tilt vs the bearkats this fall @ their place AND that the weather holds (no hurricanes). I'm really hoping we can set a record @ bowers fall '18.

[Son of Eli]

The "team by team" FCS section in the NCAA report is wrong. It is listing 2016 figures.

[UNHWildcat18]

UNH in the top 25 including the "2350" playoff game lol Love it

[Wildcat1997]

It’s really cool that ACU made the top 25. Now if only we could start winning lol.

[Panther88]

A top-8 finish. Not bad for a team that offered no football scholarships for 8 consecutive years, continued to compete in a then d-1aa conference, & went 0-80 during that same duration.

One of our immediate goals is to own d-1 fcs football in texas.

[GAD]

A top-8 finish. Not bad for a team that offered no football scholarships for 8 consecutive years, continued to compete in a then d-1aa conference, & went 0-80 during that same duration.

One of our immediate goals is to own d-1 fcs football in texas.
Good job PV!
Jackson State should have finished much higher but everything that could go wrong did

[Derby City Duke]

NCAA released the official numbers (as reported to the NCAA) for football attendance: http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/Attendance/2017.pdf

Here's a breakdown of some of the data by STATS: http://www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i=20180208144008497281404&ref=rec&tm=&src=FCS

And here's the top FCS teams and conference ranking:

https://i.imgur.com/t8EpZ0e.png?1

JMU accounted for 29% of the CAA's attendance this past season. The 3 playoff game attendance #s dropped their average over 3K per game. Regular season attendance average was 24,841 (36 shy of official capacity).

Now I am always skeptical of announced attendance #s because they almost always include tickets sold/given away whether scanned or not on gameday vs. actual butts in seats, but given the presented data, 30% from one school in a 12-team league...

[Noryan34]

JMU accounted for 29% of the CAA's attendance this past season. The 3 playoff game attendance #s dropped their average over 3K per game. Regular season attendance average was 24,841 (36 shy of official capacity).

Now I am always skeptical of announced attendance #s because they almost always include tickets sold/given away whether scanned or not on gameday vs. actual butts in seats, but given the presented data, 30% from one school in a 12-team league...

Tends to happen with good teams that get more home games because of the playoffs. Take away the extra ~46k then and your sitting around 23%

[Derby City Duke]

Tends to happen with good teams that get more home games because of the playoffs. Take away the extra ~46k then and your sitting around 23%

Numbers are funny that way; our home playoff attendance was high for us historically, but well below the season average. Had we drawn to our regular season average the % jumps to nearly 32% of total CAA attendance. We should lead the conference given stadium capacity relative to the rest of the league (25K vs. 11.3K average).

Which accountant gets the job? The one in who, in the interview, answers the question "what's 2+2 equal?" with "what would you like it to be?" xthumbsupx

[ASU33]

A top-8 finish. Not bad for a team that offered no football scholarships for 8 consecutive years, continued to compete in a then d-1aa conference, & went 0-80 during that same duration.

One of our immediate goals is to own d-1 fcs football in texas.

I count 8,446 as PVs average home attendance. Y'all fudging numbers out there?

[ST_Lawson]

Looks like our number is sadly correct. Yes, we drew total for all of 2017 roughly what Montana's home average was. xsmhx

[Serpentor]

The top winningest programs in the SLC can't even get their fans to come to the games.

Congratulations on getting so many people to show up to watch an inferior product. Funny how they never bother to make it to the BOTPW though...

[SFA 93]

Thanks Serpentor!

Just imagine if we actually started winning on a regular basis where our numbers might be.

You should also see our basketball attendance as well, compared to the other SLC schools.

Nope just looked it up for the 2009 SLC championship season, averaged 11,111 a game back then as well.

Just better fan support I guess.

We have actually improved the last two years.

FCS Attendance Rankings (Lead the SLC the last two seasons)
2017 #21 (11,376)

2016 #29 (9,848)

I know it must be the new scoreboard, THAT'S it!

[Panther88]

I count 8,446 as PVs average home attendance. Y'all fudging numbers out there?

Nope. fcs vs fcs, neutral site, home team gets the #s. SFC ~ 56K.

[Ivytalk]

Even without hosting the Harvard-Yale game, and with a mediocre team, Harvard still averaged above 10,000. Not bad, especially in this era.

[dewey]

Looks like our number is sadly correct. Yes, we drew total for all of 2017 roughly what Montana's home average was. xsmhx

That is too bad. It is not like you guys were terrible either. Solid top 15 team should draw better.

Dewey

[ASU33]

Nope. fcs vs fcs, neutral site, home team gets the #s. SFC ~ 56K.

Nobody else used their Classic games in the overall home attendance average. It has ALWAYS been strictly home attendance. You know how high our average would've been if we had added the Magic City Classic?

[Panther88]

Nobody else used their Classic games in the overall home attendance average. It has ALWAYS been strictly home attendance. You know how high our average would've been if we had added the Magic City Classic?

I cannot speak for our ID. They sent #s w/ the ncaa's guidelines, the ncaa approve(s/d), done deal. Perhaps other depts should follow the guidelines before them in order to complete a task rightfully for their benefit ala APR related, et al. The ncaa allows for remote sites/venues to be counted, per their guidelines/verbiage.



The NCAA counts neutral site attendance in matchups of FCS vs. FCS teams. (something along the lines of a 2nd "home venue" rule)

[katss07]

Bad numbers again for the Kats. At least the people who show up are passionate, because these teams we have had over the past 3 years have been fantastic. Maybe a new quarterback and different offensive scheme can generate excitement.

[Twentysix]

Even without hosting the Harvard-Yale game, and with a mediocre team, Harvard still averaged above 10,000. Not bad, especially in this era.Not bad at all, but surely in an alternate reality somewhere Harvard is at capacity the entire season.

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[Go...gate]

6,080 average (over four games) is an improvement for Colgate.

[Tuna85]

Big South obviously has a ways to go. Wonder how much, if any, of the year over year 3k drop is associated with Liberty going FBS independent?

[Thumper 76]

NCAA released the official numbers (as reported to the NCAA) for football attendance: http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/Attendance/2017.pdf

Here's a breakdown of some of the data by STATS: http://www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i=20180208144008497281404&ref=rec&tm=&src=FCS

And here's the top FCS teams and conference ranking:

https://i.imgur.com/t8EpZ0e.png?1

These numbers for SDSU are screwed up. The number listed for the Jacks in the top 30 has less total fans and the correct number of home games (8) while in the complete list of all FCS teams has only 7 home games listed and more fans total.


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[Son of Eli]

These numbers for SDSU are screwed up. The number listed for the Jacks in the top 30 has less total fans and the correct number of home games (8) while in the complete list of all FCS teams has only 7 home games listed and more fans total.


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The team by team section is wrong. It is listing 2016 #'s.

[McNeese72]

Our attendance sucks compared to what it was in the late 90's, early 2000's. :(

Doc

[ElCid]

First time we didn't maker the top 30 in a while. But we are missing half our stadium. Hopefully we can get back to bigger numbers soon. Should have construction complete for start of 19 season.

[BEAR]

The top winningest programs in the SLC can't even get their fans to come to the games.

I had to go back and look at our attendance for each game in 2017 and found this:

UCA HOME GAMES:

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=27100&stc=1
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Looks like we went up in attendance from last year. That's always a good thing for the SLC.
2016 average home attendance= 7833. If you don't count the playoff game then we stand at 8766 for home games.
2017 average home attendance= 8550. If you don't count the playoff game then we stand at 9011 for home games.

Keep in mind our little stadium seats 9000 and that's with the luxury suites above Bear Hall.

[Derby City Duke]

First time we didn't maker the top 30 in a while. But we are missing half our stadium. Hopefully we can get back to bigger numbers soon. Should have construction complete for start of 19 season.

Sucks to not have a whole facility for a season or 2. One of the more impressive feats of our AD (not that many to choose from...) was to coordinate the expansion of Bridgeforth Stadium to occur in the offseason after the '09 and '10 seasons. Demo on the west side began less than 24 hours after the last home in '09. '09 included the demo of the west side and construction of the lower reserved and club seats. They built the suites, finished the club seating, and added the west side's upper level and enclosed the north end zone after the '10 season. Stadium was ready for the 2011 opener.

And the on-field Dukes did their part by MISSING the playoffs both seasons! :D

[grayghost06]

The NCAA inclusion of playoff games for attendance is beyond ridiculous. First and foremost, it eliminates any kind of apples to apples comparison. Some teams play 5-6 games, others can play as many as 9. And furthermore, those playoff games occur with only a 5-6 days notice (with the actual game time announcement, often even less). The playoff games occur smack in the Thanksgiving-Xmas time period, so many people already have obligations. Thanksgiving weekend, holiday parties, office Xmas parties, school plays etc. all dilute from the fan base that usually attends games. Not to mention the inherent cold weather at that time of year. It's just a lazy way to calculate that stat....but we're FCS and the NCAA really doesn't care anyway.

[DFW HOYA]

Sucks to not have a whole facility for a season or 2. :D

Or 12.

What was designed:

http://www.hoyafootball.com/images/stadia/msf_proposed_2c.jpg

What was delivered:


http://www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/images/stadia-msf.jpg

[ASU33]

Good job PV!
Jackson State should have finished much higher but everything that could go wrong did

That 2 hour rain delay/thunderstorm killed the Southern game for them

[walliver]

It is interesting that JMU outdraws four entire conferences.

[GAD]

That 2 hour rain delay/thunderstorm killed the Southern game for them
along with an 0-6 start and it rained before the Alcorn also, both those games could have drawn 40-50K

[ElCid]

Sucks to not have a whole facility for a season or 2. One of the more impressive feats of our AD (not that many to choose from...) was to coordinate the expansion of Bridgeforth Stadium to occur in the offseason after the '09 and '10 seasons. Demo on the west side began less than 24 hours after the last home in '09. '09 included the demo of the west side and construction of the lower reserved and club seats. They built the suites, finished the club seating, and added the west side's upper level and enclosed the north end zone after the '10 season. Stadium was ready for the 2011 opener.

And the on-field Dukes did their part by MISSING the playoffs both seasons! :D

Unfortunately, our visitor side will be closed for almost the better part part of three seasons. In 16 it was mostly closed for lead paint issues. Only a small area was open. Then it was razed to the ground prior to the 17 season. Only used some temp bleachers this year. They also opened the beer tent on the site of the demolished visitor side this year. Some bouncy castles as well. Closed for 18 as well for construction. It better be open by 19.

[Derby City Duke]

It is interesting that JMU outdraws four entire conferences.

The home playoff games helped the overall #, though not the average. Take those out and we drop to 11th on the list, outdrawing only the Big South and NEC. It's all about capacity -- only 8 stadiums across those 4 conferences have capacity >10,000. Nothing in the NEC exceeds 5,500.

Avg. Capacity by conference

Big South (6 schools) -- 8,550 (skewed by Liberty's 20K)
NEC (7) -- 3,700
Patriot (7) -- 12,200
Pioneer (11) -- 7,500

Bridgeforth's capacity is 24,877.

[Derby City Duke]

Or 12.

What was designed:

http://www.hoyafootball.com/images/stadia/msf_proposed_2c.jpg

What was delivered:


http://www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/images/stadia-msf.jpg

"Caveat Emptor"

[Bisonoline]

"Caveat Emptor"

Thats gotta hurt.

[Son of Eli]

The NCAA has fixed the FCS Team by Team section so it now has 2017 results. With an average of 18,940 Yale outdrew 25 FBS programs and was just short of UConn's average of 20,335 for the top attendance in the State of Connecticut. I predict Yale will pass UConn by in attendance in 2019.