Week 5 Attendance Thread

[Ivytalk]

4512 at Lafayette for the Harvard game.xsmhx

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

4512 at Lafayette for the Harvard game.xsmhx

To be fair, Lafayette is struggling and the weather in the Lehigh Valley was suppose to be terrible.

Lehigh didn't exactly pack 'em today either. Crowd was decent but nothing to brag about.

[Ivytalk]

To be fair, Lafayette is struggling and the weather in the Lehigh Valley was suppose to be terrible.

Lehigh didn't exactly pack 'em today either. Crowd was decent but nothing to brag about.

Not ripping Lafayette. I just think it's a shame that games today draw many fewer fans than a generation ago.

[FargoBison]

18,904 watched NDSU beat Illinois State on homecoming

[HailSzczur]

6,027 at Villanova William and Mary

[Sader87]

Not ripping Lafayette. I just think it's a shame that games today draw many fewer fans than a generation ago.

FCS games on Saturday afternoons (with a few exceptions) are not going to draw what some Ivies and HC drew through the 1980's...it's a different world today...have to schedule more night games, be more creative in marketing etc to draw a decent (15K+) crowd for a game between 2 FCS schools today.

[RabidRabbit]

12,313 watch ISU Trees beat the Jacks in Beef Bowl at Brookings, SD. Gorgeous SD fall evening.

[DFW HOYA]

Georgetown at Bucknell: 2,132

[darell1976]

18,904 watched NDSU beat Illinois State on homecoming

Does that include the SRO crowd? I thought it was going to be like 20,000?

[Superneck]

Nice numbers all around in The Valley this weekend:

ISU Blue at SDSU 12,313
SIU at WIU 14,168
UNI at MizzSt. 14,827
ISU Red at NDSU 18,904

[Pard4Life]

18,904 watched NDSU beat Illinois State on homecoming

Isn't that a disappointment for you guys? I was reading SRO crowds of 19k plus.

[jmufan999]

UR at JMU: 25,742

[Pard4Life]

Georgetown at Bucknell: 2,132

Well... it could have been worse at Fisher. Didn't know there was so much more to do in Lewisburg than see a 4-1 football team.

[JSUBison]

Nice numbers all around in The Valley this weekend:

ISU Blue at SDSU 12,313
SIU at WIU 14,168
UNI at MizzSt. 14,827
ISU Red at NDSU 18,904


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EualP3JW7tg

[GannonFan]

UR at JMU: 25,742

I know it's tickets sold and not actual attendance, but it was odd how JMU's attendance looked UD-like today - tons of empty spaces all over the stadium. And that was even before the second half, when the stadium looked near empty at times just after halftime. What was the weather like, is that why people left in droves? The game was still close so it wasn't the score.

[Squealofthepig]

25,919 at Washington-Grizzly for Montana's homecoming.

Edit: Fourth-largest ever.

[VBR_Productions]

19,818 saw ODU gets its first conference win in the CAA.

[Twentysix]

Isn't that a disappointment for you guys? I was reading SRO crowds of 19k plus.

It was a disappointment to some.

Quite a few season ticket holders did not show. I would guess they are harvesting and too lazy to give away their tickets.

The announcer typically announced 16500+ in the begining of the 4th. This game was not announced because it was a disapointment at 18900... (Capacity is supposedly 18700)

[kittiekop]

18,847 for Montana State Homecoming in Bozeman. Second non-Cat/Griz game attendance record set this year. Was hoping we'd hit 19,000, but still more home games to go this year.

[Dignan]

I know it's tickets sold and not actual attendance, but it was odd how JMU's attendance looked UD-like today - tons of empty spaces all over the stadium. And that was even before the second half, when the stadium looked near empty at times just after halftime. What was the weather like, is that why people left in droves? The game was still close so it wasn't the score.

It rained throughout the second half, it appeared heavy at times at least on the live feed. In the first half there were some empty spots in the crowd at the beginning although that's not unusual as some people just don't want to stop tailgating. I never got a good look at the home side, although I think it was pretty much full.

The mass exodus at halftime was shocking to me though, regardless of the rain. It was pretty lame.

[Ivytalk]

FCS games on Saturday afternoons (with a few exceptions) are not going to draw what some Ivies and HC drew through the 1980's...it's a different world today...have to schedule more night games, be more creative in marketing etc to draw a decent (15K+) crowd for a game between 2 FCS schools today.

That's certainly been the case at Harvard. Our night games are the biggest non-Yale crowds of the year.

[813Jag]

4,982 at MVSU to see Southern win their second game of the year.

[md64179]

10329 at Gibbs watched wofford beat app

[Longhorn]

I know it's tickets sold and not actual attendance

No, wrong again GF. JMU counts only the tickets that are scanned (probably technology that's a bit too advanced/fancy for UD), so the 25,742 were butts in seats.

[jmufan]

I know it's tickets sold and not actual attendance, but it was odd how JMU's attendance looked UD-like today - tons of empty spaces all over the stadium. And that was even before the second half, when the stadium looked near empty at times just after halftime. What was the weather like, is that why people left in droves? The game was still close so it wasn't the score.

The stadium was full, but quickly emptied out once the rain set in.

[superman7515]

NCAA - Week 5 FCS Attendance (http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/2011/Internet/attendance/WKLYATTENDANCEFCS.HTML)

Sched Dt Home Opponent Attendance
01-OCT-11 Grambling Prairie View 37311
29-SEP-11 Jackson St. Texas Southern 26000
01-OCT-11 Montana Northern Colo. 25919
01-OCT-11 James Madison Richmond 25742
01-OCT-11 Old Dominion Massachusetts 19818
01-OCT-11 North Dakota St. Illinois St. 18904
01-OCT-11 Montana St. Sacramento St. 18847
01-OCT-11 Liberty Ky. Wesleyan 15782
01-OCT-11 Missouri St. UNI 14827
01-OCT-11 Western Ill. Southern Ill. 14168
01-OCT-11 Florida A&M Delaware St. 14008
01-OCT-11 South Dakota St. Indiana St. 12313
01-OCT-11 Central Ark. Stephen F. Austin 11127
01-OCT-11 Chattanooga Citadel 10727
01-OCT-11 Northwestern St. McNeese St. 10532
01-OCT-11 Wofford Appalachian St. 10329
01-OCT-11 Norfolk St. South Carolina St. 10137
01-OCT-11 Alabama St. Alcorn St. 9686
01-OCT-11 Western Caro. Furman 9386
01-OCT-11 Austin Peay Tennessee St. 8614
01-OCT-11 Brown Rhode Island 8534
01-OCT-11 New Hampshire Holy Cross 8307
01-OCT-11 Idaho St. Portland St. 8288
01-OCT-11 Dartmouth Penn 8117
01-OCT-11 Southeast Mo. St. Eastern Ill. 7757
01-OCT-11 Samford Gardner-Webb 7726
01-OCT-11 Eastern Wash. Weber St. 7427
01-OCT-11 South Dakota Lindenwood 7293
01-OCT-11 Elon Ga. Southern 7195
01-OCT-11 Sam Houston St. UTSA 6889
01-OCT-11 Princeton Columbia 6168
01-OCT-11 Lehigh Yale 6072
01-OCT-11 Villanova William & Mary 6027
01-OCT-11 Maine Delaware 6000
01-OCT-11 Savannah St. Howard 5635
01-OCT-11 Tenn.-Martin Tennessee Tech 5631
01-OCT-11 Alabama A&M Ark.-Pine Bluff 5136
01-OCT-11 Southeastern La. Lamar 5104
01-OCT-11 Southern Utah North Dakota 4987
01-OCT-11 Mississippi Val. Southern U. 4982
01-OCT-11 Lafayette Harvard 4512
01-OCT-11 Cornell Wagner 4244
01-OCT-11 Murray St. Jacksonville St. 3838
01-OCT-11 San Diego Davidson 3764
01-OCT-11 Central Conn. St. Sacred Heart 3617
01-OCT-11 Colgate Fordham 3451
01-OCT-11 Dayton Butler 3438
01-OCT-11 Marist Jacksonville 3212
01-OCT-11 Charleston So. Wesley 3186
01-OCT-11 Monmouth Robert Morris 2896
01-OCT-11 Valparaiso Morehead St. 2654
01-OCT-11 Drake Campbell 2427
01-OCT-11 Morgan St. N.C. A&T 2312
01-OCT-11 Duquesne Bryant 2212
01-OCT-11 Bucknell Georgetown 2132
01-OCT-11 St. Francis (PA) Albany (NY) 868

[GannonFan]

No, wrong again GF. JMU counts only the tickets that are scanned (probably technology that's a bit too advanced/fancy for UD), so the 25,742 were butts in seats.

So the security guards and concession salespeople had their tickets scanned too? Because JMU said they count them too so apparently some people counted weren't in their seats. How about Duke Dog's? You're too funny man.

[JMUNJ08]

It rained throughout the second half, it appeared heavy at times at least on the live feed. In the first half there were some empty spots in the crowd at the beginning although that's not unusual as some people just don't want to stop tailgating. I never got a good look at the home side, although I think it was pretty much full.

The mass exodus at halftime was shocking to me though, regardless of the rain. It was pretty lame.

I think it had to do a bunch with the weather. It was pretty cold for this time of year and a light rain made it much worse. People probably wanted to get an early start on the festivities at night as well.

As for the announced attendance, it seemed about right to me as there were only some upper level endzone seats not filled which wasn't much to begin with. Pretty good showing by the Dukes as well!

[HailSzczur]

NCAA - Week 5 FCS Attendance (http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/2011/Internet/attendance/WKLYATTENDANCEFCS.HTML)

Sched Dt Home Opponent Attendance
01-OCT-11 Grambling Prairie View 37311
01-OCT-11 St. Francis (PA) Albany (NY) 868

What an incredible range. Sadly Nova's on the bottom half

[GannonFan]

It rained throughout the second half, it appeared heavy at times at least on the live feed. In the first half there were some empty spots in the crowd at the beginning although that's not unusual as some people just don't want to stop tailgating. I never got a good look at the home side, although I think it was pretty much full.

The mass exodus at halftime was shocking to me though, regardless of the rain. It was pretty lame.

Thanks.

[Longhorn]

So the security guards and concession salespeople had their tickets scanned too? Because JMU said they count them too so apparently some people counted weren't in their seats. How about Duke Dog's? You're too funny man.


Oh yes, there were 25k Duke Dogs and concession workers. Talk about a funny man with a skewed outlook. How's the attendance doing at UD these days? Noticed the Hens were now 4th in the CAA behind JMU, ODU and GSU.

[Longhorn]

It rained throughout the second half, it appeared heavy at times at least on the live feed. In the first half there were some empty spots in the crowd at the beginning although that's not unusual as some people just don't want to stop tailgating. I never got a good look at the home side, although I think it was pretty much full.

The mass exodus at halftime was shocking to me though, regardless of the rain. It was pretty lame.

Well, calling it lame from the comfort of home seems a little harsh. If you weren't there you really have no idea. By the end of the 3rd it was in the 40s, windy and raining hard. Also, given that it was Homecoming, and the game was well in hand, many opted to visit more with friends and resume their tailgating out of the elements.

[GannonFan]

Oh yes, there were 25k Duke Dogs and concession workers. Talk about a funny man with a skewed outlook. How's the attendance doing at UD these days? Noticed the Hens were now 4th in the CAA behind JMU, ODU and GSU.

So you're admitting that JMU does count stadium staff and media members in the attendance? Just trying to ascertain the number of "butts in the seats" as you say.

[mcveyrl]

Thanks.

Yea, I'm not one to leave early, but once we scored the TD to go up by 3 scores, I was done (early 4th Q). And I think most fans realized that UR was not going to be moving the ball significantly anyway and figured two scores was enough to get them out of there. It was pretty miserable weather.

[JmuSkinsfan]

So you're admitting that JMU does count stadium staff and media members in the attendance? Just trying to ascertain the number of "butts in the seats" as you say.

Yes, they do ... because I guess they're "technically" in attendance. In the first home game JMU drew 25,100 ... despite seating capacity being around 24,877. There were probably about 300-500 people counted for game operations, etc. This past weekend, the HC crowd was announced at 25,500+ ... so again ... 25,000 fans in attendance.

[Dignan]

Well, calling it lame from the comfort of home seems a little harsh. If you weren't there you really have no idea. By the end of the 3rd it was in the 40s, windy and raining hard. Also, given that it was Homecoming, and the game was well in hand, many opted to visit more with friends and resume their tailgating out of the elements.

I was referring more to the fact that a significant portion of the crowd had already left when it was 14-7 still. I can understand it when the game is well in hand, but people were leaving in droves well before that from what I could see.

Unfortunately watching it from the comfort of home was the only option I had as I live really really far away. I did get to go to one game this year at UNC and unlike the majority of my friends who left as early as halftime, I stuck it out in the blazing sun until after JMU's last possession of the game.

[appfan2008]

seems like a stupid argument... if it were up to me count everyone there... who cares if you are in a seat or in the booth...

[JSUBison]

I was looking at how FCS stacked up against the FBS, and I saw Eastern Michigan's average attendance. You ready for this? 3903 xlolx

Nearly 100 FCS teams average better than that sorry *** excuse for a program. They've had home games of 3563, 4771, and 3375 in their conference opener.

The high was against Alabama State. Eastern Michigan to the SWAC?

[GAD]

I was looking at how FCS stacked up against the FBS, and I saw Eastern Michigan's average attendance. You ready for this? 3903 xlolx

Nearly 100 FCS teams average better than that sorry *** excuse for a program. They've had home games of 3563, 4771, and 3375 in their conference opener.

The high was against Alabama State. Eastern Michigan to the SWAC?
WOW! lol but lots of teams highest draw was when they hosted a SWAC team

[whoanellie]

kick them out of FBS they could drop the program w/ all that redink
I was looking at how FCS stacked up against the FBS, and I saw Eastern Michigan's average attendance. You ready for this? 3903 xlolx

Nearly 100 FCS teams average better than that sorry *** excuse for a program. They've had home games of 3563, 4771, and 3375 in their conference opener.

The high was against Alabama State. Eastern Michigan to the SWAC?

[bojeta]

No offense to any of these schools, but I CANNOT BELIEVE the low attendance figures. These are good programs with storied pasts and wealthy alumni!! They should be packing in double those numbers even at OOC games!! What is wrong?

[slycat]

15,502 for Nicholls St at Texas St. 97% capacity.

[BEAR]

01-OCT-11 Central Ark. Stephen F. Austin 11127


Stadium capacity- 8500.

So using (U)-(C-an't) (A-dd's) math that's about 131% capacity!

[Franks Tanks]

4512 at Lafayette for the Harvard game.xsmhx

With Lafayette and Lehigh playing at the same time it hurts both crowds. With good weather and a decent team Lafayette should get over 8k for a game against Harvard.

[Bogus Megapardus]

With Lafayette and Lehigh playing at the same time it hurts both crowds. With good weather and a decent team Lafayette should get over 8k for a game against Harvard.

Chilly and overcast is normal football weather for this time of year. It's now excuse. I'm really embarrassed by that figure. Harvard at home? Where were the students? Harvard drew 9,000 in 2005 and 7,000 last year.

[bojeta]

We've only had 1 home game so far this season which was a sellout at 11,075 (standing attendance not counted). This coming Saturday, our 2nd home game will be against DII Central Oklahoma. Not sure if that will sell out or not, but I suspect it will. The following week is guaranteed sellout game with Southern Utah. Wish they could FINISH THE EXPANSION!!!! Next phase is supposed to take us to 24,000+