3. Idaho vs Appalachian State – Hopefully the loyal AMSTS crowd in Moscow, Idaho read the Week 11 games that will/won’t suck and decided to stay home. Given that the Kibbie Dome only holds about 16,000 though, this isn’t nearly as bad as it may seem. I suspect Idaho often ends up on this list. Total attendance: 10113, Capacity: 16000. % full: 63.2%
2. Louisiana-Monroe vs Arkansas State – I feel like I have spent way too much time talking about the Sun Belt this year. I have been to Monroe, Louisiana, and I can tell you, when there’s a football game going on in Monroe, Louisiana, you should go to that football game in Monroe, Louisiana. Because if you don’t, you’re going to have nothing to do. The Warhawks only drew 9,063 out of a capacity of 30,427. Those that did show up were treated to a curbstomping, as Arkansas State took Louisiana-Monroe to the shed 59-21. % full: 29.8%.
1. Eastern Michigan vs UMass – The big winner this week is Eastern Michigan taking on UMass. UMass plays in Gilette Stadium but rarely draws a crowd, so they probably have the lowest percentage of capacity full in FBS, but luckily for the Minutemen, this game was in Ypsilanti. A mere 2,759 people attended in the 30,200 seat Ryanearson Stadium. The visitors took the win 28-17 in that one, sending hundreds home disappointed. % full: 9.1%. Wow. Bonus interesting fact, Eastern Michigan’s football team used to be called the Michigan State Normal College Normalites. I guess Eagles sounds a little better.
Miscellany:
Biggest group of people to see a loss at home this week: LSU (vs Arkansas), 101,699
Smallest group of people to see a win at home this week: South Alabama (vs Louisiana-Lafayette), 14,096
Smallest Power 5 Conference attendance: Northwestern (vs Purdue), 30,003 (Also smallest Power 5 Conference home win)
Average attendance this week: 41,878
Here are your Week 11 NCAA Football attendance view in full: (note: teams that did not report were omitted. Sorry, take it up with them)
Home team | Home score | Away Team | Away Score | Attendance |
E Michigan | 17 | UMass | 28 | 2759 |
UL Monroe | 21 | Arkansas State | 59 | 9063 |
Idaho | 20 | Appalachian St | 47 | 10113 |
Charlotte | 27 | UTSA | 30 | 11331 |
FAU | 17 | Mid Tennessee | 24 | 13233 |
Texas State | 19 | Georgia State | 41 | 13238 |
South Alabama | 32 | LA-Lafayette | 25 | 14096 |
W Michigan | 27 | Bowling Green | 41 | 14436 |
Miami (OH) | 28 | Akron | 37 | 15629 |
Colorado State | 49 | UNLV | 35 | 15641 |
Buffalo | 30 | N Illinois | 41 | 17180 |
Nevada | 37 | San Jose State | 34 | 17215 |
Troy | 10 | Ga Southern | 45 | 18455 |
Rice | 10 | Southern Miss | 65 | 18656 |
Air Force | 35 | Utah State | 28 | 20083 |
Old Dominion | 31 | UTEP | 21 | 20118 |
Hawaii | 14 | Fresno State | 42 | 21485 |
Marshall | 52 | FIU | 0 | 26572 |
USF | 44 | Temple | 23 | 28393 |
Northwestern | 21 | Purdue | 14 | 30003 |
Duke | 13 | Pitt | 31 | 30241 |
Vanderbilt | 21 | Kentucky | 17 | 30301 |
Army | 31 | Tulane | 34 | 31217 |
Boise State | 24 | New Mexico | 31 | 32780 |
Cincinnati | 49 | Tulsa | 38 | 35015 |
Navy | 55 | SMU | 14 | 35778 |
San Diego State | 38 | Wyoming | 3 | 36688 |
Syracuse | 27 | Clemson | 37 | 36736 |
Colorado | 24 | USC | 27 | 37905 |
Cal | 54 | Oregon State | 24 | 41874 |
Houston | 35 | Memphis | 34 | 42159 |
Missouri | 20 | BYU | 16 | 42824 |
TCU | 23 | Kansas | 17 | 44375 |
Rutgers | 14 | Nebraska | 31 | 45606 |
Georgia Tech | 21 | Virginia Tech | 23 | 48522 |
Stanford | 36 | Oregon | 38 | 48633 |
Arizona | 37 | Utah | 30 | 48912 |
Indiana | 41 | Michigan | 48 | 49557 |
Baylor | 34 | Oklahoma | 44 | 49875 |
Louisville | 38 | Virginia | 31 | 51233 |
Illinois | 3 | Ohio State | 28 | 51515 |
Arizona State | 27 | Washington | 17 | 51695 |
Texas Tech | 59 | Kansas State | 44 | 53833 |
Iowa State | 31 | Oklahoma State | 35 | 54180 |
West Virginia | 38 | Texas | 20 | 56736 |
North Carolina | 59 | Miami (FL) | 21 | 61000 |
Miss St | 6 | Alabama | 31 | 62435 |
Iowa | 40 | Minnesota | 35 | 70585 |
Florida State | 34 | NC State | 17 | 71210 |
Michigan State | 24 | Maryland | 7 | 73406 |
UCLA | 27 | Washington St | 31 | 76255 |
South Carolina | 14 | Florida | 24 | 78536 |
Notre Dame | 28 | Wake Forest | 7 | 80795 |
Auburn | 13 | Georgia | 20 | 87451 |
Tennessee | 24 | North Texas | 0 | 96197 |
Texas A&M | 41 | W Carolina | 17 | 101583 |
LSU | 14 | Arkansas | 31 | 101699 |