NCAA Football Week 9 Attendance In Review

With college football season in full swing, we here at AMSTS figured it was worth it to take a look at how attendance was working out around Division I. Of course, nobody cares that Ohio State filled the house with over 102,000, right? So let’s take a look at the other side:

Worst overall Division 1 attendance last week: 1,067 – Duquesne vs Bryant on Saturday. The Dukes came back to beat Bryant in this one 35-31, thrilling the fans on hand in what seems to be the shortest college football stadium in Division 1:

Image courtesy Duquesne Sports / GoDuquesne.com

Worst overall FBS attendance last week: 8,468 – UMass vs Wagner. McGuirk Alumni Stadium was only half full as the Minutemen beat the FCS Seahawks 34-10, though the action shot seems to indicate a slightly sparser crowd:

UMass football scores early, often in senior day victory over Wagner, via @Kyle_DaLuz.https://t.co/G23Y2FJyJN pic.twitter.com/XEUUs0y4Xj
— Collegian Sports (@MDC_Sports) October 29, 2016

Worst overall Power Five attendance last week: 27,948 – Wake Forest vs Army. At 86% full, this is more of a function of Wake Forest’s size rather than a lack of fan interest. Unfortunately for the Deac fans, Army took the W, 21-13.

Go army beat wake forest! @army_football pic.twitter.com/AZ4SYiebDm
— Katie Christiana (@katieistall1022) September 21, 2013

Fewest people to attend an FBS Power Five home victory last week: 38,291 – Indiana vs Maryland

Emptiest FBS stadium as a percentage of capacity: South Alabama (28.5% full, 11565 in attendance)

Emptiest FBS Power Five stadium as a percentage of capacity: Virginia (53.6% full, 34,824 in attendance)

And now, for your browsing pleasure, every game and the corresponding attendance for this week. Enjoy!

Date	Division	Conference	Home Team	Home Score	Away Team	Away Score	Attendance	Venue	Capacity	% Full
10/29/2016	FCS	Northeast	Duquesne	35	Bryant	31	1067	Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field	2200	48.5%
10/29/2016	FCS	Pioneer	Marist	3	San Diego	27	1604	Tenney Stadium	5000	32.1%
10/29/2016	FCS	Northeast	Sacred Heart	17	St Francis (PA)	38	1716	Campus Field	10500	16.3%
10/29/2016	FCS	Pioneer	Drake	33	Campbell	21	1727	Drake Stadium (IA)	14557	11.9%
10/29/2016	FCS	Northeast	Robert Morris	19	Cent Conn St	6	1918	Joe Walton Stadium	3000	63.9%
10/29/2016	FCS	Pioneer	Dayton	21	Stetson	10	2045	Welcome Stadium	11000	18.6%
10/29/2016	FCS	Pioneer	Valparaiso	12	Butler	23	2141	Brown Field	5000	42.8%
10/29/2016	FCS	MEAC	Hampton	28	S Carolina St	26	2152	Armstrong Stadium	17000	12.7%
10/29/2016	FCS	Big South	Charleston So	49	Bucknell	28	2356	Buccaneer Field	4000	58.9%
10/29/2016	FCS	Southland	Incarnate Word	19	SF Austin	42	2811	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium	6000	46.9%
10/29/2016	FCS	Ohio Valley	UT Martin	33	E Kentucky	3	3025	Hardy M. Graham Stadium	7500	40.3%
10/29/2016	FCS	Pioneer	Davidson	17	Jacksonville	35	3209	Richardson Stadium (Davidson, NC)	6000	53.5%
10/28/2016	FCS	Ivy League	Columbia	23	Yale	31	3268	Lawrence A. Wien Stadium	17000	19.2%
10/29/2016	FCS	Big Sky	Portland State	49	N Colorado	56	3446	PROVIDENCE PARK	21144	16.3%
10/29/2016	FCS	Big South	Monmouth	17	Kennesaw St	49	3869	Kessler Field	3200	120.9%
10/29/2016	FCS	Colonial Athletic	Albany	27	Elon	3	3916	Bob Ford Field	8500	46.1%
10/29/2016	FCS	Southland	SE Louisiana	10	Cent Arkansas	45	4241	Strawberry Stadium	7408	57.2%
10/29/2016	FCS	Ohio Valley	SE Missouri St	41	Austin Peay	21	4328	Houck Stadium	11015	39.3%
10/29/2016	FCS	Big South	Presbyterian	17	Coast Carolina	48	4453	Bailey Memorial Stadium	6500	68.5%
10/29/2016	FCS	Big Sky	Idaho State	27	Southern Utah	52	4667	Holt Arena	12000	38.9%
10/29/2016	FCS	Patriot League	Lafayette	17	Georgetown	3	4878	Fisher Stadium	13132	37.1%
10/29/2016	FCS	Ivy League	Cornell	7	Princeton	56	4879	Schoellkopf Field	25597	19.1%
10/29/2016	FCS	Colonial Athletic	UNH	43	Stony Brook	14	5029	Cowell Stadium	11015	45.7%
10/29/2016	FCS	Big Sky	Sacramento St	47	Cal Poly	59	5334	Hornet Stadium	21195	25.2%
10/29/2016	FCS	Southern	VMI	10	Furman	24	5610	Alumni Memorial Field	10000	56.1%
10/29/2016	FCS	Southland	Northwestern St	14	Nicholls	31	5825	Turpin Stadium	15971	36.5%
10/29/2016	FCS	Patriot League	Lehigh	58	Fordham	37	6009	Goodman Stadium	16000	37.6%
10/29/2016	FCS	Southern	Wofford	31	Mercer	21	6190	Gibbs Stadium	13000	47.6%
10/29/2016	FCS	Ivy League	Dartmouth	21	Harvard	23	7012	Memorial Field (Dartmouth)	11000	63.7%
10/29/2016	FCS	Patriot League	Colgate	26	Holy Cross	8	7226	Andy Kerr Stadium	10221	70.7%
10/29/2016	FCS	Missouri Valley	Illinois State	38	South Dakota St	21	7595	Hancock Stadium	13391	56.7%
10/29/2016	FCS	Southland	Lamar	17	Houston Baptist	24	7777	Provost Umphrey Stadium	16000	48.6%
10/29/2016	FCS	MEAC	Bethune-Cookman	41	Delaware State	10	7822	Municipal Stadium (FL)	9601	81.5%
10/29/2016	FCS	Ivy League	Penn	21	Brown	14	8047	Franklin Field	52958	15.2%
10/29/2016	FCS	MEAC	Savannah State	31	Howard	27	8119	T.A. Wright Stadium	8500	95.5%
10/29/2016	FCS	Missouri Valley	South Dakota	34	W Illinois	35	8412	DakotaDome	10000	84.1%
10/29/2016	FBS	Independent	UMass	34	Wagner	10	8468	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium	17000	49.8%
10/29/2016	FCS	Ohio Valley	Murray State	38	Tennessee St	31	8605	Roy Stewart Stadium	16800	51.2%
10/29/2016	FCS	Southland	Sam Houston	66	Texas Southern	17	8611	Bowers Stadium	12593	68.4%
10/29/2016	FCS	Big Sky	North Dakota	27	Weber State	19	8699	Alerus Center	12283	70.8%
10/29/2016	FCS	Colonial Athletic	William & Mary	28	Maine	35	9124	Zable Stadium	11686	78.1%
10/29/2016	FBS	MAC	Cent Michigan	24	Kent State	27	9236	Kelly/Shorts Stadium	30302	30.5%
10/29/2016	FBS	Conference USA	FAU	3	W Kentucky	52	9338	FAU Football Stadium	30000	31.1%
10/29/2016	FCS	Southern	W Carolina	25	Chattanooga	38	10760	E.J. Whitmire Stadium	13742	78.3%
10/29/2016	FCS	Big Sky	E Washington	35	Montana	16	10931	Roos Field	8600	127.1%
10/29/2016	FCS	Southland	McNeese	33	Abil Christian	14	11228	Cowboy Stadium (LA)	17610	63.8%
10/29/2016	FBS	Sun Belt	South Alabama	13	Georgia State	10	11565	Ladd-Peebles Stadium	40646	28.5%
10/29/2016	FCS	Missouri Valley	Northern Iowa	20	North Dakota St	24	12032	UNI-Dome	16324	73.7%
10/29/2016	FCS	Southern	The Citadel	45	ETSU	10	12978	Johnson Hagood Stadium	21000	61.8%
10/29/2016	FCS	Missouri Valley	Missouri State	38	S Illinois	35	13487	Plaster Sports Complex	17500	77.1%
10/29/2016	FBS	Conference USA	FIU	35	Mid Tennessee	42	14413	FIU Stadium	23500	61.3%
10/27/2016	FBS	MAC	Buffalo	41	Akron	20	15012	UB Stadium	29795	50.4%
10/29/2016	FCS	Missouri Valley	Youngstown St	13	Indiana State	10	15082	Stambaugh Stadium	20630	73.1%
10/29/2016	FBS	Mountain West	San Jose State	30	UNLV	24	15733	CEFCU Stadium – Home of the Spartans	30456	51.7%
10/27/2016	FBS	MAC	Toledo	26	Ohio	31	16154	Glass Bowl	36852	43.8%
10/29/2016	FBS	MAC	E Michigan	15	Miami (OH)	28	16481	Rynearson Stadium	30200	54.6%
10/29/2016	FCS	Big South	Liberty	23	Gardner-Webb	20	16608	Williams Stadium (VA)	19200	86.5%
10/28/2016	FBS	Mountain West	Utah State	13	San Diego State	40	17332	Romney Stadium	33119	52.3%
10/29/2016	FCS	Colonial Athletic	Delaware	20	Towson	6	17488	Delaware Stadium	22000	79.5%
10/29/2016	FCS	MEAC	Norfolk State	27	Morgan State	14	18405	William Price Stadium	30000	61.4%
10/29/2016	FCS	SWAC	Grambling St	70	AR-Pine Bluff	0	18543	Robinson Stadium	19600	94.6%
10/29/2016	FCS	SWAC	Alcorn State	33	Southern	41	18717	Jack Spinks Stadium	22500	83.2%
10/29/2016	FBS	Conference USA	UTEP	21	Old Dominion	31	19254	Sun Bowl	53415	36.0%
10/29/2016	FBS	Conference USA	UTSA	31	North Texas	17	19553	Alamodome	65000	30.1%
10/29/2016	FBS	Sun Belt	Arkansas State	51	UL Monroe	10	20170	Centennial Bank Stadium	30964	65.1%
10/29/2016	FCS	Ohio Valley	Jacksonville St	47	E Illinois	14	21655	Burgess-Snow Field	24000	90.2%
10/29/2016	FBS	Conference USA	LA Tech	61	Rice	16	22058	Joe Aillet Stadium	30600	72.1%
10/29/2016	FCS	MEAC	NC A&T	42	Florida A&M	17	22150	Aggie Stadium (NC)	21500	103.0%
10/27/2016	FBS	Sun Belt	Ga Southern	10	Appalachian St	34	23474	Allen E. Paulson Stadium	25000	93.9%
10/29/2016	FCS	Colonial Athletic	JMU	84	URI	7	23841	Bridgeforth Stadium	25000	95.4%
10/29/2016	FBS	Mountain West	Hawai’i	21	New Mexico	28	23964	Aloha Stadium	50000	47.9%
10/29/2016	FBS	Mountain West	Wyoming	30	Boise State	28	24023	War Memorial Stadium (WY)	34745	69.1%
10/28/2016	FBS	Mountain West	Fresno State	21	Air Force	31	25197	Bulldog Stadium (CA)	42881	58.8%
10/29/2016	FBS	The American	Tulane	31	SMU	35	25780	Yulman Stadium	30000	85.9%
10/29/2016	FBS	ACC	Wake Forest	13	Army	21	27948	BB&T Field	32483	86.0%
10/29/2016	FBS	The American	Temple	34	Cincinnati	13	29763	Lincoln Financial Field	69029	43.1%
10/29/2016	FBS	Conference USA	Southern Miss	24	Marshall	14	31275	M. M. Roberts Stadium	36000	86.9%
10/28/2016	FBS	Big East	USF	52	Navy	45	31824	Raymond James Stadium	71921	44.2%
10/29/2016	FBS	Big Ten	Purdue	24	Penn State	62	33157	Ross-Ade Stadium	57236	57.9%
10/29/2016	FBS	ACC	Virginia	25	Louisville	32	34824	Scott Stadium	64947	53.6%
10/29/2016	FBS	The American	Houston	31	UCF	24	35846	TDECU Stadium	40000	89.6%
10/29/2016	FBS	The American	Memphis	30	Tulsa	59	36894	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	65885	56.0%
10/29/2016	FBS	Pac 12	Oregon State	31	Washington St	35	37081	Reser Stadium	46469	79.8%
10/29/2016	FBS	Big Ten	Indiana	42	Maryland	36	38291	Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)	52929	72.3%
10/29/2016	FBS	Big Ten	Illinois	17	Minnesota	40	40090	Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)	60670	66.1%
10/27/2016	FBS	ACC	Pitt	36	Virginia Tech	39	40254	Heinz Field	66731	60.3%
10/29/2016	FBS	The American	East Carolina	41	UConn	3	41370	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium	50410	82.1%
10/29/2016	FBS	ACC	Georgia Tech	38	Duke	35	43886	Bobby Dodd Stadium	56680	77.4%
10/29/2016	FBS	Big 12	TCU	24	Texas Tech	27	45619	Amon G. Carter Stadium	50307	90.7%
10/29/2016	FBS	Pac 12	Arizona	10	Stanford	34	46740	Arizona Stadium	59920	78.0%
10/29/2016	FBS	Pac 12	Utah	24	Washington	31	47801	Rice-Eccles Stadium	46768	102.2%
10/29/2016	FBS	SEC	Missouri	21	Kentucky	35	50234	Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field	71168	70.6%
10/29/2016	FBS	Big 12	Iowa State	26	Kansas State	31	52763	Jack Trice Stadium	56795	92.9%
10/29/2016	FBS	Pac 12	Oregon	54	Arizona State	35	53898	Autzen Stadium	59597	90.4%
10/29/2016	FBS	ACC	NC State	14	Boston College	21	56443	Carter-Finley Stadium	57583	98.0%
10/29/2016	FBS	SEC	Miss St	56	Samford	41	58019	Davis Wade Stadium	58103	99.9%
10/29/2016	FBS	Big 12	Oklahoma State	37	West Virginia	20	59584	Boone Pickens Stadium	60218	98.9%
10/27/2016	FBS	Pac 12	USC	45	Cal	24	61725	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	93607	65.9%
10/29/2016	FBS	SEC	Ole Miss	29	Auburn	40	65927	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium	62657	105.2%
10/29/2016	FBS	Big Ten	Michigan State	23	Michigan	32	75802	Spartan Stadium (MI)	75005	101.1%
10/29/2016	FBS	ACC	Florida State	34	Clemson	37	78025	Doak Campbell Stadium	79560	98.1%
10/29/2016	FBS	SEC	South Carolina	24	Tennessee	21	78696	Williams-Brice Stadium	80250	98.1%
10/29/2016	FBS	Independent	Notre Dame	30	Miami	27	80795	Notre Dame Stadium	80795	100.0%
10/29/2016	FBS	Big Ten	Wisconsin	23	Nebraska	17	80833	Camp Randall Stadium	80321	100.6%
10/29/2016	FBS	SEC	Georgia	10	Florida	24	84681	EverBank Field	82000	103.3%
10/29/2016	FBS	Big 12	Oklahoma	56	Kansas	3	86301	Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK)	84000	102.7%
10/29/2016	FBS	Big 12	Texas	35	Baylor	34	97822	Royal Texas Memorial Stadium	100119	97.7%
10/29/2016	FBS	SEC	Texas A&M	52	New Mexico St	10	99960	Kyle Field	102733	97.3%
10/29/2016	FBS	Big Ten	Ohio State	24	Northwestern	20	107296	Ohio Stadium	104944	102.2%