Time again for your week in review on NCAA Division I Football attendance. Average attendance was 29,850 this week, a good starting point for the season. Let’s take a look, shall we?
Worst overall Division I attendance week 1: 1,632 – Stetson vs Point University. Not a whole lot on offer for fans of the Hatters as they started off the season against some of the NAIA’s best talent in Point University. Only 1,600 fans showed up to see Stetson lay down the 48-7 beatdown. A (small) action shot from the game:
Worst overall FBS attendance week 1: 9,280 – Charlotte vs Fordham. Relatively new to the FBS world, the 49ers might’ve had a bit of trouble trying to sell an FBS vs FCS matchup to their fan base. Luckily, for the 9,280 in attendance, Charlotte took home the 34-10 victory, even after the lights went off in the middle of the fourth quarter:
Half of the stadium lights just turned off in the 4th quarter of the Fordham-Charlotte game……still playing though pic.twitter.com/0U7JOV5m6o
— Andrew Josupait (@AndrewJosupait) September 2, 2018
Worst overall Power Five attendance week 1: 24,305 Kansas vs Nicholls State. This one has to be handed to those who didn’t attend. 24,305 KU fans somehow talked themselves into watching their team lose to an FCS team after running out the clock in the fourth quarter to take the game to overtime. A true lesson for all Jayhawk football fans: Never get sucked in.
Emptiest FCS stadium as a percentage of capacity, week 1: Texas Southern (8.3% full, 1,324 in attendance)
Emptiest FBS stadium as a percentage of capacity, week 1: UTEP (23% full, 17,271 in attendance)
Emptiest FBS Power Five stadium as a percentage of capacity, week 1: Illinois (40.7% full, 31,898 in attendance)
And now, for your browsing pleasure, every game and the corresponding attendance for week 1.
Enjoy!
Week 1:
Date | Division | Conference | Home Team | Home Score | Away Team | Away Score | Attendance | Venue | Capacity | % full | |
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9/1/2018 | FCS | Stetson | 48 | Point University | 7 | 1632 | Spec Martin Stadium | 6000 | 27.2% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Texas Southern | 26 | UT Permian Basin | 16 | 1824 | BBVA Compass Stadium | 22039 | 8.3% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Duquesne | 45 | Lock Haven | 0 | 1830 | Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field | 2200 | 83.2% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Marist | 14 | Georgetown | 39 | 1904 | Tenney Stadium | 5000 | 38.1% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | San Diego | 38 | Western New Mexico | 9 | 2023 | Torero Stadium | 6000 | 33.7% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Houston Baptist | 49 | SW Baptist | 7 | 2113 | Husky Stadium (TX) | 5000 | 42.3% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Jacksonville | 63 | St. Augustine’s | 14 | 2417 | D.B. Milne Field | 5000 | 48.3% | ||
8/30/2018 | FCS | Wagner | 40 | Bowie State | 23 | 2512 | Hameline Field | 3300 | 76.1% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Dayton | 49 | Robert Morris | 28 | 3012 | Welcome Stadium | 11000 | 27.4% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Davidson | 34 | Brevard | 13 | 4109 | Richardson Stadium (Davidson, NC) | 6000 | 68.5% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Sacred Heart | 35 | Lafayette | 6 | 4157 | Campus Field | 4000 | 103.9% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Lehigh | 21 | St. Francis (PA) | 19 | 4216 | Goodman Stadium | 16000 | 26.4% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Gardner-Webb | 52 | Limestone | 17 | 4418 | Ernest W. Spangler Stadium | 8500 | 52.0% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Bryant | 41 | New Haven | 31 | 4969 | Bulldog Stadium (RI) | 4400 | 112.9% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Bucknell | 7 | William & Mary | 14 | 5042 | Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium | 13100 | 38.5% | ||
8/31/2018 | FCS | Idaho State | 45 | Western State Colorado | 10 | 5062 | Holt Arena | 12000 | 42.2% | ||
8/30/2018 | FCS | Samford | 66 | Shorter | 9 | 5252 | Seibert Stadium | 6700 | 78.4% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Colgate | 24 | Holy Cross | 17 | 5304 | Andy Kerr Stadium | 10221 | 51.9% | ||
8/30/2018 | FCS | Campbell | 49 | Chowan | 26 | 5624 | Barker-Lane Stadium | 5500 | 102.3% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Northern Colorado | 14 | McNeese State | 17 | 5672 | Nottingham Field | 8533 | 66.5% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 30 | Morehouse | 34 | 5734 | Golden Lion Stadium | 16000 | 35.8% | ||
8/30/2018 | FCS | Indiana State | 49 | Quincy | 0 | 6243 | Memorial Stadium (Terre Haute, IN) | 12764 | 48.9% | ||
8/30/2018 | FCS | Murray State | 10 | Southern Illinois | 49 | 6350 | Roy Stewart Stadium | 16800 | 37.8% | ||
8/30/2018 | FCS | Maine | 35 | New Hampshire | 7 | 6597 | Morse Field At Harold Alfond Stadium | 10000 | 66.0% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Sacramento State | 55 | St Francis (IL) | 7 | 6944 | Hornet Stadium | 21195 | 32.8% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Lamar | 70 | Kentucky Christian | 7 | 7056 | Provost Umphrey Stadium | 16000 | 44.1% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Hampton | 38 | Shaw | 10 | 7123 | Armstrong Stadium | 17000 | 41.9% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | East Tennessee State | 28 | Mars Hill | 7 | 8518 | William B. Greene Jr. Stadium | 10000 | 85.2% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Eastern Washington | 58 | Central Washington | 13 | 8658 | Roos Field | 8600 | 100.7% | ||
8/30/2018 | FCS | North Dakota | 35 | Mississippi Valley State | 7 | 8884 | Alerus Center | 12283 | 72.3% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Southern Utah | 30 | North Alabama | 34 | 8912 | Eccles Coliseum | 8500 | 104.8% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Wofford | 28 | The Citadel | 21 | 8930 | Gibbs Stadium | 13000 | 68.7% | ||
8/30/2018 | FCS | Chattanooga | 34 | Tennessee Tech | 10 | 9020 | Finley Stadium | 20668 | 43.6% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Illinois State | 46 | St. Xavier (IL) | 0 | 9157 | Hancock Stadium | 13391 | 68.4% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Morgan State | 10 | Towson | 36 | 9209 | Hughes Stadium (MD) | 10000 | 92.1% | ||
9/1/2018 | FBS | Conf USA | Charlotte | 34 | Fordham | 10 | 9240 | McColl-Richardson Field | 15314 | 60.3% | |
8/30/2018 | FBS | MAC | Ball State | 42 | Central Connecticut State | 6 | 9801 | Scheumann Stadium | 23861 | 41.1% | |
8/30/2018 | FCS | Sun Belt | Louisiana-Monroe | 34 | Southeastern Louisiana | 31 | 10137 | Malone Stadium | 30427 | 33.3% | |
8/30/2018 | FCS | Eastern Kentucky | 49 | Morehead State | 23 | 10230 | Roy Kidd Stadium | 20000 | 51.2% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Alabama A&M | 37 | Miles | 0 | 11900 | Louis Crews Stadium | 21000 | 56.7% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Western Carolina | 33 | Newberry | 26 | 12111 | E.J. Whitmire Stadium | 13742 | 88.1% | ||
8/30/2018 | FCS | Mountain West | San Jose State | 38 | UC-Davis | 44 | 12675 | CEFCU Stadium – Home of the Spartans | 31681 | 40.0% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | American | South Alabama | 26 | Louisiana Tech | 30 | 13457 | Ladd-Peebles Stadium | 40646 | 33.1% | |
9/1/2018 | FCS | Tennessee State | 34 | Bethune-Cookman | 3 | 14069 | Nissan Stadium | 68798 | 20.4% | ||
8/31/2018 | FCS | MAC | Eastern Michigan | 51 | Monmouth | 17 | 14357 | Rynearson Stadium | 30200 | 47.5% | |
9/1/2018 | FCS | Norfolk State | 34 | Virginia State | 13 | 15173 | William Price Stadium | 30000 | 50.6% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Sun Belt | Georgia Southern | 37 | South Carolina State | 6 | 15260 | Allen E. Paulson Stadium | 25000 | 61.0% | |
8/30/2018 | FBS | American | Tulane | 17 | Wake Forest | 23 | 15478 | Yulman Stadium | 30000 | 51.6% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | MAC | Miami (OH) | 28 | Marshall | 35 | 15827 | Yager Stadium | 30087 | 52.6% | |
9/1/2018 | FCS | Conf USA | Florida International | 28 | Indiana | 38 | 17082 | FIU Stadium | 23500 | 72.7% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Conf USA | UTEP | 10 | Northern Arizona | 30 | 17271 | Sun Bowl | 74963 | 23.0% | |
8/31/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | Nevada | 72 | Portland State | 19 | 17525 | Mackay Stadium | 33391 | 52.5% | |
8/30/2018 | FCS | Delaware | 19 | Rhode Island | 21 | 17945 | Delaware Stadium | 22000 | 81.6% | ||
9/1/2018 | FBS | MAC | Buffalo | 48 | Delaware State | 10 | 17959 | UB Stadium | 29795 | 60.3% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | New Mexico | 62 | Incarnate Word | 30 | 18213 | Dreamstyle Stadium | 44074 | 41.3% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | American | Tulsa | 38 | Central Arkansas | 27 | 18356 | Chapman Stadium | 47350 | 38.8% | |
9/1/2018 | FCS | North Dakota State | 49 | Cal Poly | 3 | 18483 | Fargodome | 19000 | 97.3% | ||
8/30/2018 | FCS | Montana State | 26 | Western Illinois | 23 | 18507 | Bobcat Stadium (MT) | 20767 | 89.1% | ||
9/1/2018 | FBS | Sun Belt | Arkansas State | 48 | Southeast Missouri State | 21 | 20184 | Centennial Bank Stadium | 30964 | 65.2% | |
9/1/2018 | FCS | Florida A&M | 41 | Fort Valley State | 7 | 20262 | Bragg Memorial Stadium | 25500 | 79.5% | ||
9/1/2018 | FCS | Liberty | 52 | Old Dominion | 10 | 20425 | Williams Stadium (VA) | 25000 | 81.7% | ||
8/31/2018 | FCS | MAC | Western Michigan | 42 | Syracuse | 55 | 20628 | Waldo Stadium | 36361 | 56.7% | |
8/30/2018 | FCS | American | Connecticut | 17 | Central Florida | 56 | 23081 | Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field | 40000 | 57.7% | |
8/30/2018 | FBS | Sun Belt | Georgia State | 24 | Kennesaw State | 20 | 23088 | Georgia State Stadium | 23000 | 100.4% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | Wyoming | 19 | Washington State | 41 | 24131 | War Memorial Stadium (WY) | 34745 | 69.5% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | MAC | Toledo | 66 | VMI | 3 | 24136 | Glass Bowl | 36852 | 65.5% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Big XII | Kansas | 23 | Nicholls State | 26 | 24305 | Memorial Stadium (Lawrence, KS) | 52530 | 46.3% | |
9/1/2018 | FCS | Montana | 26 | Northern Iowa | 23 | 25018 | Washington Grizzly | 25217 | 99.2% | ||
9/1/2018 | FBS | SEC | Vanderbilt | 35 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 25348 | Vanderbilt Stadium | 41448 | 61.2% | |
8/31/2018 | FBS | ACC | Duke | 34 | Army | 14 | 26017 | Wallace Wade Stadium | 57500 | 45.2% | |
9/1/2018 | FCS | Alabama State | 26 | Tuskegee | 20 | 26222 | ASU Football Stadium | 30406 | 86.2% | ||
9/1/2018 | FBS | Conf USA | Rice | 27 | Houston | 45 | 26390 | Rice Stadium | 70000 | 37.7% | |
8/30/2018 | FBS | Conf USA | UAB | 52 | Savannah State | 0 | 27124 | Legion Field (AL) | 71594 | 37.9% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Sun Belt | Louisiana | 49 | Grambling | 17 | 28866 | Cajun Field | 41357 | 69.8% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Conf USA | Southern Miss | 55 | Jackson State | 7 | 29176 | M. M. Roberts Stadium | 36000 | 81.0% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Conf USA | North Texas | 46 | SMU | 23 | 29519 | Apogee Stadium | 30850 | 95.7% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Sun Belt | Troy | 20 | Boise State | 56 | 29612 | Veterans Memorial Stadium (AL) | 30000 | 98.7% | |
9/1/2018 | FCS | Mountain West | Hawaii | 59 | Navy | 41 | 29702 | Aloha Stadium | 50000 | 59.4% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | ACC | Boston College | 55 | Massachusetts | 21 | 30112 | Alumni Stadium (MA) | 44500 | 67.7% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | Fresno State | 79 | Idaho | 13 | 31170 | Bulldog Stadium (CA) | 42881 | 72.7% | |
9/1/2018 | FCS | American | South Florida | 34 | Elon | 14 | 31217 | Raymond James Stadium | 71921 | 43.4% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Illinois | 31 | Kent State | 24 | 31898 | Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL) | 78297 | 40.7% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | American | Temple | 17 | Villanova | 19 | 32357 | Lincoln Financial Field | 69029 | 46.9% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | Air Force | 38 | Stony Brook | 0 | 33415 | Falcon Stadium | 56162 | 59.5% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | American | Memphis | 66 | Mercer | 14 | 33697 | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | 65885 | 51.1% | |
9/1/2018 | FCS | ACC | Pittsburgh | 33 | Albany | 7 | 34486 | Heinz Field | 66731 | 51.7% | |
9/2/2018 | FBS | American | East Carolina | 23 | North Carolina A&T | 28 | 38640 | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium | 50410 | 76.7% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | ACC | Georgia Tech | 41 | Alcorn State | 0 | 39719 | Bobby Dodd Stadium | 56680 | 70.1% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Rutgers | 35 | Texas State | 7 | 40124 | HighPoint.com Stadium | 52454 | 76.5% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Big XII | Texas Tech | 27 | Ole Miss | 47 | 40333 | NRG Stadium | 72220 | 55.8% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | ACC | Virginia | 42 | Richmond | 13 | 40524 | Scott Stadium | 64947 | 62.4% | |
8/31/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Stanford | 31 | San Diego State | 10 | 40913 | Stanford Stadium | 51607 | 79.3% | |
8/30/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Minnesota | 48 | New Mexico State | 10 | 41291 | TCF Bank Stadium | 50805 | 81.3% | |
9/1/2018 | FCS | Pac 12 | California | 24 | North Carolina | 17 | 42168 | Memorial Stadium (Berkeley, CA) | 83000 | 50.8% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Big XII | TCU | 55 | Southern | 7 | 42219 | Amon G. Carter Stadium | 50307 | 83.9% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | SEC | Missouri | 51 | UT Martin | 14 | 44019 | Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field | 75298 | 58.5% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Big XII | Baylor | 55 | Abilene Christian | 27 | 45330 | McLane Stadium | 45140 | 100.4% | |
8/30/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Utah | 41 | Weber State | 10 | 45988 | Rice-Eccles Stadium | 46768 | 98.3% | |
8/30/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Purdue | 27 | Northwestern | 31 | 47410 | Ross-Ade Stadium | 71629 | 66.2% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Maryland | 34 | Texas | 29 | 47641 | FedExField | 82000 | 58.1% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | SEC | Kentucky | 35 | Central Michigan | 20 | 49138 | Kroger Field | 61000 | 80.6% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Big XII | Kansas State | 27 | South Dakota | 24 | 50063 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium | 53811 | 93.0% | |
8/30/2018 | FBS | Big XII | Oklahoma State | 58 | Missouri State | 17 | 50103 | Boone Pickens Stadium | 60218 | 83.2% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Oregon | 58 | Bowling Green | 24 | 50112 | Autzen Stadium | 59597 | 84.1% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Arizona State | 49 | UTSA | 7 | 50188 | Sun Devil Stadium | 74963 | 67.0% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Arizona | 23 | BYU | 28 | 51002 | Arizona Stadium | 59920 | 85.1% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | UCLA | 17 | Cincinnati | 26 | 54116 | Rose Bowl | 90888 | 59.5% | |
9/1/2018 | FCS | SEC | Mississippi State | 63 | Stephen F. Austin | 6 | 54289 | Davis Wade Stadium | 58103 | 93.4% | |
9/1/2018 | FCS | ACC | North Carolina State | 24 | James Madison | 13 | 56073 | Carter-Finley Stadium | 57583 | 97.4% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | SEC | Alabama | 51 | Louisville | 14 | 57280 | Camping World Stadium | 60219 | 95.1% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | USC | 43 | UNLV | 21 | 58708 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 77500 | 75.8% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | SEC | Arkansas | 55 | Eastern Illinois | 20 | 63342 | Razorback Stadium | 76808 | 82.5% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | SEC | Tennessee | 14 | West Virginia | 40 | 66793 | Bank of America Stadium | 73250 | 91.2% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Iowa | 33 | Northern Illinois | 7 | 67510 | Kinnick Stadium | 70585 | 95.6% | |
9/2/2018 | FBS | SEC | LSU | 33 | Miami | 17 | 68841 | AT&T Stadium | 80000 | 86.1% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | SEC | Auburn | 21 | Washington | 16 | 70103 | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | 71000 | 98.7% | |
8/31/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | Colorado State | 13 | Colorado | 45 | 70158 | Sports Authority Field | 76125 | 92.2% | |
8/31/2018 | FCS | Big Ten | Mich. St. | 38 | Utah State | 31 | 73114 | Spartan Stadium (MI) | 80401 | 90.9% | |
8/31/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Wisconsin | 34 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 74145 | Camp Randall Stadium | 83069 | 89.3% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | SEC | South Carolina | 49 | Coastal Carolina | 15 | 75126 | Williams-Brice Stadium | 85000 | 88.4% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Independent | Notre Dame | 24 | Michigan | 17 | 77622 | Notre Dame Stadium | 80795 | 96.1% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | ACC | Clemson | 48 | Furman | 7 | 80048 | Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC) | 80301 | 99.7% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | SEC | Florida | 53 | Charleston Southern | 6 | 81164 | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium | 90907 | 89.3% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Big XII | Oklahoma | 63 | Florida Atlantic | 14 | 86402 | Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK) | 85646 | 100.9% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | SEC | Georgia | 45 | Austin Peay | 0 | 92746 | Sanford Stadium | 92746 | 100.0% | |
8/30/2018 | FBS | SEC | Texas A&M | 59 | Northwestern State | 7 | 95855 | Kyle Field | 102512 | 93.5% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Ohio State | 77 | Oregon State | 31 | 102169 | Ohio Stadium | 106033 | 96.4% | |
9/1/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Penn State | 45 | Appalachian State | 38 | 105232 | Beaver Stadium | 110753 | 95.0% |