It was week six, and some programs fans have already had enough. Most surprisingly, UCLA only filled the Rose Bowl half full (or is it half empty?). Granted, it’s one of the bigger stadiums in college football, but sitting in the second largest city in America it has typically sat 60+% full. For the rest of D1 Football, average attendance was 25,399 on the week, down 966 over last week, once again setting a new low on the season. Let’s take a look, shall we?
Worst overall Division I attendance: 1,013 – Princeton vs Lehigh. One of many blowouts this week, this one benefited the home team. The Tigers stomped the Mountain Hawks by a score of 66-7, even going for a fourth down and 10 up 59-7 in the fourth quarter. Who said Ivy Leaguers were nice guys? A shot of the crowd at halftime tells the whole story:
Worst overall FBS attendance: 9,367 – Ball State vs Northern Illinois. It’s even harder to get fans out this week compared to last for Ball State football after a 1-4 start, even if they hung in there against Notre Dame in week two. With that, fewer than 10,000 were in the stands to see the Cardinals lose to Northern Illinois 24-16. On top of all this, Ball State STILL maintains the best hashtag in all of college football. #Chirpchirp, motherfuckers. Yes, I reused the blurb from last week, now that Ball State has had the worst FBS attendance for two consecutive weeks. Not a lot of folks on the grass, as we can see:
Morgan Hagee blasts a career-long 51-yard field goal, his second field goal of the day, as @BallStateFB cuts the Northern Illinois lead to 14-6 with 25 seconds left in the first half.#ChirpChirp | #WeFly pic.twitter.com/dD8gLPKGCy
— Ball State Sports (@BallStateSports) October 6, 2018
Worst overall Power Five attendance: 18,364 – Wake Forest vs Clemson. Wake is a frequent member of the “Lowest in the P5” club, mostly on account of A) Having the smallest capacity of any P5 school and B) Not being too great. They actually filled the house up decently full, according to the pictures. Problem was that it was mostly Clemson fans that showed up. Turned out that it was mostly the Clemson football team that turned up as well, winning 63-3 over the Deacs. A pregame shot:
A beautiful day for a football game. #GoDeacs pic.twitter.com/rSp6BwbRHU
— Wake Forest Football (@WakeFB) October 6, 2018
Emptiest FCS stadium as a percentage of capacity: Princeton (3.6% full, 1,013 in attendance)
Emptiest FBS stadium as a percentage of capacity: UTEP (24% full, 12,809 in attendance)
Emptiest FBS Power Five stadium as a percentage of capacity: UCLA (55.2% full, 51,123 in attendance)
A shot of the Rose Bowl at halftime:
And now, for your browsing pleasure, every game and the corresponding attendance for week 6.
Enjoy!
Week 6:
Date | Division | Conference | Home Team | Home Score | Away Team | Away Score | Attendance | Venue | Capacity | % Full |
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9/27/2018 | FCS | Big South | Presbyterian | 10 | Lindsey Wilson | 0 | 1243 | Bailey Memorial Stadium | 6500 | 19.1% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Pioneer | San Diego | 49 | Stetson | 10 | 1471 | Torero Stadium | 6000 | 24.5% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Northeast | St. Francis (PA) | 59 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 3 | 1563 | DeGol Field | 3450 | 45.3% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Pioneer | Jacksonville | 9 | Drake | 41 | 1738 | D.B. Milne Field | 5000 | 34.8% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Pioneer | Marist | 28 | Dayton | 17 | 2830 | Tenney Stadium | 5000 | 56.6% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Big South | Gardner-Webb | 14 | Wofford | 45 | 2850 | Ernest W. Spangler Stadium | 9000 | 31.7% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Southern | Virginia Military | 38 | Mercer | 48 | 3251 | Alumni Memorial Field | 10000 | 32.5% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Ivy League | Cornell | 43 | Sacred Heart | 24 | 3620 | Schoellkopf Field | 25597 | 14.1% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Ivy League | Dartmouth | 37 | Penn | 14 | 3692 | Memorial Field (Dartmouth) | 11000 | 33.6% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Ivy League | Brown | 35 | Georgetown | 7 | 3926 | Brown Stadium | 20000 | 19.6% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Big South | Monmouth | 54 | Wagner | 47 | 3971 | Kessler Stadium | 4200 | 94.5% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Pioneer | Butler | 24 | Morehead State | 21 | 4062 | Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl | 7500 | 54.2% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Big South | Kennesaw State | 24 | Samford | 10 | 4396 | Fifth Third Bank Stadium | 8318 | 52.8% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Missouri Valley | Western Illinois | 45 | Youngstown State | 38 | 4532 | Hanson Field | 16368 | 27.7% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Pioneer | Valparaiso | 35 | Davidson | 40 | 4605 | Brown Field | 5000 | 92.1% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Big Sky | Northern Colorado | 13 | North Dakota | 38 | 4902 | Nottingham Field | 8533 | 57.4% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | MEAC | Savannah State | 20 | Bethune-Cookman | 35 | 5018 | T.A. Wright Stadium | 8500 | 59.0% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Southland | Southeastern Louisiana | 24 | Northwestern State | 17 | 5118 | Strawberry Stadium | 7408 | 69.1% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Independent | Hampton | 14 | Charleston Southern | 48 | 5124 | Armstrong Stadium | 17000 | 30.1% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Patriot League | Lafayette | 31 | Central Connecticut State | 24 | 5295 | Fisher Stadium | 13132 | 40.3% |
9/28/2018 | FCS | Ivy League | Columbia | 10 | Princeton | 45 | 5327 | Lawrence A. Wien Stadium | 17000 | 31.3% |
9/27/2018 | FCS | Missouri Valley | Indiana State | 0 | Northern Iowa | 33 | 5487 | Memorial Stadium (Terre Haute, IN) | 12764 | 43.0% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Big South | Campbell | 30 | North Alabama | 7 | 6352 | Barker-Lane Stadium | 5000 | 127.0% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | MEAC | Norfolk State | 54 | Delaware State | 28 | 7103 | William Price Stadium | 30000 | 23.7% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Big Sky | Cal Poly | 28 | Montana | 48 | 7157 | Alex G. Spanos Stadium | 11075 | 64.6% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Ohio Valley | Tennessee Tech | 38 | Eastern Illinois | 52 | 7184 | Tucker Stadium | 16500 | 43.5% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Southern | Furman | 44 | Western Carolina | 38 | 7201 | Paladin Stadium | 16000 | 45.0% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Colonial Athletic | Towson | 44 | The Citadel | 27 | 7323 | Johnny Unitas Stadium | 11198 | 65.4% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Southland | Sam Houston State | 34 | Central Arkansas | 31 | 7598 | Bowers Stadium | 12593 | 60.3% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Colonial Athletic | Stony Brook | 29 | Villanova | 27 | 7720 | Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium | 12000 | 64.3% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Ivy League | Yale | 35 | Maine | 14 | 7889 | Yale Bowl | 61446 | 12.8% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Southland | Nicholls State | 50 | Lamar | 27 | 8044 | John L. Guidry Stadium | 10500 | 76.6% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Colonial Athletic | Richmond | 10 | James Madison | 63 | 8217 | Robins Stadium | 8700 | 94.4% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Patriot League | Holy Cross | 16 | Bucknell | 19 | 8275 | Fitton Field | 23500 | 35.2% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | MEAC | North Carolina Central | 14 | Florida A&M | 55 | 8451 | O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium | 10000 | 84.5% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Missouri Valley | Southern Illinois | 24 | South Dakota | 31 | 8546 | Saluki Stadium | 15000 | 57.0% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Southland | McNeese State | 17 | Stephen F. Austin | 10 | 8933 | Cowboy Stadium (LA) | 17610 | 50.7% |
9/28/2018 | FCS | Ivy League | Harvard | 16 | Rhode Island | 23 | 9123 | Harvard Stadium | 30323 | 30.1% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Big Sky | Idaho State | 56 | Northern Arizona | 42 | 9129 | Holt Arena | 12000 | 76.1% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Colonial Athletic | William & Mary | 0 | Colgate | 23 | 9191 | Zable Stadium | 11686 | 78.6% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Southern | East Tennessee State | 17 | Chattanooga | 14 | 9277 | William B. Greene Jr. Stadium | 7694 | 120.6% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | MAC | Ball State | 52 | Kent State | 24 | 9367 | Scheumann Stadium | 23861 | 39.3% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Southland | Abilene Christian | 34 | Incarnate Word | 44 | 9751 | Wildcat Stadium (TX) | 12000 | 81.3% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Big Sky | Idaho | 20 | Portland State | 7 | 10566 | Kibbie Dome | 17600 | 60.0% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Colonial Athletic | Elon | 30 | New Hampshire | 9 | 10856 | Rhodes Stadium | 11250 | 96.5% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Ohio Valley | Murray State | 45 | Tennessee-Martin | 38 | 11137 | Roy Stewart Stadium | 16800 | 66.3% |
9/27/2018 | FCS | MEAC | North Carolina A&T | 31 | South Carolina State | 16 | 11530 | Aggie Stadium (NC) | 21500 | 53.6% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Missouri Valley | Missouri State | 24 | Illinois State | 21 | 12224 | Plaster Stadium | 17500 | 69.9% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Sun Belt | Georgia State | 46 | Louisiana-Monroe | 14 | 14368 | Georgia State Stadium | 24333 | 59.0% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | MAC | Eastern Michigan | 23 | Northern Illinois | 26 | 14779 | Rynearson Stadium | 30200 | 48.9% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | Florida International | 55 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 9 | 14937 | FIU Stadium | 23500 | 63.6% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | MAC | Miami (OH) | 39 | Western Michigan | 40 | 15012 | Yager Stadium | 30087 | 49.9% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | San Jose State | 41 | Hawaii | 44 | 16363 | CEFCU Stadium – Home of the Spartans | 30456 | 53.7% |
9/28/2018 | FBS | The American | Tulane | 40 | Memphis | 24 | 16631 | Yulman Stadium | 30000 | 55.4% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | Middle Tennessee | 25 | Florida Atlantic | 24 | 17299 | Floyd Stadium | 30788 | 56.2% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Big 12 | Kansas | 28 | Oklahoma State | 48 | 18364 | Memorial Stadium (Lawrence, KS) | 50071 | 36.7% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Big Sky | Montana State | 17 | Eastern Washington | 34 | 18667 | Bobcat Stadium (MT) | 20767 | 89.9% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | New Mexico | 43 | Liberty | 52 | 18804 | Dreamstyle Stadium | 44074 | 42.7% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Missouri Valley | North Dakota State | 21 | South Dakota State | 17 | 18846 | Fargodome | 19000 | 99.2% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | The American | SMU | 63 | Houston Baptist | 27 | 18983 | Gerald J. Ford Stadium | 35481 | 53.5% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | MAC | Ohio | 58 | Massachusetts | 42 | 19056 | Peden Stadium | 24617 | 77.4% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | Ohio Valley | Jacksonville State | 48 | Austin Peay | 32 | 19388 | Burgess-Snow Field | 24000 | 80.8% |
9/29/2018 | FCS | SWAC | Southern | 3 | Alcorn State | 20 | 19412 | A.W. Mumford Stadium | 28500 | 68.1% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | UTSA | 30 | UTEP | 21 | 20176 | Alamodome | 65000 | 31.0% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Big East | Connecticut | 7 | Cincinnati | 49 | 20322 | Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field | 40000 | 50.8% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | Western Kentucky | 17 | Marshall | 20 | 20811 | L.T. Smith Stadium | 22000 | 94.6% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | Wyoming | 14 | Boise State | 34 | 22271 | War Memorial Stadium (WY) | 34745 | 64.1% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | MAC | Buffalo | 13 | Army | 42 | 23671 | UB Stadium | 29795 | 79.4% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | Air Force | 25 | Nevada | 28 | 23707 | Falcon Stadium | 56162 | 42.2% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Sun Belt | Troy | 45 | Coastal Carolina | 21 | 23810 | Veterans Memorial Stadium (AL) | 30000 | 79.4% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | ACC | Wake Forest | 56 | Rice | 24 | 24519 | BB&T Field | 32483 | 75.5% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | UAB | 28 | Charlotte | 7 | 25395 | Legion Field (AL) | 71594 | 35.5% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Sun Belt | Appalachian State | 52 | South Alabama | 7 | 25862 | Kidd Brewer Stadium | 24050 | 107.5% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | SEC | Vanderbilt | 31 | Tennessee State | 27 | 27340 | Vanderbilt Stadium | 41448 | 66.0% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Washington State | 28 | Utah | 24 | 30088 | Martin Stadium | 40306 | 74.6% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | North Texas | 27 | Louisiana Tech | 29 | 30105 | Apogee Stadium | 30850 | 97.6% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Rutgers | 17 | Indiana | 24 | 32056 | HighPoint.com Stadium | 52454 | 61.1% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | ACC | Duke | 14 | Virginia Tech | 31 | 32177 | Wallace Wade Stadium | 40004 | 80.4% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | Fresno State | 49 | Toledo | 27 | 33401 | Bulldog Stadium (CA) | 42881 | 77.9% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | The American | East Carolina | 37 | Old Dominion | 35 | 35047 | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium | 50410 | 69.5% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | ACC | Boston College | 45 | Temple | 35 | 40111 | Alumni Stadium (MA) | 44500 | 90.1% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | ACC | Georgia Tech | 63 | Bowling Green | 17 | 40740 | Bobby Dodd Stadium | 56680 | 71.9% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Big 12 | TCU | 17 | Iowa State | 14 | 42664 | Amon G. Carter Stadium | 50307 | 84.8% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | California | 24 | Oregon | 42 | 43448 | Memorial Stadium (Berkeley, CA) | 62467 | 69.6% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Arizona | 20 | USC | 24 | 43573 | Arizona Stadium | 59920 | 72.7% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | The American | Central Florida | 45 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 44904 | Spectrum Stadium | 48453 | 92.7% |
9/28/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Colorado | 38 | UCLA | 16 | 46814 | Folsom Field | 54972 | 85.2% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Northwestern | 17 | Michigan | 20 | 47330 | Ryan Field | 47130 | 100.4% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Big 12 | Kansas State | 14 | Texas | 19 | 49916 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium | 53000 | 94.2% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Arizona State | 52 | Oregon State | 24 | 51447 | Sun Devil Stadium | 56232 | 91.5% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | ACC | Louisville | 24 | Florida State | 28 | 52798 | Cardinal Stadium | 55327 | 95.4% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Big 12 | Texas Tech | 34 | West Virginia | 42 | 55283 | Jones AT&T Stadium | 60454 | 91.4% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | SEC | Texas A&M | 24 | Arkansas | 17 | 55383 | AT&T Stadium | 80000 | 69.2% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | ACC | North Carolina State | 35 | Virginia | 21 | 57600 | Carter-Finley Stadium | 57583 | 100.0% |
9/27/2018 | FBS | ACC | Miami | 47 | North Carolina | 10 | 60843 | Hard Rock Stadium | 65326 | 93.1% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | SEC | Mississippi State | 6 | Florida | 13 | 61406 | Davis Wade Stadium | 58103 | 105.7% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | SEC | Kentucky | 24 | South Carolina | 10 | 63081 | Kroger Field | 61000 | 103.4% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Washington | 35 | BYU | 7 | 70155 | Husky Stadium | 70083 | 100.1% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Michigan State | 31 | Central Michigan | 20 | 73752 | Spartan Stadium (MI) | 75005 | 98.3% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Independent | Notre Dame | 38 | Stanford | 17 | 77622 | Notre Dame Stadium | 80795 | 96.1% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | ACC | Clemson | 27 | Syracuse | 23 | 80122 | Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC) | 81500 | 98.3% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | SEC | Auburn | 24 | Southern Miss | 13 | 83792 | Jordan-Hare Stadium | 87451 | 95.8% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Big 12 | Oklahoma | 66 | Baylor | 33 | 86642 | Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK) | 84000 | 103.1% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Nebraska | 28 | Purdue | 42 | 88911 | Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE) | 86047 | 103.3% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | SEC | Georgia | 38 | Tennessee | 12 | 92746 | Sanford Stadium | 92746 | 100.0% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | SEC | LSU | 45 | Ole Miss | 16 | 100224 | Tiger Stadium (LA) | 102321 | 98.0% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | SEC | Alabama | 56 | Louisiana | 14 | 101471 | Bryant-Denny Stadium | 101821 | 99.7% |
9/29/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Penn State | 26 | Ohio State | 27 | 110889 | Beaver Stadium | 106572 | 104.1% |