Week twelve brings us in closer to rivalry week where attendance should peak, but even despite interesting scheduling by the SEC, attendance was up to 26,528, a gain of over 2,000 fans over last week. Even with that, we still had an FCS game below a thousand fans and an FBS Division winner playing in front of fewer than 5,000 fans at home, so let’s take a look at the big picture, shall we?
Worst overall Division I attendance: 856 – Delaware State vs VU of Lynchburg. The last game of the season for the Hornets as they played the NCCAA (not a typo, National Christian College Athletic Association) level Virginia University of Lynchburg Dragons. The 44-7 trouncing of the Dragons wasn’t a big draw, being the fifth-lowest attended Division I football game this season. In fact, there were so few people there, there’s no photo proof that the game was played (at least after five minutes of searching Google and Twitter).
Worst overall FBS attendance: 4,878 Northern Illinois vs Miami (OH). Another Wednesday in the MAC, another tiny crowd in DeKalb. The plot twist? This was a potential preview of the MAC Championship, as Northern Illinois has won the MAC West, and Miami of Ohio at the time was tied with MAC East leader Buffalo. Despite all this, the lowest crowd of the season for any FBS team showed up, and even the announced attendance of 4,878 seemed a little heavy:
Worst overall Power Five attendance: Edit: 22,400 Washington State vs Arizona State had a lower attendance, which is even worse given Washington State’s top 10 spot in the nation. Our apologies for the error. 33,313 – Illinois vs Iowa. The second week in a row that we have had a Big Ten team take the Power Five title and it’s no surprise after the Illini finished their season with a 63-0 loss to the Hawkeyes. Only 33,313 are alleged to have started the game, but a significant amount didn’t make it to the last snap:
Emptiest FCS stadium as a percentage of capacity: Tennessee State (5.3% full, 3,618 in attendance)
Emptiest FBS stadium as a percentage of capacity: Northern Illinois (10.6% full, 4,878 in attendance)
Emptiest FBS Power Five stadium as a percentage of capacity: Illinois (54.9% full, 33,313 in attendance)
And now, for your browsing pleasure, every game and the corresponding attendance for week 12.
Enjoy!
Week 12:
Date | Division | Conference | Home Team | Home Score | Away Team | Away Score | Attendance | Venue | Capacity | % Full |
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11/17/2018 | FCS | MEAC | Delaware State | 41 | VU of Lynchburg | 7 | 856 | Alumni Stadium (DE) | 7193 | 11.9% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Patriot League | Bucknell | 14 | Fordham | 17 | 1126 | Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium | 13100 | 8.6% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Northeast | Robert Morris | 7 | Wagner | 41 | 1222 | Joe Walton Stadium | 3000 | 40.7% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Pioneer | Marist | 14 | San Diego | 31 | 1254 | Tenney Stadium | 5000 | 25.1% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Pioneer | Jacksonville | 7 | Dayton | 34 | 1492 | D.B. Milne Field | 5000 | 29.8% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Patriot League | Georgetown | 31 | Holy Cross | 32 | 1803 | Cooper Field | 2500 | 72.1% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Missouri Valley | Western Illinois | 13 | Indiana State | 15 | 1813 | Hanson Field | 16368 | 11.1% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Northeast | Sacred Heart | 13 | St. Francis (PA) | 7 | 1852 | Campus Field | 10500 | 17.6% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | SWAC | Mississippi Valley State | 14 | Alabama A&M | 42 | 1879 | Rice-Totten Stadium | 10000 | 18.8% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Southland | Houston Baptist | 20 | Sam Houston State | 42 | 2002 | Husky Stadium (TX) | 5000 | 40.0% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | SWAC | Texas Southern | 10 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 15 | 2045 | BBVA Compass Stadium | 22039 | 9.3% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Big South | Gardner-Webb | 42 | Monmouth | 56 | 2350 | Ernest W. Spangler Stadium | 9000 | 26.1% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Big Sky | UC-Davis | 56 | Sacramento State | 13 | 2482 | Mackay Stadium | 33391 | 7.4% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Colonial Athletic | Albany | 25 | Stony Brook | 23 | 2483 | Bob Ford Field | 8500 | 29.2% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Ivy League | Dartmouth | 49 | Brown | 7 | 2575 | Memorial Field (Dartmouth) | 11000 | 23.4% |
11/15/2018 | FCS | Southland | Stephen F. Austin | 23 | Northwestern State | 35 | 2611 | Homer Bryce Stadium | 14575 | 17.9% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Colonial Athletic | Rhode Island | 24 | New Hampshire | 21 | 3012 | Meade Stadium | 6555 | 45.9% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | SWAC | Prairie View A&M | 66 | Alabama State | 13 | 3025 | Panther Stadium (TX) | 15000 | 20.2% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Pioneer | Morehead State | 6 | Drake | 43 | 3287 | Jayne Stadium | 10000 | 32.9% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | MEAC | Norfolk State | 27 | Morgan State | 44 | 3437 | William Price Stadium | 30000 | 11.5% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Northeast | Central Connecticut State | 31 | Duquesne | 38 | 3617 | Arute Field | 5500 | 65.8% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Ohio Valley | Tennessee State | 31 | Tennessee-Martin | 28 | 3618 | Nissan Stadium | 67700 | 5.3% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Pioneer | Davidson | 41 | Butler | 38 | 3675 | Richardson Stadium (Davidson, NC) | 6000 | 61.3% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | MEAC | Howard | 55 | Bryant | 56 | 3974 | William H. Greene Stadium | 7086 | 56.1% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Ohio Valley | Southeast Missouri State | 38 | Eastern Illinois | 32 | 3987 | Houck Stadium | 11015 | 36.2% |
11/16/2018 | FCS | Big Sky | Portland State | 23 | Eastern Washington | 74 | 4205 | Hillsboro Stadium | 7600 | 55.3% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Big Sky | Northern Arizona | 31 | North Dakota | 16 | 4306 | J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome | 11230 | 38.3% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Big South | Campbell | 7 | Charleston Southern | 12 | 4348 | Barker-Lane Stadium | 5000 | 87.0% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Big Sky | Cal Poly | 38 | Southern Utah | 24 | 4520 | Alex G. Spanos Stadium | 11075 | 40.8% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Ohio Valley | Tennessee Tech | 6 | Eastern Kentucky | 37 | 4559 | Tucker Stadium | 16500 | 27.6% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Ivy League | Columbia | 24 | Cornell | 21 | 4651 | Lawrence A. Wien Stadium | 17000 | 27.4% |
11/14/2018 | FBS | MAC | Northern Illinois | 7 | Miami (OH) | 13 | 4878 | Huskie Stadium | 45995 | 10.6% |
11/15/2018 | FBS | MAC | Kent State | 34 | Toledo | 56 | 5387 | Dix Stadium | 25000 | 21.5% |
11/13/2018 | FBS | MAC | Ball State | 42 | Western Michigan | 41 | 5503 | Scheumann Stadium | 23861 | 23.1% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Missouri Valley | Illinois State | 35 | Youngstown State | 28 | 5583 | Hancock Stadium | 13391 | 41.7% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Southern | Wofford | 45 | Presbyterian | 21 | 5674 | Gibbs Stadium | 13000 | 43.6% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | Western Kentucky | 40 | UTEP | 16 | 6221 | L.T. Smith Stadium | 22000 | 28.3% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Independent | Hampton | 44 | St. Andrews | 17 | 6514 | Armstrong Stadium | 17000 | 38.3% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Colonial Athletic | Maine | 27 | Elon | 26 | 6584 | Morse Field At Harold Alfond Stadium | 10000 | 65.8% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Ohio Valley | Austin Peay | 48 | Murray State | 23 | 7113 | Fortera Stadium | 10000 | 71.1% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Colonial Athletic | Towson | 17 | James Madison | 38 | 7208 | Johnny Unitas Stadium | 11198 | 64.4% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Ivy League | Princeton | 42 | Penn | 14 | 7756 | Princeton Stadium | 27773 | 27.9% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Southland | Abilene Christian | 7 | Central Arkansas | 16 | 8006 | Wildcat Stadium (TX) | 12000 | 66.7% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Missouri Valley | South Dakota State | 49 | South Dakota | 27 | 8517 | Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium | 19340 | 44.0% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Southern | East Tennessee State | 27 | Samford | 38 | 8749 | William B. Greene Jr. Stadium | 7694 | 113.7% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Southern | Mercer | 30 | Furman | 35 | 8811 | Five Star Stadium | 10200 | 86.4% |
11/15/2018 | FCS | Southland | Nicholls State | 44 | Southeastern Louisiana | 0 | 9454 | John L. Guidry Stadium | 10500 | 90.0% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Colonial Athletic | William & Mary | 6 | Richmond | 10 | 9739 | Zable Stadium | 11686 | 83.3% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Sun Belt | Coastal Carolina | 17 | Georgia Southern | 41 | 9886 | Brooks Stadium (SC) | 15000 | 65.9% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Missouri Valley | Northern Iowa | 37 | Missouri State | 0 | 10072 | UNI-Dome | 16324 | 61.7% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Big Sky | Idaho State | 13 | Weber State | 26 | 10077 | Holt Arena | 12000 | 84.0% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Patriot League | Lafayette | 3 | Lehigh | 34 | 11028 | Fisher Stadium | 13132 | 84.0% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | MEAC | North Carolina Central | 0 | North Carolina A&T | 45 | 11055 | O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium | 10000 | 110.6% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Southland | McNeese State | 17 | Lamar | 21 | 11532 | Cowboy Stadium (LA) | 17610 | 65.5% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | San Jose State | 12 | Nevada | 21 | 12271 | CEFCU Stadium – Home of the Spartans | 30456 | 40.3% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | Charlotte | 35 | Florida International | 42 | 13371 | McColl-Richardson Field | 15314 | 87.3% |
11/14/2018 | FBS | MAC | Ohio | 52 | Buffalo | 17 | 13839 | Peden Stadium | 24617 | 56.2% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | Wyoming | 35 | Air Force | 27 | 14966 | War Memorial Stadium (WY) | 34745 | 43.1% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Sun Belt | Louisiana | 48 | South Alabama | 38 | 15168 | Cajun Field | 41357 | 36.7% |
11/16/2018 | FBS | The American | SMU | 18 | Memphis | 28 | 15794 | Gerald J. Ford Stadium | 35481 | 44.5% |
11/16/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | New Mexico | 14 | Boise State | 45 | 16883 | Dreamstyle Stadium | 44074 | 38.3% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Big South | Kennesaw State | 60 | Jacksonville State | 52 | 16949 | SunTrust Park | 42385 | 40.0% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | MAC | Akron | 6 | Bowling Green | 21 | 17742 | InfoCision Stadium | 30000 | 59.1% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Missouri Valley | North Dakota State | 65 | Southern Illinois | 17 | 18008 | Fargodome | 19000 | 94.8% |
11/15/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | North Texas | 41 | Florida Atlantic | 38 | 18338 | Apogee Stadium | 30850 | 59.4% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | Marshall | 23 | UTSA | 0 | 18502 | Joan C. Edwards Stadium | 41382 | 44.7% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Colonial Athletic | Delaware | 21 | Villanova | 42 | 18752 | Delaware Stadium | 22000 | 85.2% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | Southern Miss | 21 | Louisiana Tech | 20 | 19142 | M. M. Roberts Stadium | 36000 | 53.2% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | Colorado State | 24 | Utah State | 29 | 19226 | Canvas Stadium | 41000 | 46.9% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Pioneer | Stetson | 45 | Valparaiso | 31 | 19661 | Spec Martin Stadium | 6000 | 327.7% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Sun Belt | Arkansas State | 31 | Louisiana-Monroe | 17 | 20012 | Centennial Bank Stadium | 30964 | 64.6% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | Old Dominion | 77 | Virginia Military | 14 | 20118 | S.B. Ballard Stadium | 20118 | 100.0% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Sun Belt | Troy | 12 | Texas State | 7 | 20437 | Veterans Memorial Stadium (AL) | 30000 | 68.1% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | The American | Temple | 27 | South Florida | 17 | 21029 | Lincoln Financial Field | 69029 | 30.5% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | SWAC | Alcorn State | 24 | Jackson State | 3 | 21312 | Jack Spinks Stadium | 22500 | 94.7% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Sun Belt | Appalachian State | 45 | Georgia State | 17 | 22315 | Kidd Brewer Stadium | 24050 | 92.8% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Washington State | 69 | Arizona | 28 | 22400 | Martin Stadium | 40306 | 55.6% |
11/15/2018 | FBS | The American | Houston | 48 | Tulane | 17 | 24209 | TDECU Stadium | 40000 | 60.5% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | SEC | Vanderbilt | 36 | Ole Miss | 29 | 24866 | Vanderbilt Stadium | 41448 | 60.0% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | ACC | Wake Forest | 13 | Pittsburgh | 34 | 25609 | BB&T Field | 32483 | 78.8% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | Hawaii | 35 | UNLV | 28 | 25697 | Aloha Stadium | 50000 | 51.4% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Independent | Army | 28 | Colgate | 14 | 26086 | Michie Stadium | 38000 | 68.6% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Big Sky | Montana | 25 | Montana State | 29 | 26508 | Washington Grizzly | 25217 | 105.1% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | The American | East Carolina | 55 | Connecticut | 21 | 27234 | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium | 50410 | 54.0% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | The American | Navy | 37 | Tulsa | 29 | 31517 | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | 34000 | 92.7% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Minnesota | 14 | Northwestern | 24 | 32134 | TCF Bank Stadium | 50805 | 63.2% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Illinois | 0 | Iowa | 63 | 33313 | Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL) | 60670 | 54.9% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | Ivy League | Harvard | 45 | Yale | 27 | 34675 | Fenway Park | 37731 | 91.9% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | Fresno State | 23 | San Diego State | 14 | 36123 | Bulldog Stadium (CA) | 42881 | 84.2% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | ACC | Georgia Tech | 30 | Virginia | 27 | 37543 | Bobby Dodd Stadium | 56680 | 66.2% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Maryland | 51 | Ohio State | 52 | 38177 | Maryland Stadium | 51802 | 73.7% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Colorado | 7 | Utah | 30 | 39360 | Folsom Field | 54972 | 71.6% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | ACC | North Carolina | 49 | Western Carolina | 26 | 41151 | Kenan Stadium | 63000 | 65.3% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Rutgers | 7 | Penn State | 20 | 44840 | HighPoint.com Stadium | 52454 | 85.5% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Big 12 | Baylor | 9 | TCU | 16 | 45140 | McLane Stadium | 45140 | 100.0% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Purdue | 44 | Wisconsin | 47 | 46114 | Ross-Ade Stadium | 57236 | 80.6% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Big 12 | Kansas State | 21 | Texas Tech | 6 | 47287 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium | 53000 | 89.2% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Independent | BYU | 45 | New Mexico State | 10 | 47505 | LaVell Edwards Stadium | 66247 | 71.7% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | SEC | Kentucky | 34 | Middle Tennessee | 23 | 47535 | Kroger Field | 61000 | 77.9% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | The American | Central Florida | 38 | Cincinnati | 13 | 47795 | Spectrum Stadium | 48453 | 98.6% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Independent | Notre Dame | 36 | Syracuse | 3 | 48104 | Yankee Stadium | 54251 | 88.7% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | ACC | Louisville | 10 | North Carolina State | 52 | 48265 | Cardinal Stadium | 55327 | 87.2% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Oregon | 31 | Arizona State | 29 | 50485 | Autzen Stadium | 59597 | 84.7% |
11/17/2018 | FCS | MEAC | Florida A&M | 19 | Bethune-Cookman | 33 | 52142 | Camping World Stadium | 65000 | 80.2% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | UCLA | 34 | USC | 27 | 57116 | Rose Bowl | 92542 | 61.7% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | ACC | Florida State | 22 | Boston College | 21 | 57274 | Doak Campbell Stadium | 79560 | 72.0% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | SEC | Mississippi State | 52 | Arkansas | 6 | 57772 | Davis Wade Stadium | 58103 | 99.4% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Big 12 | Oklahoma State | 45 | West Virginia | 41 | 57842 | Boone Pickens Stadium | 60218 | 96.1% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | ACC | Virginia Tech | 14 | Miami | 38 | 62379 | Lane Stadium | 66233 | 94.2% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Washington | 42 | Oregon State | 23 | 66469 | Husky Stadium | 70083 | 94.8% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | SEC | South Carolina | 49 | Chattanooga | 9 | 72832 | Williams-Brice Stadium | 80250 | 90.8% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | SEC | Auburn | 53 | Liberty | 0 | 81129 | Jordan-Hare Stadium | 87451 | 92.8% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | ACC | Clemson | 35 | Duke | 6 | 81313 | Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC) | 81500 | 99.8% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | SEC | Florida | 63 | Idaho | 10 | 81467 | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium | 88548 | 92.0% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Big 12 | Oklahoma | 55 | Kansas | 40 | 86371 | Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK) | 84000 | 102.8% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | SEC | Tennessee | 17 | Missouri | 50 | 88224 | Neyland Stadium | 102455 | 86.1% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Nebraska | 9 | Michigan State | 6 | 88793 | Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE) | 86047 | 103.2% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | SEC | Georgia | 66 | Massachusetts | 27 | 92746 | Sanford Stadium | 92746 | 100.0% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | SEC | Texas A&M | 41 | UAB | 20 | 97584 | Kyle Field | 102733 | 95.0% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | SEC | LSU | 42 | Rice | 10 | 100323 | Tiger Stadium (LA) | 102321 | 98.0% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | SEC | Alabama | 50 | The Citadel | 17 | 101681 | Bryant-Denny Stadium | 101821 | 99.9% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Big 12 | Texas | 24 | Iowa State | 10 | 102498 | Royal Texas Memorial Stadium | 100119 | 102.4% |
11/17/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Michigan | 31 | Indiana | 20 | 110118 | Michigan Stadium | 107601 | 102.3% |
Comments
2 responses to “NCAA Football 2018 Attendance, Week 12: MAC West Champions, Even if Fans Didn’t See”
Shouldn’t WSU, with its 22k attendance, have picked up the honor of Worst overall Power Five Attendance?
You’re right! The top part was apparently generated before the table was finalized. I have edited the article and apologize for not pointing out that the TOP TEN RANKED Cougars couldn’t pack the place.