Week thirteen kicks off the FCS playoffs – even if the crowds aren’t too interested yet – and perhaps is better known as being Rivalry Week. With that, overall attendance was at 34,000 flat, which is a huge improvement over previous weeks, buoyed by most FCS teams not playing a game and coupled with the fact that most rivalry games tend to draw big crowds even if the teams are no good. Let’s take a look, shall we?
Worst overall Division I attendance: 2,157 – Wofford vs Elon. It’s the first round of the FCS playoffs, and not much excitement in the Carolinas as a cross-Carolina showdown took place with South Carolina based Wofford hosting North Carolina based Elon. The stands right before kickoff1 tells the whole story:
Worst overall FBS attendance: 6,125 – Kent State vs Eastern Michigan. The MAC is so good at this, you can’t help but wonder if the TV money is really offsetting the lost revenue. This one took place on Black Friday and ended up with the visiting Eagles clinching a bowl berth with a 28-20 win over the Flashes. An action shot:
Going bowling for the second time in three seasons for @EMUFB #FocusFightFinish pic.twitter.com/EvHyWJG7c3
— Greg Steiner (@GregSteinerEMU) November 23, 2018
Worst overall Power Five attendance: 15,219 – Kansas vs Texas. Don’t let the fact that Texas won this game distract you from the fact that Kansas beat Texas in a football game a few years ago. Even still, not a lot of Jayhawks had much faith, even after the announcement of Les Miles as 2019’s head ball coach. I guess fans opted to hold on to their money for a season ticket deposit next season. Your kickoff shot:
Kickoff for Texas-Kansas pic.twitter.com/5Mue6DKq7L
— Blair Kerkhoff (@BlairKerkhoff) November 23, 2018
Emptiest FCS stadium as a percentage of capacity: Wofford (16.6% full, 2,157 in attendance)
Emptiest FBS stadium as a percentage of capacity: Kent State (24.5% full, 6,125 in attendance)
Emptiest FBS Power Five stadium as a percentage of capacity: Kansas (30.4% full, 15,219 in attendance)
And now, for your browsing pleasure, every game and the corresponding attendance for week 13.
Enjoy!
Week 13:
Date | Division | Conference | Home Team | Home Score | Away Team | Away Score | Attendance | Venue | Capacity | % Full |
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11/24/2018 | FCS | Southern | Wofford | 19 | Elon | 7 | 2157 | Gibbs Stadium | 13000 | 16.6% |
11/24/2018 | FCS | Colonial Athletic | Towson | 10 | Duquesne | 31 | 2158 | Johnny Unitas Stadium | 11198 | 19.3% |
11/24/2018 | FCS | MEAC | South Carolina State | 17 | North Carolina Central | 21 | 3996 | Oliver C. Dawson Stadium | 22000 | 18.2% |
11/24/2018 | FCS | Missouri Valley | Northern Iowa | 16 | Lamar | 13 | 4082 | UNI-Dome | 16324 | 25.0% |
11/24/2018 | FCS | SWAC | Prairie View A&M | 60 | Texas Southern | 14 | 4125 | Panther Stadium (TX) | 15000 | 27.5% |
11/24/2018 | FCS | Ohio Valley | Southeast Missouri State | 28 | Stony Brook | 14 | 5679 | Houck Stadium | 11015 | 51.6% |
11/23/2018 | FBS | MAC | Kent State | 20 | Eastern Michigan | 28 | 6125 | Dix Stadium | 25000 | 24.5% |
11/24/2018 | FCS | Colonial Athletic | James Madison | 20 | Delaware | 6 | 7297 | Bridgeforth Stadium | 25000 | 29.2% |
11/24/2018 | FCS | Southland | Nicholls State | 49 | San Diego | 30 | 8571 | John L. Guidry Stadium | 10500 | 81.6% |
11/24/2018 | FCS | Big Sky | Montana State | 35 | Incarnate Word | 14 | 10017 | Bobcat Stadium (MT) | 20767 | 48.2% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Sun Belt | Texas State | 7 | Arkansas State | 33 | 10115 | Bobcat Stadium (TX) | 30000 | 33.7% |
11/23/2018 | FBS | MAC | Bowling Green | 14 | Buffalo | 44 | 10518 | Doyt Perry Stadium | 33527 | 31.4% |
11/23/2018 | FBS | Sun Belt | South Alabama | 31 | Coastal Carolina | 28 | 10670 | Ladd-Peebles Stadium | 40646 | 26.3% |
11/24/2018 | FCS | Ohio Valley | Jacksonville State | 34 | East Tennessee State | 27 | 11024 | Burgess-Snow Field | 24000 | 45.9% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | Louisiana Tech | 15 | Western Kentucky | 30 | 11459 | Joe Aillet Stadium | 30600 | 37.4% |
11/22/2018 | FCS | SWAC | Alabama State | 31 | Mississippi Valley State | 24 | 11593 | ASU Football Stadium | 26500 | 43.7% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | Florida Atlantic | 24 | Charlotte | 27 | 11638 | FAU Football Stadium | 30000 | 38.8% |
11/23/2018 | FBS | MAC | Ohio | 49 | Akron | 28 | 12938 | Peden Stadium | 24617 | 52.6% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | New Mexico | 3 | Wyoming | 31 | 14269 | Dreamstyle Stadium | 44074 | 32.4% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | Middle Tennessee | 27 | UAB | 3 | 14411 | Floyd Stadium | 30788 | 46.8% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | Florida International | 25 | Marshall | 28 | 14862 | FIU Stadium | 23500 | 63.2% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | UTEP | 7 | Southern Miss | 39 | 14962 | Sun Bowl | 53415 | 28.0% |
11/23/2018 | FBS | Big 12 | Kansas | 17 | Texas | 24 | 15219 | Memorial Stadium (Lawrence, KS) | 50071 | 30.4% |
11/23/2018 | FBS | MAC | Toledo | 51 | Central Michigan | 13 | 15521 | Glass Bowl | 36852 | 42.1% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Independent | Liberty | 28 | New Mexico State | 21 | 16022 | Williams Stadium (VA) | 19200 | 83.4% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | The American | Tulsa | 27 | SMU | 24 | 17159 | Chapman Stadium | 30000 | 57.2% |
11/22/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | Air Force | 27 | Colorado State | 19 | 17432 | Falcon Stadium | 56162 | 31.0% |
11/20/2018 | FBS | MAC | Miami (OH) | 42 | Ball State | 21 | 17639 | Yager Stadium | 30087 | 58.6% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | Rice | 27 | Old Dominion | 13 | 18083 | Rice Stadium | 70000 | 25.8% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Sun Belt | Louisiana-Monroe | 28 | Louisiana | 31 | 18167 | Malone Stadium | 30427 | 59.7% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Big East | Connecticut | 7 | Temple | 57 | 18203 | Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field | 40000 | 45.5% |
11/20/2018 | FBS | MAC | Western Michigan | 28 | Northern Illinois | 21 | 18278 | Waldo Stadium | 36361 | 50.3% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Conference USA | UTSA | 21 | North Texas | 24 | 19874 | Alamodome | 65000 | 30.6% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | UNLV | 34 | Nevada | 29 | 19921 | Sam Boyd Stadium | 41091 | 48.5% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Sun Belt | Georgia State | 14 | Georgia Southern | 35 | 20011 | Georgia State Stadium | 24333 | 82.2% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | The American | Tulane | 29 | Navy | 28 | 20042 | Yulman Stadium | 30000 | 66.8% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Sun Belt | Appalachian State | 21 | Troy | 10 | 20410 | Kidd Brewer Stadium | 24050 | 84.9% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | ACC | Duke | 7 | Wake Forest | 59 | 20782 | Wallace Wade Stadium | 40004 | 51.9% |
11/23/2018 | FBS | The American | Cincinnati | 56 | East Carolina | 6 | 21230 | Nippert Stadium | 35105 | 60.5% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | Fresno State | 31 | San Jose State | 13 | 26162 | Bulldog Stadium (CA) | 42881 | 61.0% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Big 12 | Texas Tech | 24 | Baylor | 35 | 27308 | AT&T Stadium | 80000 | 34.1% |
11/23/2018 | FBS | The American | Memphis | 52 | Houston | 31 | 27790 | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | 65885 | 42.2% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | San Diego State | 30 | Hawaii | 31 | 28014 | SDCCU Stadium | 70561 | 39.7% |
11/23/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Washington State | 15 | Washington | 28 | 32952 | Martin Stadium | 40306 | 81.8% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | California | 33 | Colorado | 21 | 34457 | Memorial Stadium (Berkeley, CA) | 62467 | 55.2% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | ACC | Boston College | 21 | Syracuse | 42 | 34959 | Alumni Stadium (MA) | 44500 | 78.6% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | SEC | Vanderbilt | 38 | Tennessee | 13 | 35887 | Vanderbilt Stadium | 41448 | 86.6% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Mountain West | Boise State | 33 | Utah State | 24 | 35960 | Albertsons Stadium | 36387 | 98.8% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Northwestern | 24 | Illinois | 16 | 37124 | Ryan Field | 47130 | 78.8% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | UCLA | 42 | Stanford | 49 | 38391 | Rose Bowl | 92542 | 41.5% |
11/23/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Oregon State | 15 | Oregon | 55 | 39776 | Reser Stadium | 46469 | 85.6% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | ACC | North Carolina | 28 | North Carolina State | 34 | 41510 | Kenan Stadium | 63000 | 65.9% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Big 12 | TCU | 31 | Oklahoma State | 24 | 42394 | Amon G. Carter Stadium | 50307 | 84.3% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Utah | 35 | BYU | 27 | 46017 | Rice-Eccles Stadium | 46768 | 98.4% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Indiana | 21 | Purdue | 28 | 48247 | Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN) | 52929 | 91.2% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | ACC | Louisville | 10 | Kentucky | 56 | 49988 | Cardinal Stadium | 55327 | 90.4% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | Arizona | 40 | Arizona State | 41 | 51805 | Arizona Stadium | 59920 | 86.5% |
11/23/2018 | FBS | SEC | Missouri | 38 | Arkansas | 0 | 52482 | Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field | 71168 | 73.7% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Big 12 | Iowa State | 42 | Kansas State | 38 | 54430 | Jack Trice Stadium | 56795 | 95.8% |
11/22/2018 | FBS | SEC | Ole Miss | 3 | Mississippi State | 35 | 56561 | Vaught-Hemingway Stadium | 62657 | 90.3% |
11/23/2018 | FBS | Big East | South Florida | 10 | Central Florida | 38 | 57626 | Raymond James Stadium | 71921 | 80.1% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | ACC | Miami | 24 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 59606 | Hard Rock Stadium | 65326 | 91.2% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Pac 12 | USC | 17 | Notre Dame | 24 | 59821 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 93607 | 63.9% |
11/23/2018 | FBS | Big 12 | West Virginia | 56 | Oklahoma | 59 | 60713 | Milan Puskar Stadium | 60000 | 101.2% |
11/23/2018 | FBS | ACC | Virginia Tech | 34 | Virginia | 31 | 60776 | Lane Stadium | 66233 | 91.8% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Michigan State | 14 | Rutgers | 10 | 64951 | Spartan Stadium (MI) | 75005 | 86.6% |
11/23/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Iowa | 31 | Nebraska | 28 | 65299 | Kinnick Stadium | 70585 | 92.5% |
11/24/2018 | FCS | SWAC | Southern | 38 | Grambling | 28 | 67871 | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | 73208 | 92.7% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | ACC | Florida State | 14 | Florida | 41 | 71953 | Doak Campbell Stadium | 79560 | 90.4% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Wisconsin | 15 | Minnesota | 37 | 74038 | Camp Randall Stadium | 80321 | 92.2% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | ACC | Clemson | 56 | South Carolina | 35 | 81436 | Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC) | 81500 | 99.9% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | SEC | Georgia | 45 | Georgia Tech | 21 | 92746 | Sanford Stadium | 92746 | 100.0% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Penn State | 38 | Maryland | 3 | 98442 | Beaver Stadium | 106572 | 92.4% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | SEC | Texas A&M | 74 | LSU | 72 | 101501 | Kyle Field | 102733 | 98.8% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | SEC | Alabama | 52 | Auburn | 21 | 101821 | Bryant-Denny Stadium | 101821 | 100.0% |
11/24/2018 | FBS | Big Ten | Ohio State | 62 | Michigan | 39 | 106588 | Ohio Stadium | 104944 | 101.6% |