NCAA Football 2019 Attendance, Week 6: Over Capacity

Week six saw average attendance drop from 25,909 to 24,777 across all of Division I, helped by a couple of games that were over 150% of stadium capacity in the Northeast. Don’t tell the fire marshall! Let’s take a look at how everyone else fared, shall we?

Worst overall Division I attendance: 1,328 – Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs Lane. Homecoming in Pine Bluff might not have gone as hoped, with only 1,328 fans showing up to see the Golden Lions barely edge out the Lane Dragons of D2. So few people were there, there isn’t even a shot of the crowd, sad!

Worst overall FBS attendance: 10,365 – Northern Illinois vs Ball State. The NIU Athletic Department are big fans of AMSTS and love to be the lowest attended team in FBS as they’ve often been, and we are very much looking forward to the angry tweets about how they count different than other schools, or that there was rain in the forecast (which there was). Either way, the Huskies only had a hair over ten thousand to see Ball State put them away 27-20. Here’s a compilation of action shots:

So, sometimes other duties as assigned is keeping an eye on the weather prior to and during @NIU_Football @NIUAthletics @NATA_ICSM @NATA1950 #goawaylightningthreat Beat Ball State! pic.twitter.com/vjg2hpCsDg
— Phil Voorhis (@niuatc) October 5, 2019

Worst overall Power Five attendance: 22,610 – Duke vs Pittsburgh. Despite some recent success, Duke football still isn’t the draw that their basketball program is, and their evening kickoff only managed a little more than 22,500 fans on Saturday. Unfortunately for them, they were sent home disappointed as the Panthers took the W 33-30. Your action shot, with plenty of fans dressed as blue seats:

Emptiest FCS stadium as a percentage of capacity: Arkansas-Pine Bluff (8.3% full, 1,328 in attendance)

Emptiest FBS stadium as a percentage of capacity: Northern Illinois (22.5% full, 10,365 in attendance)

Emptiest FBS Power Five stadium as a percentage of capacity: UCLA (52.4% full, 48,532 in attendance)

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
10/5/2019	FCS	SWAC	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	45	Lane	38	1328	Golden Lion Stadium	16000	8.3%
10/5/2019	FCS	Pioneer	Stetson	30	Butler	27	1364	Spec Martin Stadium	6000	22.7%
10/5/2019	FCS	Northeast	Duquesne	21	Long Island	14	1956	Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field	2200	88.9%
10/5/2019	FCS	Southland	Houston Baptist	36	Incarnate Word	38	2289	Husky Stadium	5000	45.8%
10/5/2019	FCS	Patriot League	Bucknell	14	Holy Cross	21	2693	Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium	13100	20.6%
10/5/2019	FCS	Pioneer	San Diego	31	Marist	7	2763	Torero Stadium	6000	46.1%
10/5/2019	FCS	Pioneer	Dayton	56	Jacksonville	28	2824	Welcome Stadium	11000	25.7%
10/5/2019	FCS	Northeast	Wagner	14	Monmouth	16	2843	Wagner College Stadium	3500	81.2%
10/5/2019	FCS	Pioneer	Drake	35	Valparaiso	6	3060	Drake Stadium (IA)	14557	21.0%
10/5/2019	FCS	Missouri Valley	Western Illinois	31	Missouri State	37	3149	Hanson Field	16368	19.2%
10/5/2019	FCS	Big Sky	Portland State	52	Southern Utah	31	3222	Hillsboro Stadium	7600	42.4%
10/5/2019	FCS	SWAC	Mississippi Valley State	31	VU of Lynchburg	23	3289	Rice-Totten Stadium	10000	32.9%
10/5/2019	FCS	Big South	Charleston Southern	24	Savannah State	19	3608	Buccaneer Field	4000	90.2%
10/5/2019	FCS	Patriot League	Colgate	14	Lehigh	21	3853	Andy Kerr Stadium	10221	37.7%
10/5/2019	FCS	Ohio Valley	Murray State	24	Eastern Illinois	17	4205	Roy Stewart Stadium	16800	25.0%
10/5/2019	FCS	Big South	Hampton	40	North Alabama	34	4213	Armstrong Stadium	17000	24.8%
10/5/2019	FCS	Ohio Valley	Southeast Missouri State	43	Tennessee Tech	37	4373	Houck Stadium	11015	39.7%
10/5/2019	FCS	Pioneer	Morehead State	31	Davidson	42	4944	Jayne Stadium	10000	49.4%
10/5/2019	FCS	Ivy League	Brown	28	Rhode Island	31	5077	Brown Stadium	20000	25.4%
10/5/2019	FCS	Ivy League	Princeton	21	Columbia	10	5225	Princeton Stadium	27773	18.8%
10/5/2019	FCS	Missouri Valley	South Dakota	38	Indiana State	0	5255	DakotaDome	10000	52.6%
10/5/2019	FCS	Northeast	Sacred Heart	3	Central Connecticut State	28	5402	Campus Field	10500	51.4%
10/5/2019	FCS	MEAC	Bethune-Cookman	31	Morgan State	20	5642	Municipal Stadium (FL)	9601	58.8%
10/5/2019	FCS	Big South	Campbell	28	Presbyterian	14	5673	Barker-Lane Stadium	5500	103.1%
10/5/2019	FCS	Ivy League	Yale	48	Fordham	24	5743	Yale Bowl	61446	9.3%
10/5/2019	FCS	Big Sky	Idaho	35	Weber State	41	5947	Kibbie Dome	17600	33.8%
10/5/2019	FCS	Southland	Lamar	27	Abilene Christian	24	6016	Provost Umphrey Stadium	16000	37.6%
10/5/2019	FCS	Southern	Samford	14	Furman	58	6169	Seibert Stadium	6700	92.1%
10/5/2019	FCS	Southland	Nicholls State	34	Central Arkansas	14	7021	John L. Guidry Stadium	10500	66.9%
10/5/2019	FCS	Colonial Athletic	Richmond	23	Albany	20	8061	Robins Stadium	8700	92.7%
10/5/2019	FCS	Southland	McNeese State	38	Southeastern Louisiana	34	8217	Cowboy Stadium (LA)	17610	46.7%
10/5/2019	FCS	Ivy League	Harvard	62	Howard	17	8234	Harvard Stadium	30323	27.2%
10/5/2019	FCS	Big Sky	Cal Poly	28	Montana State	34	8236	Alex G. Spanos Stadium	11075	74.4%
10/5/2019	FCS	Southern	East Tennessee State	17	Wofford	35	8242	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium	7694	107.1%
10/4/2019	FCS	Ivy League	Penn	15	Dartmouth	28	8257	Franklin Field	52958	15.6%
10/5/2019	FCS	Ivy League	Cornell	8	Georgetown	14	8745	Schoellkopf Field	25597	34.2%
10/5/2019	FCS	Southern	Mercer	17	Chattanooga	34	8972	Five Star Stadium	10200	88.0%
10/5/2019	FCS	Independent	North Dakota	38	UC-Davis	36	8987	Alerus Center	12283	73.2%
10/5/2019	FCS	Colonial Athletic	William & Mary	28	Villanova	35	9164	Zable Stadium	11686	78.4%
10/5/2019	FCS	Big Sky	Sacramento State	48	Eastern Washington	27	9640	Hornet Stadium	21195	45.5%
10/5/2019	FCS	Big Sky	Northern Arizona	41	Northern Colorado	23	10026	J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome	11230	89.3%
10/5/2019	FCS	Missouri Valley	Northern Iowa	21	Youngstown State	14	10137	UNI-Dome	16324	62.1%
10/5/2019	FCS	Northeast	Merrimack	17	Bryant	24	10172	Duane Stadium	4000	254.3%
10/5/2019	FBS	MAC	Northern Illinois	20	Ball State	27	10365	Huskie Stadium	45995	22.5%
10/5/2019	FCS	MEAC	Norfolk State	19	North Carolina A&T	58	11062	William Price Stadium	30000	36.9%
10/5/2019	FCS	Ohio Valley	Eastern Kentucky	28	Tennessee-Martin	38	11260	Roy Kidd Stadium	20000	56.3%
10/5/2019	FCS	Southern	Western Carolina	21	Gardner-Webb	24	11865	E.J. Whitmire Stadium	13742	86.3%
10/5/2019	FCS	Southern	The Citadel	21	Virginia Military	34	12126	Johnson Hagood Stadium	21000	57.7%
10/5/2019	FCS	SWAC	Alabama State	7	Alcorn State	35	12721	ASU Football Stadium	26500	48.0%
10/5/2019	FBS	Conference USA	Florida International	44	Massachusetts	0	12746	FIU Stadium	23500	54.2%
10/5/2019	FCS	Colonial Athletic	Stony Brook	38	James Madison	45	12812	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium	12000	106.8%
10/5/2019	FCS	Missouri Valley	Illinois State	3	North Dakota State	37	13391	Hancock Stadium	13391	100.0%
10/5/2019	FCS	Missouri Valley	South Dakota State	28	Southern Illinois	10	13776	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium	19340	71.2%
10/5/2019	FBS	Conference USA	UTEP	16	UTSA	26	13876	Sun Bowl	53415	26.0%
10/5/2019	FCS	SWAC	Alabama A&M	35	Texas Southern	28	14626	Louis Crews Stadium	21000	69.6%
10/5/2019	FBS	Conference USA	Middle Tennessee	24	Marshall	13	15023	Floyd Stadium	30788	48.8%
10/5/2019	FBS	MAC	Central Michigan	42	Eastern Michigan	16	15235	Kelly/Shorts Stadium	30302	50.3%
10/5/2019	FBS	Sun Belt	Georgia State	52	Arkansas State	38	16109	Georgia State Stadium	24333	66.2%
10/4/2019	FBS	Mountain West	San Jose State	32	New Mexico	21	16119	CEFCU Stadium – Home of the Spartans	30456	52.9%
10/5/2019	FCS	Ohio Valley	Jacksonville State	31	Tennessee State	23	16589	JSU Stadium	24000	69.1%
10/5/2019	FCS	Colonial Athletic	New Hampshire	26	Elon	10	17132	Wildcat Stadium (NH)	11015	155.5%
10/5/2019	FBS	Sun Belt	Louisiana-Monroe	33	Memphis	52	17143	Malone Stadium	30427	56.3%
10/5/2019	FBS	Big East	Connecticut	22	South Florida	48	18038	Rentschler Field	40000	45.1%
10/5/2019	FBS	Conference USA	Old Dominion	3	Western Kentucky	20	18405	S.B. Ballard Stadium	22480	81.9%
10/3/2019	FBS	Sun Belt	South Alabama	17	Georgia Southern	20	20013	Ladd-Peebles Stadium	40646	49.2%
10/5/2019	FBS	MAC	Buffalo	20	Ohio	21	20042	UB Stadium	29795	67.3%
10/5/2019	FBS	MAC	Toledo	31	Western Michigan	24	22141	Glass Bowl	36852	60.1%
10/5/2019	FBS	ACC	Duke	30	Pittsburgh	33	22610	Wallace Wade Stadium	40004	56.5%
10/5/2019	FBS	Independent	New Mexico State	13	Liberty	20	23140	Aggie Memorial Stadium	32993	70.1%
10/5/2019	FBS	Conference USA	UAB	35	Rice	20	23526	Legion Field (AL)	71594	32.9%
10/5/2019	FCS	Southland	Stephen F. Austin	20	Sam Houston State	31	24008	NRG Stadium	71795	33.4%
10/5/2019	FBS	Mountain West	UNLV	13	Boise State	38	24681	Sam Boyd Stadium	41091	60.1%
10/5/2019	FCS	Big Sky	Montana	59	Idaho State	20	25023	Washington Grizzly	25217	99.2%
10/5/2019	FCS	MEAC	Florida A&M	28	North Carolina Central	21	25679	Bragg Memorial Stadium	25500	100.7%
10/5/2019	FBS	The American	SMU	43	Tulsa	37	28142	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	35481	79.3%
10/5/2019	FBS	Mountain West	Colorado State	10	San Diego State	24	29767	Canvas Stadium	41000	72.6%
10/5/2019	FBS	Big Ten	Rutgers	7	Maryland	48	30185	HighPoint.com Stadium	52454	57.5%
10/5/2019	FCS	SWAC	Jackson State	21	Grambling	44	32265	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium	60492	53.3%
10/5/2019	FBS	Pac 12	Stanford	23	Washington	13	33225	Stanford Stadium	51607	64.4%
10/3/2019	FBS	The American	East Carolina	17	Temple	27	33253	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium	50410	66.0%
10/5/2019	FBS	Big 12	Kansas	20	Oklahoma	45	34402	Memorial Stadium (Lawrence, KS)	50071	68.7%
10/5/2019	FBS	The American	Navy	34	Air Force	25	37957	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium	34000	111.6%
10/5/2019	FBS	Independent	Army	33	Tulane	42	38019	Michie Stadium	38000	100.1%
10/5/2019	FBS	Big Ten	Minnesota	40	Illinois	17	39341	TCF Bank Stadium	50805	77.4%
10/4/2019	FBS	The American	Cincinnati	27	Central Florida	24	40121	Nippert Stadium	40000	100.3%
10/5/2019	FBS	ACC	Georgia Tech	22	North Carolina	38	45044	Bobby Dodd Stadium	56680	79.5%
10/5/2019	FBS	ACC	Louisville	41	Boston College	39	46007	Cardinal Stadium	55327	83.2%
10/5/2019	FBS	SEC	Ole Miss	31	Vanderbilt	6	47601	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium	62657	76.0%
10/5/2019	FBS	Pac 12	UCLA	31	Oregon State	48	48532	Rose Bowl	92542	52.4%
10/5/2019	FBS	SEC	Missouri	42	Troy	10	50023	Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field	71168	70.3%
10/5/2019	FBS	Big 12	Kansas State	12	Baylor	31	50448	Bill Snyder Family Stadium	53000	95.2%
10/5/2019	FBS	Pac 12	Colorado	30	Arizona	35	52569	Folsom Field	54972	95.6%
10/5/2019	FBS	ACC	Miami	35	Virginia Tech	42	53183	Hard Rock Stadium	65326	81.4%
10/5/2019	FBS	Pac 12	Oregon	17	California	7	54766	Autzen Stadium	59597	91.9%
10/5/2019	FBS	Big 12	Texas Tech	45	Oklahoma State	35	56479	Jones AT&T Stadium	60454	93.4%
10/5/2019	FBS	Big 12	Iowa State	49	TCU	24	59553	Jack Trice Stadium	61500	96.8%
10/5/2019	FBS	Big 12	West Virginia	31	Texas	42	62069	Milan Puskar Stadium	60000	103.4%
10/5/2019	FBS	Big Ten	Wisconsin	48	Kent State	0	74559	Camp Randall Stadium	80321	92.8%
10/5/2019	FBS	Independent	Notre Dame	52	Bowling Green	0	77622	Notre Dame Stadium	80795	96.1%
10/5/2019	FBS	Big Ten	Nebraska	13	Northwestern	10	89384	Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)	86047	103.9%
10/5/2019	FBS	SEC	Florida	24	Auburn	13	90584	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium	88548	102.3%
10/5/2019	FBS	SEC	Tennessee	14	Georgia	43	92709	Neyland Stadium	102455	90.5%
10/5/2019	FBS	SEC	LSU	42	Utah State	6	100266	Tiger Stadium (LA)	102321	98.0%
10/5/2019	FBS	Big Ten	Ohio State	34	Michigan State	10	104797	Ohio Stadium	104944	99.9%
10/5/2019	FBS	Big Ten	Penn State	35	Purdue	7	106536	Beaver Stadium	106572	100.0%
10/5/2019	FBS	Big Ten	Michigan	10	Iowa	3	111519	Michigan Stadium	107601	103.6%