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NCAA Football 2019 Attendance, Week 12: Basketball Season at Duke
Week 12 saw average attendance move back down to 22,203 from 23,348 across all of Division I, the level where it had been for the few weeks prior to last week. Once again we also had two games under 1,000 fans. Let’s take a look at how everyone else fared, shall we? Worst overall Division …
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NCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 1: Let’s Get It Started
It’s the first week of the regular season and basketball is finally here. Average attendance for the week hit 4,991, but we had a range of attendances from 100 to over 22,000. Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 43 (Season total: 43) Here are the 3 …
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NCAA Football 2019 Attendance, Week 11: Smallest Crowd of the Year
Week ten saw average attendance plummet move back up from 21,520 to 23,348 across all of Division I, the level where it had been for the few weeks prior to last week. But we also had two games under 1,000 fans. Let’s take a look at how everyone else fared, shall we? Worst overall Division …
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NCAA Football 2019 Attendance, Week 10: November Cooldown
Week ten saw average attendance plummet by 1,500 from 23,087 to 21,520 across all of Division I, with Texas A&M being the only team with a 100,000 seat stadium playing at home last week. Let’s take a look at how everyone else fared, shall we? Worst overall Division I attendance: 934 – Robert Morris vs …
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NCAA Football 2019 Attendance, Week 9: Sub-1000 FCS Game
Week nine saw average attendance drop by nearly 1,000 from 24,044 to 23,087 across all of Division I, largely on the back of poor weather throughout the midwest, I’m guessing. Five games were below 10,000 in the FBS, three in the MAC and two in Conference USA. Let’s take a look at how everyone else …
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NCAA Football 2019 Attendance, Week 8: Rainy October Saturdays in the South
Week eight saw average attendance rise slightly 24,044 from 23,922 across all of Division I, even with rain dominating the southeast on Saturday. Even still, some teams struggled to draw more than 20,000 in FBS last week. Let’s take a look at how everyone else fared, shall we? Worst overall Division I attendance: 1,158 – …
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NCAA Football 2019 Attendance, Week 7: SEC! SEC!
Week seven saw average attendance drop from 24,777 to 23,922 across all of Division I, even with with LSU and A&M hosting more than 100,000 folks, with a much better result in Death Valley than at Kyle Field for the home fans. With that, the SEC took both the top and bottom of attendance for …
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 …
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NCAA Football 2019 Attendance, Week 5: The Worst Matchup of the Year
Week five saw average attendance rise from 25,909 from 24,173 across all of Division I, as it seems we’ve finally found the bottom of attendance now that conference play has started for many teams. Let’s take a look at how everyone else fared, shall we? Worst overall Division I attendance: 1,300 – Stetson vs NC Wesleyan. …
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MLB 2019 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 9/30: Season Finale
The regular season has ended, and with it this year’s BTBS. Thanks for tuning in this year, and expect a slightly different format going forward. Anyway, the Rays clinched a playoff spot this wek while also having the lowest attended game of the week. They were also joined by five other teams in being outdrawn …
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NCAA Football 2019 Attendance, Week 4: FSU Fans Fed Up
Week three saw average attendance drop from 28,896 to 24,173 across all of Division I, another step down from the first three weeks of the season as one would expect. It’s worth noting that D2 Truman State hosted Valparaiso last week, and managed not only to outdraw ten other FCS games, but absolutely stomped the …
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