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SBD/Issue 162/The Back of the Book
Univ. of Alabama Draws Over 91,000 Fans For Annual Spring Game
Published May 5, 2010
Alabama once again led all BCS Conference schools with 91,312 fans at its annual spring game, up from 84,050 last year. Adverse weather affected the attendance for several schools, including Ohio State, Auburn, Oklahoma, Cincinnati and Louisville. Florida State saw a record crowd for the first spring game of the post-Bobby Bowden era, with 51,000 in attendance. Other schools drawing record crowds for their respective spring games this year include Mississippi State, West Virginia, Rutgers, South Florida and Indiana. Listed below is spring game attendance for BCS Conference schools, with comparisons to recent years (THE DAILY).
|
NCAA FOOTBALL: SPRING GAME ATTENDANCE
FOR BCS CONFERENCE SCHOOLS |
|||||||
|
SCHOOL
|
'10
|
'09
|
'08
|
SCHOOL
|
'10
|
'09
|
'08
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Alabama
|
91,312
|
84,050
|
78,200
|
Missouri |
15,000
|
13,122
|
26,332
|
|
Nebraska
|
77,936
|
77,670
|
80,149
|
Washington
|
15,000
|
10,000
|
9,000
|
|
Ohio State
|
65,223
|
95,722
|
76,346
|
Texas A&M
|
15,000
|
8,000
|
32,000
|
|
Auburn
|
63,217
|
45,381
|
35,000
|
Kansas State
|
13,696
|
12,804
|
15,523
|
|
Penn State
|
55,000
|
76,500
|
73,000
|
Kansas
|
12,500
|
17,000
|
10,000
|
| Florida |
51,500
|
65,000
|
61,000
|
UCLA
|
12,494
|
12,000
|
15,052
|
| Florida State |
51,000
|
36,000
|
30,000
|
Cincinnati
|
10,000
|
12,491
|
10,142
|
| Texas |
44,000
|
44,000
|
43,000
|
Iowa State
|
10,000
|
7,000
|
8,000
|
| Virginia Tech |
41,000
|
41,000
|
30,000
|
Miami^
|
10,000
|
n/a
|
11,000
|
| Georgia |
38,472
|
42,458
|
19,874
|
Colorado
|
9,100
|
11,700
|
17,800
|
| Tennessee |
35,000
|
51,488
|
28,898
|
Kentucky
|
9,000
|
20,200
|
8,500
|
| Michigan* |
35,000
|
50,000
|
N/A
|
Oregon State
|
7,141
|
5,000
|
6,852
|
| Mississippi State |
34,127
|
31,606
|
10,000
|
Oklahoma State
|
7,000
|
12,000
|
20,000
|
| Ole Miss |
30,229
|
28,357
|
28,311
|
South Florida
|
6,537
|
6,000
|
4,607
|
| Arkansas |
30,000
|
30,000
|
40,200
|
Pittsburgh
|
6,532
|
6,160
|
7,549
|
| Michigan State |
30,000
|
26,000
|
27,000
|
Arizona
|
6,000
|
6,850
|
4,000
|
| North Carolina** |
29,000
|
3,000
|
n/a
|
Arizona State
|
6,000
|
5,700
|
5,000
|
| Notre Dame |
27,241
|
31,104
|
30,286
|
Illinois
|
5,832
|
10,000
|
12,531
|
| Clemson |
27,000
|
24,000
|
25,000
|
Louisville
|
5,600
|
15,300
|
17,200
|
| NC State |
25,372
|
21,075
|
15,273
|
Indiana
|
5,325
|
3,500
|
1,500
|
| Oregon |
25,000
|
12,400
|
14,107
|
Virginia
|
5,000
|
8,000
|
4,000
|
| Iowa*** |
25,000
|
n/a
|
15,352
|
Purdue
|
5,000
|
5,000
|
9,500
|
| Wisconsin |
23,567
|
23,500
|
22,000
|
Wake Forest
|
5,000
|
3,800
|
4,100
|
| LSU |
23,000
|
30,532
|
33,624
|
Syracuse
|
4,752
|
5,184
|
3,428
|
| South Carolina |
22,000
|
25,157
|
31,125
|
Minnesota
|
4,400
|
7,700
|
7,200
|
| West Virginia |
21,029
|
13,000
|
18,000
|
Stanford
|
4,000
|
1,500
|
2,000
|
| Rutgers |
20,114
|
15,899
|
14,501
|
California
|
3,000
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
| Oklahoma |
16,000
|
28,592
|
23,306
|
Connecticut
|
2,500
|
7,000
|
9,700
|
| USC |
15,000
|
22,565
|
22,000
|
Washington State
|
1,000
|
400
|
900
|
NOTES: Attendance unavailable for Texas Tech, Maryland, Georgia Tech, Duke, Northwestern, Boston College, Vanderbilt, Baylor. * = game was closed in '08. ** = No game in '08. *** = no game in '09. ^ = data not available for '09 game.
