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College Bowls Draw 1.8 Million Fans For 35 Games This Season
Published January 12, 2011
The '10-11 college bowl season drew 1.81 million fans to 35 games, up 2.3% from the total for 34 games last season and 3.1% from '08-09. The games averaged 51,732 fans, down 0.6% from an average of 52,055 last season. Four bowl games set a new attendance record this season: the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, Hyundai Sun Bowl, Insight Bowl and San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl. The Meineke Car Care Bowl and Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl set all-time lows. Listed below is a five-year attendance trend for each college bowl game (THE DAILY).
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COLLEGE BOWL GAME ATTENDANCE TREND
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BOWL
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MATCHUP
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'10-11
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'09-10
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'08-09
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'07-08
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'06-07
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Rose Bowl
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TCU-
Wisconsin |
94,118
|
93,963
|
93,293
|
93,923
|
93,852
|
|
Cotton (a)
|
LSU-
Texas A&M |
83,514
|
77,928
|
88,175
|
73,114
|
66,777
|
|
BCS
Championship |
Oregon-
Auburn |
78,603
|
94,906
|
78,468
|
79,651
|
74,628
|
| Sugar (b) | Ohio State- Arkansas |
73,879
|
65,207
|
71,872
|
74,383
|
77,781
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| Chick-fil-A | Florida State- South Carolina |
72,217
|
73,777
|
71,423
|
74,413
|
75,406
|
| Music City | North Carolina- Tennessee |
69,143
|
57,280
|
54,250
|
68,661
|
68,024
|
| Gator | Mississippi State- Michigan |
68,325
|
84,129
|
67,282
|
60,243
|
67,714
|
| Texas | Illinois- Baylor |
68,211
|
69,411
|
58,880
|
62,097
|
52,210
|
| Fiesta | Oklahoma- UConn |
67,232
|
73,227
|
72,047
|
70,016
|
73,719
|
| Orange | Stanford- Virginia Tech |
65,453
|
66,131
|
57,851
|
74,111
|
74,470
|
| Capital One | Alabama- Michigan State |
61,519
|
63,025
|
59,681
|
69,748
|
60,774
|
| Outback | Florida- Penn State |
60,574
|
49,383
|
55,117
|
60,121
|
65,601
|
| Holiday | Washington- Nebraska |
57,921
|
64,607
|
59,106
|
64,020
|
62,395
|
| Alamo | Oklahoma State- Arizona |
57,593
|
64,757
|
55,986
|
66,166
|
65,875
|
| Sun | Notre Dame- Miami |
54,021
|
53,713
|
49,037
|
49,867
|
48,732
|
| Insight | Iowa- Missouri |
53,453
|
45,090
|
49,103
|
48,892
|
48,391
|
| Liberty | Central Florida- Georgia |
51,231
|
62,742
|
56,251
|
63,816
|
56,103
|
| Champs Sports | N.C. State- West Virginia |
48,962
|
56,747
|
52,692
|
46,554
|
40,168
|
| Poinsettia | San Diego State- Navy |
48,049
|
32,665
|
34,628
|
39,120
|
29,709
|
| Maaco Bowl Las Vegas |
Boise State- Utah |
41,923
|
40,018
|
40,047
|
40,712
|
44,615
|
| BBVA Compass (c) |
Pittsburgh- Kentucky |
41,207
|
45,254
|
38,582
|
35,258
|
28,527
|
| Meineke Car Care |
South Florida- Clemson |
41,112
|
50,389
|
73,712
|
53,126
|
52,303
|
| Hawaii | Tulsa- Hawaii |
41,089
|
32,650
|
43,487
|
30,467
|
43,435
|
| Kraft Fight Hunger (d) |
Nevada- Boston College |
41,063
|
40,121
|
42,268
|
32,517
|
40,184
|
| TicketCity | Texas Tech- Northwestern |
40,121
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| Independence | Air Force- Georgia Tech |
39,362
|
49,654
|
41,567
|
47,043
|
45,054
|
| Pinstripe Classic | Syracuse- Kansas State |
38,274
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| GoDaddy.com (e) | Miami (OH)- Middle Tennessee |
38,168
|
34,486
|
32,816
|
36,932
|
38,751
|
| Military Bowl (f) | Maryland- East Carolina |
38,062
|
23,072
|
28,777
|
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| Armed Forces | Army-SMU |
36,742
|
41,414
|
41,127
|
44,009
|
32,412
|
| Little Caesar's Pizza |
Florida Int'l- Toledo |
32,431
|
30,311
|
41,399
|
60,624
|
54,113
|
| New Mexico | BYU- UTEP |
32,424
|
24,898
|
24,735
|
30,223
|
34,111
|
| New Orleans (g) | Troy- Ohio |
29,159
|
30,228
|
30,197
|
25,146
|
26,423
|
| Humanitarian | Northern Illinois- Fresno State |
25,449
|
26,726
|
26,781
|
27,062
|
28,652
|
| St. Petersburg | Louisville- Southern Miss |
20,017
|
29,763
|
25,055
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NOTES: Attendance from prior years included the International Bowl, which ceased after last season. (a) = '10 was first year game was played at Cowboys Stadium after previously being held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. (b) = Due to Hurricane Katrina, the '06 Sugar Bowl was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. (c) = Former PapaJohns.com Bowl. (d) = Former Emerald Bowl. (e) = Former GMAC Bowl. (f) = Former EagleBank Bowl. (g) = Due to Hurricane Katrina, the '05 New Orleans Bowl was played at Cajun Field in Lafayette, La.
