Historically Low Crowds Turn Out For Two Post-Christmas Bowl Games

Pitt defeated Bowling Green 30-27 last night in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl “in front of 26,259 at Ford Field.” The announced attendance was the “second smallest in the history of the game only to last year, when Central Michigan beat Western Kentucky in the middle of a snowstorm.” It could mark the final Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, as the Lions and Big Ten Conference have created their own bowl starting in ‘14 (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 12/27).

The San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl drew 23,408 fans for the Utah State-Northern Illinois matchup on Thursday night – “an all-time low in its nine-year history.” Qualcomm Stadium “had big patches of empty seats,” which is “not unexpected for two teams well over an easy day’s drive to San Diego” (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 12/27).