Kansas State defeated Michigan in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl on Saturday “before 53,284 fans at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe” (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 12/29). That figure is up 19% from the Michigan State-TCU matchup last year (THE DAILY).
A crowd of 51,098 watched Louisville feat Miami in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Saturday (MIAMI HERALD, 12/29). That figure is up 6% from the Virginia Tech-Rutgers matchup last season (THE DAILY).
A crowd of 47,122 watched the Notre Dame-Rutgers New Era Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, marking “the largest crowd in the game’s history” (SI.com, 12/28). That figure is up from the previous record set last year for the Syracuse-West Virginia matchup (THE DAILY).
North Carolina defeated Cincinnati in the Belk Bowl on Saturday “before 45,211 fans” at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte (CINCINNATI.com, 12/28). That figure is down 6% from the Cincinnati-Duke matchup last year (THE DAILY).
A crowd of 34,136 fans watched Washington-BYU in the Fight Hunger Bowl on Friday, “marking the final one in the Giants’ ballpark before the bowl is moved next season to the 49ers’ new Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara” (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 12/28). That figure is flat compared to the Arizona State-Navy matchup last season (THE DAILY).
The Syracuse-Minnesota Texas Bowl drew 32,327 fans to Reliant Stadium in Houston. That figure is an all-time low for the event, which drew a previous-record-low of 50,386 for the Texas Tech-Minnesota matchup last year (THE DAILY).
Maryland and Marshall “put on an entertaining show for the crowd of 30,163” at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis for the Military Bowl on Friday afternoon (
Annapolis CAPITAL GAZETTE, 12/28). That figure is up 69% from the San Jose State-Bowling Green matchup last year at RFK Stadium, which was a record low for the six-year old event (
THE DAILY).
