The Quick Lane Bowl at Ford Field yesterday drew an announced crowd of 19,117, the "smallest attendance in the game’s three-year history." Boston College defeated Maryland 36-30 (CRAINSDETROIT.com, 12/26). The actual attendance in Detroit "appeared closer to 10,000" (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 12/27). The crowd size "might have been half" the 19,117 number (Baltimore SUN, 12/27).
- Yesterday's Camping World Independence Bowl drew a crowd of 28,995 in the "first visit to Shreveport for the I-Bowl by both NC State and Vanderbilt." NCSU won 41-17 (SHREVEPORT TIMES, 12/27). Attendance was the lowest for the bowl since '88 (THE DAILY).
- Mississippi State defeated Miami of Ohio 17-16 yesterday in the St. Petersburg Bowl before a crowd of 15,717 at Tropicana Field. It was the "first bowl game of the season to include a team from a Power Five conference" (BRADENTON HERALD, 12/27).
- Aloha Stadium hosted a crowd of 20,327 for Saturday's Hawaii Bowl, which saw Hawaii defeat Middle Tennessee State 52-35 (HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER, 12/25).
- The announced attendance for Friday's Dollar General Bowl was 32,377 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile. Troy topped Ohio 28-23 (AL.com, 12/23).
- In Friday's Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, Louisiana Tech scored a "thrilling 48-45 victory over No. 25 Navy before an announced crowd of 40,542" at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of TCU (Annapolis CAPITAL GAZETTE, 12/24).
- There were "more than 1,000" Old Dominion fans in the announced crowd of 13,422 at Friday's Popeyes Bahamas Bowl at Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium. ODU beat Eastern Michigan 24-20 (Norfolk VIRGINIAN-PILOT, 12/24).
