Turnstile Tracker: College Football Bowl Game Attendance
The following chart details attendance figures for ’06-07 Division I-A college bowl games, with comparisons to ’05-06. There were 32 bowls this season, with 1.7 million people attending the games, up 19.4% from the 1.4 million that attended the 28 bowls last season. Attendance for the 27 games played in both seasons was up 6.0% (THE DAILY).
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BOWL
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LOCATION
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DATE
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TEAMS
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ATT.
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TEAMS
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ATT.
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% +/-
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San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia
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San Diego
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12/19
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TCU-No. Illinois
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29,709
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Navy-CO St.
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36,842
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-19.4%
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Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas
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Las Vegas
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12/21
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BYU-Oregon
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44,615
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BYU-Cal
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40,053
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11.4%
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R+L Carriers New Orleans (a)
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New Orleans
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12/22
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Rice-Troy
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24,791
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So. Miss-Arkansas St.
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18,338
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35.2%
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PapaJohns.com
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Birmingham
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12/23
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So. Florida-ECU
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32,023
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New Mexico
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Albuquerque
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12/23
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New Mex.-San Jose St.
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34,111
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Bell Helicopters Armed Forces (b)
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Ft. Worth
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12/23
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Tulsa-Utah
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32,412
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Kansas-Houston
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33,508
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-3.3%
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Sheraton Hawaii
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Honolulu
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12/24
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AZ St.-Hawaii
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40,623
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Nevada-Central FL
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26,254
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54.7%
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Motor City
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Detroit
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12/26
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Mid. Tenn-Cent. Mich.
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54,113
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Akron-Memphis
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50,616
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6.9%
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Emerald
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San Francisco
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12/27
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FSU-UCLA
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40,331
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GA Tech-Utah
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25,742
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56.7%
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PetroSun Independence
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Shreveport
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12/28
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OK St.-Alabama
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45,054
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Missouri-South Carolina
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41,332
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9.0%
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Pacific Life Holiday
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San Diego
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12/28
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Cal-Texas A&M
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62,395
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Oklahoma-Oregon
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65,416
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-4.6%
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Texas
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Houston
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12/28
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Rutgers-KS St.
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52,210
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Gaylord Hotels Music City
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Nashville
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12/29
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Clemson-Kentucky
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68,024
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Minnesota-UVA
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40,519
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67.9%
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Brut Sun
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El Paso
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12/29
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OR St.-Missouri
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48,732
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Northwestern-UCLA
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50,426
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-3.4%
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AutoZone Liberty
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Memphis
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12/29
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Houston-South Carolina
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56,103
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Fresno St.-Tulsa
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54,894
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2.2%
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Insight (c)
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Tempe
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12/29
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Texas Tech-Minnesota
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48,391
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AZ. St.-Rutgers
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43,536
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11.2%
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Champs Sports
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Orlando
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12/29
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Purdue-Maryland
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40,168
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Clemson-Colorado
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31,470
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27.6%
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Meineke Car Care
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Charlotte
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12/30
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Navy-BC
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52,303
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N.C. State-So. Florida
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57,937
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-9.7%
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Alamo
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San Antonio
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12/30
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Texas-Iowa
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65,875
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Michigan-Nebraska
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62,000
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6.3%
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Chick-fil-A
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Atlanta
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12/30
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UGA-VT
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75,406
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LSU-Miami
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65,620
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14.9%
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MPC Computers
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Boise
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12/31
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Miami-Nevada
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28,652
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Boise St.-BC
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30,493
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-6.0%
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Outback
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Tampa
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1/1
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Tennessee-Penn St.
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65,601
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Florida-Iowa
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65,881
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-0.4%
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AT&T Cotton
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Dallas
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1/1
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Auburn-Nebraska
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66,777
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Alabama-Texas Tech
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74,222
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-10.0%
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Toyota Gator
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Jacksonville
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1/1
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WVU-GA Tech
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67,714
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Louisville-VT
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63,780
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6.2%
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Capital One
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Orlando
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1/1
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Arkansas-Wisconsin
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60,774
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Auburn-Wisconsin
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57,221
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6.2%
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Rose Bowl presented by Citi (d)
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Pasadena
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1/1
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USC-Michigan
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93,852
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Texas-USC
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93,986
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-0.1%
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Tostitos Fiesta
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Glendale
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1/1
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Boise St.-Oklahoma
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73,719
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Notre Dame-Ohio St.
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76,196
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-3.3%
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FedEx Orange
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Miami
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1/2
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Louisville-Wake Forest
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74,470
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FSU-Penn St.
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77,773
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-4.2%
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Allstate Sugar (e)
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New Orleans
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1/3
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Notre Dame-LSU
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77,781
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UGA-WVU
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74,458
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4.5%
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International
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Toronto
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1/6
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Cincinnati-W. Mich.
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26,717
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GMAC
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Mobile
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1/7
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Ohio U..-So. Miss.
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38,751
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Toledo-UTEP
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35,422
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9.4%
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Tostitos BCS Championship
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Glendale
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1/8
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Florida-Ohio St.
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74,628
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NOTES: The Houston Bowl folded after the ’05 game. (a) = Due to Hurricane Katrina, the ’05 New Orleans Bowl was played at Cajun Field in Lafayette, LA. (b) = Formerly the Ft. Worth Bowl. (c) = Held at Chase Field in Phoenix in ’05. (d) = BCS Championship game in ’06. (e) = Due to Hurricane Katrina, the ’06 Sugar Bowl was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
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