Turnstile Tracker: College Bowl Game Attendance Up 2.1%
The 32 college football bowl games this season attracted 1,733,490 fans, up 2.1% from 1,697,626 last season, and up 16.4% from the '05-06 bowl season. Last night's BCS National Championship game featuring LSU-Ohio State set a Superdome record with 79,651 fans in attendance. Other bowls also set record numbers for attendance, including the Poinsettia, Motor City and Armed Forces bowls. The Alamo Bowl featuring Penn State-Texas A&M was the most-attended sporting event in the history of the Alamodome and marked the game's sixth sellout in its 15-year history. The Las Vegas Bowl also saw its third consecutive sellout this year with BYU-UCLA, one year after it drew the largest crowd ever to see a team sporting event in the state of Nevada. The following presents NCAA bowl game attendance for the '07-08 season, with comparisons to previous years (THE DAILY).
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'07-08 NCAA BOWL GAMES ATTENDANCE
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-- ATTENDANCE --
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BOWL
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GAME
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CITY
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DATE
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'07-08
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'06-07
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'05-06
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San Diego County Credit Union
Poinsettia
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Utah-Navy
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San Diego
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Thurs., 12/20
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39,120
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29,709
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36,842
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R+L Carriers
New Orleans (a)
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Florida Atlantic-Memphis
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New Orleans
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Fri., 12/21
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25,146
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26,423
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18,338
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Papajohns.com
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Cincinnati-Southern Miss
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Birmingham
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Sat., 12/22
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35,258
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28,527
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n/a
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| New Mexico |
New Mexico-Nevada |
Albuquerque |
Sat., 12/22
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30,223
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34,111
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n/a
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| Pioneer Las Vegas |
BYU-UCLA |
Las Vegas |
Sat., 12/22
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40,712
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44,615
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40,053
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| Sheraton Hawaii |
East Carolina-Boise St. |
Honolulu |
Sun., 12/23
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30,467
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43,435
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26,254
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| Motor City |
Purdue-Central Michigan |
Detroit |
Wed., 12/26
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60,624
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54,113
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52,552
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| Pacific Life Holiday |
Texas-Arizona St. |
San Diego |
Thurs.,12/27
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64,020
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62,395
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65,416
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| Champs Sports |
Boston College-Michigan St. |
Orlando |
Fri., 12/28
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46,554
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40,168
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31,470
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| Texas |
TCU-Houston |
Houston |
Fri., 12/28
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62,097
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52,210
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n/a
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| Emerald |
Oregon St.-Maryland |
San
Francisco |
Fri., 12/28
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32,517
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40,184
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25,742
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| Meineke Car Care |
Wake Forest-UConn |
Charlotte |
Sat., 12/29
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53,126
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52,303
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57,937
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| AutoZone Liberty |
Mississippi St.-Central Florida |
Memphis |
Sat., 12/29
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63,816
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56,103
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54,894
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| Valero Alamo |
Penn State-
Texas A&M |
San Antonio |
Sat., 12/29
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66,166
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65,875
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62,016
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PetroSun
Independence |
Alabama-
Colorado |
Shreveport |
Sun., 12/30
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47,043
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45,054
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41,332
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Bell Helicopter
Armed Forces |
California-
Air Force |
Fort Worth |
Mon.,12/31
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44,009
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32,412
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33,505
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Roady's
Humanitarian |
Fresno St.-Georgia Tech |
Boise |
Mon.,12/31
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27,062
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28,652
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30,493
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| Brut Sun |
Oregon-South Florida |
El Paso |
Mon.,12/31
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49,867
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48,732
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50,426
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Gaylord Hotels
Music City |
Kentucky-
Florida State |
Nashville |
Mon.,12/31
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68,661
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68,024
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40,519
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| Insight |
Oklahoma St.-Indiana |
Tempe |
Mon.,12/31
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48,892
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48,391
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43,536
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| Chick-fil-A |
Auburn-Clemson |
Atlanta |
Mon.,12/31
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74,413
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75,406
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65,620
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| Outback |
Tennessee-Wisconsin |
Tampa |
Tues., 1/1
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60,121
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65,601
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65,881
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| AT&T Cotton |
Missouri-Arkansas |
Dallas |
Tues., 1/1
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73,114
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66,777
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74,222
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Konica Minolta
Gator (b) |
Texas Tech-
Virginia |
Jacksonville |
Tues., 1/1
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60,243
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67,714
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63,780
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| Capital One |
Michigan-Florida |
Orlando |
Tues., 1/1
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69,748
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60,774
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57,221
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| Rose |
USC-Illinois |
Pasadena |
Tues., 1/1
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93,923
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93,852
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93,986
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| Allstate Sugar (c) |
Georgia-Hawaii |
New Orleans |
Tues., 1/1
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74,383
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77,781
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74,458
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| Tostitos Fiesta |
West Virginia-Oklahoma |
Glendale |
Wed., 1/2
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70,016
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73,719
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76,196
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| FedEx Orange |
Kansas-Virginia Tech |
Miami |
Thurs., 1/3
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74,111
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74,470
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77,773
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| International |
Rutgers-Ball St. |
Toronto |
Sat., 1/5
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31,455
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26,717
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n/a
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| GMAC |
Tulsa-Bowling Green |
Mobile |
Sun., 1/6
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36,932
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38,751
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35,422
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| Allstate BCS Championship (d) |
LSU-Ohio St. |
New Orleans |
Mon., 1/7
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79,651
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74,628
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93,986
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NOTES: (a) = Due to Hurricane Katrina, the '05 New Orleans Bowl was played at Cajun Field in Lafayette, LA. (b) = Formerly the Toyota Gator Bowl. (c) = Due to Hurricane Katrina, the '06 Sugar Bowl was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. (d) = '07 BCS National Championship was in Glendale, and the '06 game was the Rose Bowl.
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