Business First, a Buffalo-based business journal, released
the results of a study that gauged NFL Fan Support for the last
ten years. "Support Factors" (avg. attendance, percent capacity,
low attendance fluctuation) accounted for 60% of a team's score;
"Difficulty Factors" (low winning percentage, a large number of
seats per 100,000 population, high ticket cost per $10,000,
chilly December temperature) accounted for 40%. Denver's score
is the benchmark for other teams. ATTEND FLUX = Difference
between best/worst annual attendance totals. WIN % = Winning
pct. '86-95. SEATS/100K = Seats per every 100,000 metro
residents. $/INC. = Ratio of '94 average ticket price to every
$10K of local per capita income. DEC. TEMP = The 30-year average
high temperature for December. '95 rank in parentheses.
AVG. ATTEND WIN SEATS/ DEC.
RANK TEAM SCORE ATTEND %CAP FLUX % 100K $/INC. TEMP
1 (1) DEN 100.0 72,059 94.6 6.2% .563 3,483 $14.09 46.2
2 (2) CLE 99.0 71,486 90.0 16.8% .506 2,708 $15.10 36.4
3 (4) GB 98.8 54,376 94.4 15.3% .450 28,728 $12.66 28.6
4 (6) BUF 98.4 73,348 91.4 16.4% .616 6,730 $16.72 33.6
5 (5) PHL 90.7 62,174 94.8 10.5% .563 1,078 $16.62 43.2
6 (3) NYG 89.2 70,386 91.5 11.2% .591 390 $12.66 41.4
7 (7) CHI 81.2 59,994 89.9 6.0% .597 785 $14.47 35.3
8 (13) CIN 78.0 51,823 86.4 25.4% .403 3,188 $15.42 41.8
9 (11) DAL 77.7 58,903 91.2 24.1% .535 1,491 $16.85 58.7
10 (10) WAS 77.3 52,544 94.1 8.4% .541 800 $13.75 45.2
11 (9) NO 76.5 62,717 90.7 27.0% .572 5,276 $17.04 70.0
12 (8) IND 75.7 54,099 89.9 16.3% .421 4,123 $12.80 70.0
13 (15) PIT 72.7 52,853 89.4 16.9% .547 2,481 $14.07 37.3
14 (18) KC 71.8 65,028 83.3 37.9% .572 4,739 $14.43 40.4
15 (19) NYJ 69.6 59,042 76.8 19.2% .399 390 $ 8.89 41.4
16 (12) SF 69.2 61,666 94.2 8.8% .752 1,066 $14.56 56.5
17 (16) MIA 68.9 62,563 84.4 19.1% .560 2,142 $15.43 76.6
18 (20) SD 68.8 51,769 85.3 27.6% .459 2,310 $18.12 66.1
19 (17) MIN 68.0 56,178 89.4 13.5% .566 2,343 $14.06 70.0
20 (14) SEA 65.7 56,234 86.0 26.3% .459 2,046 $11.73 70.0
21 (21) NE 62.8 48,716 79.9 35.4% .396 1,052 $13.76 39.3
22 (24) TB 53.0 49,305 66.4 32.3% .302 3,445 $14.86 72.0
23 (22) HOU 49.7 49,166 85.2 40.2% .528 1,462 $14.22 70.0
24 (26) ARZ 47.9 47,839 65.8 39.4% .344 2,973 $16.10 66.4
25 (27) ATL 47.5 48,294 74.9 47.9% .387 2,149 $14.21 70.0
26 (25) DET 45.7 56,910 70.8 47.5% .453 1,529 $12.63 70.0
NOTE: Arizona's statistics are since the move in '88.
Carolina, J'ville, Oakland and St. Louis are not included.
