(03-07-2013 04:23 PM)sarasotahuskie Wrote: Home Att. Ave. OOC Opponents
2003 23,575 MD - Iowa St
2004 27,052 SIU
2005 22,176 Tenn Tech
2006 20,771 Indiana St
2007 25,137 SIU
2008 18,185 Indiana St - Navy
2009 14,889 WIU - Idaho
2010 17,760 North Dakota
2011 18,903 Army - Cal Poly
2012 15,670 TN Martin - Kansas
Better look for another reason than OOC schedule for attendance woes.
Not much correlation here.
SIU seems our best scheduling bet - for that one game that changes
Here are the top 32 games (over 20k) since 1995. (Most of this list is from R&BA)
Sadly not a single game from the Orange Bowl season made it over the 20k mark.
1 Western Michigan 28,221 10/18/2003 Homecoming, #12 in AP, Entered 6-0
2 Iowa State 28,218 9/27/2003 #20 in AP, Entered 3-0 after win @ #21 Alabama
3 Southern Illinois 28,071 9/11/2004 Home opener after 10-2 season
4 #15 Maryland 28,018 8/28/2003 Home opener after 8-4 season
5 Toledo 27,719 11/9/2004 Entered 6-0 in MAC
6 Eastern Michigan 27,641 10/15/2005 Homecoming, Entered 2-3 after 38-24 Miami win
7 Central Michigan 27,385 10/16/2004 Homecoming, Entered 4-0 in MAC
8 Temple 27,039 10/21/2006 Homecoming, Entered 4-3 after 14-16 WMU loss
9 #21 Kansas State 26,873 9/6/1997 Home opener, Novak's 2nd season
10 Akron 26,266 10/2/2004 Entered 2-2 after 34-17 BG win
11 Tennessee Tech 26,123 9/17/2005 Home opener after 9-3 season
12 #20 Bowling Green 25,822 11/9/2002 Entered 5-0 in MAC
13 Bowling Green 25,819 9/24/2004 Revenge game from 2003 loss
14 Illinois State 24,682 9/9/2000 Home opener after 5-6 season
15 Southern Illinois 24,182 9/8/2007 Home opener after 7-6 season
16 Ball State 24,121 11/1/2003 #21 in AP, Entered 5-0 in MAC
17 Western Illinois 23,598 9/21/2002 Entered 1-2 after 21-24 Wisconsin loss
18 Western Michigan 23,057 10/13/2007 Homecoming, Entered 1-5
19 Louisville 22,357 9/9/1995 Home opener
20 Toledo 22,092 10/18/2008 Homecoming, Entered 3-3 after 17-13 Miami win
21 Ohio 21,736 10/4/2003 #17 in AP, Entered 4-0 after 24-16 Iowa St win
22 Western Illinois 21,427 9/12/2009 Home opener after 6-7 season
23 Western Illinois 21,370 9/7/1996 Home opener, Novak's 1st season
24 Buffalo 21,230 10/16/2010 Homecoming, Entered 4-2 (2-0 MAC) after big home victory over Temple
25 Buffalo 21,117 9/16/2006 Entered 0-1 after painful 23-35 Ohio loss
26 Indiana State 20,936 9/20/2008 Home opener after 2-10 season, Kill's 1st year
27 Western Michigan 20,277 10/15/2011 Homecoming, Entered 3-3 in a disappointing start to the season that would end to be the greatest since 83.
28 Central Michigan 20,186 10/19/2002 Homecoming, Entered 3-0 in MAC
29 Eastern Illinois 20,184 9/19/1998 Home opener after 0-11 season
30 Toledo 20,154 11/23/2002 Entered 7-0 in MAC, for West title
31 Miami OH 20,023 10/5/2005 Entered 1-3 after 42-48 Akron loss
32 Eastern Michigan 20,012 9/15/2007 Entered 0-2 after 31-34 painful SIU loss