21,593 Ohio (25,211 + 23,027 + 24,311 + 20,018 + 15,405)
20,403 Buffalo (20,329 + 24,714 + 21,139 + 20,841 + 18,052 + 17,343)
19,960 Toledo (20,184 + 24,196 + 17,229 + 18,087 + 20,104)
16,732 Western Michigan (22,226 + 11,493 + 20,225 + 12,985)
16,696 Miami (19,005 + 16,670 + 15,970 + 22,792 +9,045)
16,622 UMass (30,479 + 10,227 + 17,000+ 12,030 + 13,374)
16,566 Bowling Green (18,311 + 23,717 + 17,185 + 15,201 + 8,417)

16,166 MAC Average (1,031,437/64)

16,115 Central Michigan (15,793 + 25,531 + 18,223 + 13,337 + 7,689)
15,229 Kent State (22,754 + 15,355 + 12,451 +18,114 + 7,471)
14,975 Eastern Michigan (8,748 + 11,886 + 19,654 + 19,613)
13,563 Northern Illinois (12,398 + 15,620 + 20,122 + 11,211 + 8,462)
10,203 Ball State (9,659 + 15,860 + 11,237 + 7,617 + 6,642)
9,890 Akron (9,104 + 13,357 + 8,416 + 8,223 + 10,348)


MAC Average by Week:

16,845 WK 1 (UMass 30,479/KSU 22,754/UB 20,329/UT 20,184/MU 19,005/CMU 15,793/NIU 12,398/BSU 9,659/UA 9,104/EMU 8,748)
16,952 WK 2 (UT 24,196/BGSU 18,311/MU 16,670/KSU 15,355/UMass 10,227)
22,456 WK 3 (CMU 25,531/UB 24,714/BGSU 23,717/BSU 15,860)
19,832 WK 4 (OU 25,211/WMU 22,226/UB 21,139/UT 17,229/UA 13,357)
19,739 WK 5 (OU 23,027/UB 20,841/UT 18,087/UMass 17,000)
14,485 WK 6 (CMU 18,223/BGSU 17,185/MU 15,970/NIU 15,620/WMU 11,493/UA 8,416)
14,705 WK 7 (OU 24,311/NIU 20,122/KSU 12,451/EMU 11,886/BSU 11,237/UA 8,223)
14,985 WK 8 (OU 20,018/KSU 18,114/BGSU 15,201/CMU 13,337/UMass 12,030/NIU 11,211)
18,074 WK 9 (MU 22,792/WMU 20,225/UT 20,104/EMU 19,654/UB 18,052/BSU 7,617)
14,329 WK 10 (EMU 19,613/MU 9,045)
9,967 WK 11 (OU 15,405/UA 10,348/KSU 7,471/BSU 6,642)
11,378 WK 12 (UB 17,343/UMass 13,374/WMU 12,985/NIU 8,462/
BGSU 8,417/CMU 7,689)


Top 10 MAC Home Games 2014:

30,479 UMass v Boston College, 8/30
25,531 Central Michigan v Syracuse, 9/13
25,211 Ohio v Idaho, 9/20
24,714 Buffalo v Baylor, 9/12
24,311 Ohio v Bowling Green, 10/11
24,196 Toledo v Missouri, 9/6
23,717 Bowling Green v Indiana, 9/13
23,027 Ohio v Eastern Illinois, 9/27
22,792 Miami v Kent State, 10/25
22,754 Kent State v Ohio, 8/30

11,899- avg attendance Tuesday and Wednesday
10,337- avg attendance Saturday

look at how much better our attendance would be if only we didn't play weeknight games in November. Saturday November games are wildly popular with the fans, obviously.

(11-17-2014 11:27 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  11,899- avg attendance Tuesday and Wednesday
10,337- avg attendance Saturday

look at how much better our attendance would be if only we didn't play weeknight games in November. Saturday November games are wildly popular with the fans, obviously.

NIU averaged 15651 on Saturday and 10430 on other days. What was your point again? And this was with the biggest game of the year, against Toledo , on Tuesday.

(11-18-2014 01:42 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(11-17-2014 11:27 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  11,899- avg attendance Tuesday and Wednesday
10,337- avg attendance Saturday

look at how much better our attendance would be if only we didn't play weeknight games in November. Saturday November games are wildly popular with the fans, obviously.

NIU averaged 15651 on Saturday and 10430 on other days. What was your point again? And this was with the biggest game of the year, against Toledo , on Tuesday.

are we pretending weather isn't a factor when comparing attendance for games in Sept vs games in November?

(11-18-2014 01:58 AM)perimeterpost Wrote:  

(11-18-2014 01:42 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(11-17-2014 11:27 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  11,899- avg attendance Tuesday and Wednesday
10,337- avg attendance Saturday

look at how much better our attendance would be if only we didn't play weeknight games in November. Saturday November games are wildly popular with the fans, obviously.

NIU averaged 15651 on Saturday and 10430 on other days. What was your point again? And this was with the biggest game of the year, against Toledo , on Tuesday.

are we pretending weather isn't a factor when comparing attendance for games in Sept vs games in November?

Are we pretending there are no other factors at all? In any case, all 3 of our Saturday home games were in October. The weather wasn't great for a couple of those either. And, night games (aka weeknight games) are always colder. And I'm talking actual people in the stands, not tickets sold. Every weeknight game, I can see students there on the East side because they're on campus (and half of them leave at halftime). But our west side ALWAYS has fewer people on weeknights.

There might be five people at the Akron-UMass game tonight. Negative wind chills.

(11-18-2014 07:39 PM)uakronkid Wrote:  There might be five people at the Akron-UMass game tonight. Negative wind chills.

Shouldn't be many more in Athens. I wanted to make the trip down from Columbus, but it is just too easy to watch it at home.

(11-18-2014 08:07 PM)bobcat95 Wrote:  

(11-18-2014 07:39 PM)uakronkid Wrote:  There might be five people at the Akron-UMass game tonight. Negative wind chills.

Shouldn't be many more in Athens. I wanted to make the trip down from Columbus, but it is just too easy to watch it at home.

And that, gentleman, would appear to be the major factor in declining attendance for college football. Every game either televised or online Plus weather, costs, etc = people staying at home to watch.

(11-18-2014 08:07 PM)bobcat95 Wrote:  

(11-18-2014 07:39 PM)uakronkid Wrote:  There might be five people at the Akron-UMass game tonight. Negative wind chills.

Shouldn't be many more in Athens. I wanted to make the trip down from Columbus, but it is just too easy to watch it at home.

And that, gentleman, would appear to be the major factor in declining attendance for college football. Every game either televised or online Plus weather, costs, etc = people staying at home to watch.

(11-18-2014 08:07 PM)bobcat95 Wrote:  

(11-18-2014 07:39 PM)uakronkid Wrote:  There might be five people at the Akron-UMass game tonight. Negative wind chills.

Shouldn't be many more in Athens. I wanted to make the trip down from Columbus, but it is just too easy to watch it at home.

And that, gentleman, would appear to be the major factor in declining attendance for college football. Every game either televised or online Plus weather, costs, etc = people staying at home to watch.

(11-18-2014 09:49 PM)CMichFan Wrote:  

(11-18-2014 08:07 PM)bobcat95 Wrote:  

(11-18-2014 07:39 PM)uakronkid Wrote:  There might be five people at the Akron-UMass game tonight. Negative wind chills.

Shouldn't be many more in Athens. I wanted to make the trip down from Columbus, but it is just too easy to watch it at home.

And that, gentleman, would appear to be the major factor in declining attendance for college football. Every game either televised or online Plus weather, costs, etc = people staying at home to watch.

I agree with you in a sense, but that's not the complete picture. A TV game on a weekend with the same weather, and I would have made the hour and a half trip, no question. This is part weather, part weekday.

Football shouldn't be played outdoors. Schools should just play their games from the indoor practice facilities. At least the players would be warm and the 10 people in attendance could take off their coats.

Read the comments section. Big Ten fans sound like a bunch of MAC fans when it comes to how to report attendance properly!:

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/colleg.../70031468/

(11-17-2014 11:18 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  21,593 Ohio (25,211 + 23,027 + 24,311 + 20,018 + 15,405)

That's cute. I think an extra digit got in there accidentally.

Is this like that Price Is Right game where there's one number too many and you have to guess which one to remove? I'll say remove the 4. I'm going with 1,505. Do I win?

(11-21-2014 01:20 PM)niubrad00 Wrote:  

(11-17-2014 11:18 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  21,593 Ohio (25,211 + 23,027 + 24,311 + 20,018 + 15,405)

That's cute. I think an extra digit got in there accidentally.

Is this like that Price Is Right game where there's one number too many and you have to guess which one to remove? I'll say remove the 4. I'm going with 1,505. Do I win?

hey braniac, that's not the NIU game. besides, how many times do we have to say it- attendance is based off of tickets sold. p.s. it must be your first day on the internet, welcome!

Toledo had 17,486 vs. BGSUCKS and that's the truth. Great first half crowd... then it looked like every other MACTION game thus far.