Here is a list of each of our school's attendance record for their football stadium:

* denotes at or over stadium capacity.

Marshall - 41,382 vs. West Virginia*
Louisiana - 41,357 vs. Southern*
App State - 40,168 vs. North Carolina*
South Alabama - 38,129 vs. Mississippi State
Southern Miss - 36,641 vs. Mississippi State*
Texas State - 33,133 vs. Houston*
Arkansas State - 31,243 vs. MTSU*
ULM - 31,175 vs. Baylor*
Troy - 31,010 vs. Army*
Georgia State - 30,237 vs. Shorter
James Madison - 26,159 vs. Marshall*
Georgia Southern - 25,735 vs. ULM*
Old Dominion - 21,944 vs. Virginia Tech*
Coastal Carolina - 21,224 vs. Appalachian State*

That number for Georgia State was in the Georgia Dome which not only do they not play in any longer but has been demolished. Highest attendance at Center Parc Stadium seems to be the opening game there vs Tennessee State at 24,333.

(08-24-2023 08:54 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Here is a list of each of our school's attendance record for their football stadium:

* denotes at or over stadium capacity.

Marshall - 41,382 vs. West Virginia*
Louisiana - 41,357 vs. Southern*
App State - 40,168 vs. North Carolina*
South Alabama - 38,129 vs. Mississippi State
Southern Miss - 36,641 vs. Mississippi State*
Texas State - 33,133 vs. Houston*
Arkansas State - 31,243 vs. MTSU*
ULM - 31,175 vs. Baylor*
Troy - 31,010 vs. Army*
Georgia State - 30,237 vs. Shorter
James Madison - 26,159 vs. Marshall*
Georgia Southern - 25,735 vs. ULM*
Old Dominion - 21,944 vs. Virginia Tech*
Coastal Carolina - 21,224 vs. Appalachian State*

Could you add the years of those games too?
Interesting too, for why those games were so big.
Marshall, App St, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Texas St, ULM, ODU - looks like it was from big name opponents (All Power-5 except Houston) that were in-state, or the adjoining state.
Louisiana's was an in-state FCS team that brought a big crowd.
Georgia St's was the first football game of their inaugural season. They were FCS and played an in-state DII team.
stAte, Georgia Southern, and Coastal were Sun Belt games. JMU's was their homecoming game of their first year in FBS/SunBelt. I don't know the situation of the other two, but stAte's game against MTSU was the last game of the season, and was the defacto Sun Belt Championship game, as we were the top two teams in the conference, and the winner would be crowned champion. It was 2012, Gus Malzahn was our head coach, and we won 45-0. One of the most flawless and impressive performances we've ever put on.

(08-24-2023 09:35 AM)GoBigRed26 Wrote:  

(08-24-2023 08:54 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Here is a list of each of our school's attendance record for their football stadium:

* denotes at or over stadium capacity.

Marshall - 41,382 vs. West Virginia*
Louisiana - 41,357 vs. Southern*
App State - 40,168 vs. North Carolina*
South Alabama - 38,129 vs. Mississippi State
Southern Miss - 36,641 vs. Mississippi State*
Texas State - 33,133 vs. Houston*
Arkansas State - 31,243 vs. MTSU*
ULM - 31,175 vs. Baylor*
Troy - 31,010 vs. Army*
Georgia State - 30,237 vs. Shorter
James Madison - 26,159 vs. Marshall*
Georgia Southern - 25,735 vs. ULM*
Old Dominion - 21,944 vs. Virginia Tech*
Coastal Carolina - 21,224 vs. Appalachian State*

Could you add the years of those games too?
Interesting too, for why those games were so big.
Marshall, App St, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Texas St, ULM, ODU - looks like it was from big name opponents (All Power-5 except Houston) that were in-state, or the adjoining state.
Louisiana's was an in-state FCS team that brought a big crowd.
Georgia St's was the first football game of their inaugural season. They were FCS and played an in-state DII team.
stAte, Georgia Southern, and Coastal were Sun Belt games. JMU's was their homecoming game of their first year in FBS/SunBelt. I don't know the situation of the other two, but stAte's game against MTSU was the last game of the season, and was the defacto Sun Belt Championship game, as we were the top two teams in the conference, and the winner would be crowned champion. It was 2012, Gus Malzahn was our head coach, and we won 45-0. One of the most flawless and impressive performances we've ever put on.

The premise of closer schools matter more applies here for TXST. Houston had better attendance than Texas Tech despite having a much smaller and way more localized than regional fan base/brand than TTU. Lubbock is roughly 5 hrs further than Houston. Houston also out sold national brand Navy that has a large central Texas military following.

Houston winning 13 games the year prior and returning Greg Ward Jr probably didn’t hurt their attendance either.

Bobcat stadium will probably have 28K+ to even host UNT

Marshall's Top 5 Attendance.

1 - 41,382 West Virginia - September 10, 2010
2 - 40,592 Louisville - September 24, 2016
3 - 40,383 West Virginia - September 8, 2007
4 - 38,791 Purdue - September 6, 2015
5 - 36,914 Kansas State - September 10, 2005

I would strongly suspect that TXST will shatter FCS game attendance record history when it plays host to SWAC JSU just by starting a measly 1-1. I’m going out on a limb and saying 27K attendance for Jackson St if TXST were to start 2-0

1 40,168 September 3, 2022 vs North Carolina
2 35,126 September 23, 2017 vs Wake Forest
3 34,658 September 17, 2016 vs Miami
4 34,406 September 17, 2022 vs Troy
5 33,248 September 24, 2022 vs James Madison
6 32,501 October 29, 2022 vs Robert Morris
7 32,096 November 19, 2022 vs Old Dominion
8 31,757 October 20, 2022 vs Georgia St.
9 31,531 October 9, 2010 vs Elon
10 31,061 October 20, 2021 vs Coastal Carolina

(08-24-2023 10:05 AM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  1 40,168 September 3, 2022 vs North Carolina
2 35,126 September 23, 2017 vs Wake Forest
3 34,658 September 17, 2016 vs Miami
4 34,406 September 17, 2022 vs Troy
5 33,248 September 24, 2022 vs James Madison
6 32,501 October 29, 2022 vs Robert Morris
7 32,096 November 19, 2022 vs Old Dominion
8 31,757 October 20, 2022 vs Georgia St.
9 31,531 October 9, 2010 vs Elon
10 31,061 October 20, 2021 vs Coastal Carolina

Are they bringing in the temp seat in the NEZ for ECU? If so we might get close to 40k again.

(08-24-2023 09:46 AM)Johnnychimpo Wrote:  

(08-24-2023 09:35 AM)GoBigRed26 Wrote:  

(08-24-2023 08:54 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Here is a list of each of our school's attendance record for their football stadium:

* denotes at or over stadium capacity.

Marshall - 41,382 vs. West Virginia*
Louisiana - 41,357 vs. Southern*
App State - 40,168 vs. North Carolina*
South Alabama - 38,129 vs. Mississippi State
Southern Miss - 36,641 vs. Mississippi State*
Texas State - 33,133 vs. Houston*
Arkansas State - 31,243 vs. MTSU*
ULM - 31,175 vs. Baylor*
Troy - 31,010 vs. Army*
Georgia State - 30,237 vs. Shorter
James Madison - 26,159 vs. Marshall*
Georgia Southern - 25,735 vs. ULM*
Old Dominion - 21,944 vs. Virginia Tech*
Coastal Carolina - 21,224 vs. Appalachian State*

Could you add the years of those games too?
Interesting too, for why those games were so big.
Marshall, App St, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Texas St, ULM, ODU - looks like it was from big name opponents (All Power-5 except Houston) that were in-state, or the adjoining state.
Louisiana's was an in-state FCS team that brought a big crowd.
Georgia St's was the first football game of their inaugural season. They were FCS and played an in-state DII team.
stAte, Georgia Southern, and Coastal were Sun Belt games. JMU's was their homecoming game of their first year in FBS/SunBelt. I don't know the situation of the other two, but stAte's game against MTSU was the last game of the season, and was the defacto Sun Belt Championship game, as we were the top two teams in the conference, and the winner would be crowned champion. It was 2012, Gus Malzahn was our head coach, and we won 45-0. One of the most flawless and impressive performances we've ever put on.

The premise of closer schools matter more applies here for TXST. Houston had better attendance than Texas Tech despite having a much smaller and way more localized than regional fan base/brand than TTU. Lubbock is roughly 5 hrs further than Houston. Houston also out sold national brand Navy that has a large central Texas military following.

Houston winning 13 games the year prior and returning Greg Ward Jr probably didn’t hurt their attendance either.

Bobcat stadium will probably have 28K+ to even host UNT

Memphis and UCA occur multiple times in the top 10 games (attendance) for us.

(08-24-2023 09:53 AM)GreenBison Wrote:  Marshall's Top 5 Attendance.

1 - 41,382 West Virginia - September 10, 2010
2 - 40,592 Louisville - September 24, 2016
3 - 40,383 West Virginia - September 8, 2007
4 - 38,791 Purdue - September 6, 2015
5 - 36,914 Kansas State - September 10, 2005

No telling what the games with wvu would have drawn if the capacity was larger or MU had one of those empty end zones to pack the bodies. I wouldn't have been surprised if between 50,000-60,000 tickets could have sold due to ticket demand if the stadium had that much seating.

(08-24-2023 10:24 AM)southcharlotteapp Wrote:  

(08-24-2023 10:05 AM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  1 40,168 September 3, 2022 vs North Carolina
2 35,126 September 23, 2017 vs Wake Forest
3 34,658 September 17, 2016 vs Miami
4 34,406 September 17, 2022 vs Troy
5 33,248 September 24, 2022 vs James Madison
6 32,501 October 29, 2022 vs Robert Morris
7 32,096 November 19, 2022 vs Old Dominion
8 31,757 October 20, 2022 vs Georgia St.
9 31,531 October 9, 2010 vs Elon
10 31,061 October 20, 2021 vs Coastal Carolina

Are they bringing in the temp seat in the NEZ for ECU? If so we might get close to 40k again.

Yes. More than 40,000 will be there again.

(08-24-2023 09:35 AM)GoBigRed26 Wrote:  

(08-24-2023 08:54 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Here is a list of each of our school's attendance record for their football stadium:

* denotes at or over stadium capacity.

Marshall - 41,382 vs. West Virginia*
Louisiana - 41,357 vs. Southern*
App State - 40,168 vs. North Carolina*
South Alabama - 38,129 vs. Mississippi State
Southern Miss - 36,641 vs. Mississippi State*
Texas State - 33,133 vs. Houston*
Arkansas State - 31,243 vs. MTSU*
ULM - 31,175 vs. Baylor*
Troy - 31,010 vs. Army*
Georgia State - 30,237 vs. Shorter
James Madison - 26,159 vs. Marshall*
Georgia Southern - 25,735 vs. ULM*
Old Dominion - 21,944 vs. Virginia Tech*
Coastal Carolina - 21,224 vs. Appalachian State*

Could you add the years of those games too?
Interesting too, for why those games were so big.
Marshall, App St, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Texas St, ULM, ODU - looks like it was from big name opponents (All Power-5 except Houston) that were in-state, or the adjoining state.

Of MU's largest crowds, Kansas State and Purdue didn't bring a lot fans. Louisville only filled a section or two. MU should have sold out the game with VA Tech (VA Tech campus is a little over 3 hours drive) when they came to MU with Beamer as their coach, but MU had a terrible team for that season.

(08-24-2023 09:35 AM)GoBigRed26 Wrote:  

(08-24-2023 08:54 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Here is a list of each of our school's attendance record for their football stadium:

* denotes at or over stadium capacity.

Marshall - 41,382 vs. West Virginia*
Louisiana - 41,357 vs. Southern*
App State - 40,168 vs. North Carolina*
South Alabama - 38,129 vs. Mississippi State
Southern Miss - 36,641 vs. Mississippi State*
Texas State - 33,133 vs. Houston*
Arkansas State - 31,243 vs. MTSU*
ULM - 31,175 vs. Baylor*
Troy - 31,010 vs. Army*
Georgia State - 30,237 vs. Shorter
James Madison - 26,159 vs. Marshall*
Georgia Southern - 25,735 vs. ULM*
Old Dominion - 21,944 vs. Virginia Tech*
Coastal Carolina - 21,224 vs. Appalachian State*

Could you add the years of those games too?

Marshall - 41,382 vs. West Virginia* (2010)
Louisiana - 41,357 vs. Southern* (2009)
App State - 40,168 vs. North Carolina* (2022)
South Alabama - 38,129 vs. Mississippi State (2014) **Ladd-Peebles Stadium
Southern Miss - 36,641 vs. Mississippi State* (2015)
Texas State - 33,133 vs. Houston* (2016)
Arkansas State - 31,243 vs. MTSU* (2012)
ULM - 31,175 vs. Baylor* (2012)
Troy - 31,010 vs. Army* (2022)
Georgia State - 30,237 vs. Shorter (2010) **Georgia Dome
James Madison - 26,159 vs. Marshall* (2022)
Georgia Southern - 25,735 vs. ULM* (2016)
Old Dominion - 21,944 vs. Virginia Tech* (2022)
Coastal Carolina - 21,224 vs. Appalachian State* (2022)

Opponents for ODU's Top 5 Attendance Numbers:

21944:
2022 Virginia Tech
2019 Norfolk State
2022 James Madison

20655:
2022 Arkansas State

20532:
2018 Virginia Tech

20162:
2022 Georgia Southern

20118:
2018 Marshall
2018 VMI
2017 Albany
2017 North Carolina
2017 FAU
2017 Western Kentucky
2017 Charlotte
2017 Rice
2016 Hampton
2016 UTSA
2016 Massachusetts
2016 Marshall
2016 Southern Miss
2016 FIU
2015 Norfolk State
2015 NC State
2015 Appalachian State
2015 Charlotte
2015 Western Kentucky
2015 UTEP
2014 Hampton
2014 Eastern Michigan
2014 MTSU
2014 Marshall
2014 FIU
2014 Louisiana Tech
2013 Howard
2013 The Citadel
2013 Albany
2013 Liberty
2013 Rhode Island
2013 Campbell

Funny find during my research: Lowest attended game in modern ODU football history?

Louisiana Tech, 2021, 13309 tickets sold

(08-24-2023 10:05 AM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  1 40,168 September 3, 2022 vs North Carolina
2 35,126 September 23, 2017 vs Wake Forest
3 34,658 September 17, 2016 vs Miami
4 34,406 September 17, 2022 vs Troy
5 33,248 September 24, 2022 vs James Madison
6 32,501 October 29, 2022 vs Robert Morris
7 32,096 November 19, 2022 vs Old Dominion
8 31,757 October 20, 2022 vs Georgia St.
9 31,531 October 9, 2010 vs Elon
10 31,061 October 20, 2021 vs Coastal Carolina

What is App's official capacity? I've seen you've sold out Marshall and USM this upcoming season.

I feel like ODU could probably hit at least 30-35K for some games, maybe more if their stadium could hold that. Ballard Stadium looks larger than it's actual capacity. App State could probably get 45-50K against in-state opponents.

Same could probably be said for JMU as well. If their east stands are ever demolished to look like the west stands, that stadium would be very intimidating with a full crowd.

Texas State Most attended FB Games:

1. Sept. 2016, Houston 33,133
2. Sept. 2012, Texas Tech 33,006
3. Sept. 2014, Navy 32,007
4. Sept. 2016, utsa 31,333
5. Sept. 2015, Southern Miss. 27,252
6. Sept. 2021, Baylor 26,573
7. Oct. 2022, App St. 25,613
8. Sept. 2015, Prairie View A&M 24,561
9. Oct. 2016, Incarnate Word 22,845
10. Sept. 2013, Wyoming 22,015

Lot of 2022s.

(08-24-2023 01:19 PM)Luckyshot Wrote:  

(08-24-2023 10:05 AM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  1 40,168 September 3, 2022 vs North Carolina
2 35,126 September 23, 2017 vs Wake Forest
3 34,658 September 17, 2016 vs Miami
4 34,406 September 17, 2022 vs Troy
5 33,248 September 24, 2022 vs James Madison
6 32,501 October 29, 2022 vs Robert Morris
7 32,096 November 19, 2022 vs Old Dominion
8 31,757 October 20, 2022 vs Georgia St.
9 31,531 October 9, 2010 vs Elon
10 31,061 October 20, 2021 vs Coastal Carolina

What is App's official capacity? I've seen you've sold out Marshall and USM this upcoming season.

App's official is 30,000 the last I checked. May be 21,000. I'm not sure.