The Rutgers-Notre Dame Pinstripe Bowl in 2013 had 47K. Penn State-BC in 2014 had 49K (That was right after Penn State's Bowl ban was suddenly lifted, so they sold the place out immediately.)FWIW, some other Pinstripe crowds (which all stink compared to us):
Indiana
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Cuse
Michigan State (absolutely most pathetic bowl crowd I’ve ever seen, MAC teams bring more to their bowls)
Attendance estimates?
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Correct, I wasnt trying to say this was the largest Pinstripe crowd ever. I am saying it’s in the top3 or 4 of the 13 games, to the people (or same person on 15 accounts) saying before the game it would be the lowest attended Pinstripe ever (not even close) .. also agree that Miami had more than 4k, probably 7-8k. Their “allottment” sections were totally filled. The 50 yard line sections on their side tho was mostly RU, as was the endzone and wrapped around first 2-3 sections on their side.
If these pictures are real then there was no more than 25k in the house.FWIW, some other Pinstripe crowds (which all stink compared to us):
Indiana
Cuse
Michigan State (absolutely most pathetic bowl crowd I’ve ever seen, MAC teams bring more to their bowls)
Rutgers fans showed up in full force. Just about every spot I saw on our side had an *** in the seat. Nice to see the troll create so many accounts, waste his time and ABSOLUTELY WHIFF on his intent. My group had an awesome time. Billy's was a blast before and packed to the gills. Those who refused to watch a football game there because its a baseball stadium missed out cheering on our Scarlet Knights. The weather held out, the seats/sight lines were very good, Rutgers fans rocked and our team won. Congrats to out football team and props to the fans for awesome support.
Those are NOT pictures of the '23 game. Notice the Syracuse and Michigan St end zones.
He also started a poll asking which team would have more fans at the game and responded 13 or 14 times with different accounts of his to get the only votes for Miami.
From my seat, Miami definitely didn't do their part on trying to fill up the stadium. If Rutgers fans didn't show there would have been maybe 5,000 people there. 4,500 Miami fans and another 500 New Yorkers looking for a day out.
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I’d say that sounds spot – on. Crazy thing is with today’s weather we likely get another 5000 fans there from our side. Absolutely perfect out right now.
Were you on acid yesterday, lol? if anything there were thousands of our fans on the Miami/1st base side of the stadium.
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Hey, I found my gang in here! Thanks Scarlet Dave!RU side 100s and 200s and 300s was completely sold out (400s not opened).
Audi Yankees Club 100% Rutgers and oversold. Endzone was 90% RU. Miami Sideline 30% RU.
35k is accurate.
Almost forgot about this moron. Time to have some fun!!!
Nuts- Billy’s was a madhouse. Sorry to sound like a cranky old man but man they pushed the capacity limits. Not a foot to spare where the wasn’t a body.
I think the capacity is about 2600 BUT it was definitely right there for sure. PACKED to the rim, no doubt!
That could explain the "purple" in his user name..............
Great RU crowd. But 35,000 means 2/3 full... Not really. My guess 30,000
This is where people are confused. Miami did not sell out their allotment and 3 days ago thousands of those seats on the 1st base side were then made available for sale by Ticketmaster. Many of those seats were purchased by Rutgers fan and hence the “allotment sections “ seemed full. In fact made full by Rutgers fans, AGAIN there were never 8k Miami fans in the stadium. 5k would be a generous number.
Thank you, this is the online idiot that I was thinking of!
always thought the Miami stuff was dumb given how many alum live in this area
biggest mistake they made was leaving the nyc mkt i.e BE
Continuing to argue on a Rutgers board to champion for the increased attendance specifics of the Miami fanbase figures (to the point of namecalling) seems like a wierd choice of a hill to die on.
The first 10 Pinstripe Bowls averaged about 39,000-40,000 overall . Then the pandemic hit and no game was played in 2020. It appears that the Pinstripe Bowl is still recovering/rebuilding its attendance since:
29,653 for 54-10 Maryland victory over Virginia Tech (lowest ever)
31,131 for 28-20 Minnesota victory over Syracuse
35,314 for 31-24 Rutgers victory over Miami
29,653 for 54-10 Maryland victory over Virginia Tech (lowest ever)
31,131 for 28-20 Minnesota victory over Syracuse
35,314 for 31-24 Rutgers victory over Miami
The aftereffect of the pandemic definitely hurt attendance in 2021.
I think the 2022 and 2023 numbers are due to the "been there, done that" feeling among a large portion of RU and Cuse fans. It was the third appearance for both schools in the Pinstripe Bowl. After attending one or both of RU's previous PB games, many RU fans decided to watch the game at home instead of trudging into The Bronx to watch a football game in a baseball stadium.
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lol **** is a word you don't hear every day. you gotta give him credit for reviving an old dig
Which game was the blizzard? Nobody there?
Which game was the frozen infield?
Nobody there either.
This is from the box score:
Date:
12/28/2023
Site:
Bronx, New York
Stadium:
Yankee Stadium
Attendance:
35314
Kickoff Time:
02:21 PM
End of Game:
05:49 PM
Duration:
03:28
Temperature:
52
Wind:
NE 8mph
Weather:
Cloudy
I think local bowls are going to be the strategy moving forward.
12 team playoff, maybe a 2nd tier of bowl games, and then local games that are auto tie ins for 7-5/6-6 type teams.
Lots of people rag on the pinstripe bowl, but I love the bowl. Super easy to get to, limited travel, Billy’s was awesome, and every year I’ve gone the weather has held up.
I see many more pinstripes in our future
12 team playoff, maybe a 2nd tier of bowl games, and then local games that are auto tie ins for 7-5/6-6 type teams.
Lots of people rag on the pinstripe bowl, but I love the bowl. Super easy to get to, limited travel, Billy’s was awesome, and every year I’ve gone the weather has held up.
I see many more pinstripes in our future
Some forget that it was pouring ,at least where I was, until about 10 am the morning of the game. Flooding on many streets. Crowd and fans did great and there was a good Miami contingent. By the way there were Miami fans on the 3rd base side. If you were at game you'd be praising the whole atmosphere.
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G-d no.
We got real lucky with the weather. I think the B1G max is twice in 7 years. This is not a Bowl destination..simply an extra home game. Florida, Arizona, Nashville, Las Vegas, California, etc. are Bowl destinations that we are playing for.
I do know we would bring 10x the fans Maryland brought to Nashville today. They had maybe 1500.
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Bowl games as we know it are over due to the expanded playoffs and transfer portal timing. Watching Georgia’s 1st team play FSU 2nd/3rd team is boring AF. Never thought I would see the day college football jumped the shark.
Agree. RU has played in 12 bowl games in its history... fans had to travel north for half of them. Traveling north is not what fans think about when they think about bowls.
I’ve been to 3 pinstripe bowls and each time the weather has held up.
Unless it was bitter cold vs Iowa State and I don’t remember it correctly?
Not saying it’s a destination bowl, just that it’s what will likely end up happening.
Michigan fans won’t travel far and wide for a 6-6 team, but they would pack Detroit.
Maryland fans won’t travel far and wide for a 6-6/7-5 team, but there would be a decent amount in Baltimore.
Regional tie ins will end up being a thing when all this playoff stuff gets established. That’s all I’m saying.
would kill for another Arizona like pregame and atmosphere