Attendance Figures for Football

[MSU124]

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</div><div>OLE MISS<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><ul style="margin-top: 16px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; ">[*]2011:56,488[*]2010:55,898[*]2009:55,767[/list]MISSISSIPPI STATE<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><ul style="margin-top: 16px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; ">[*]2011:55,949[*]2010:54,999[*]2009:53,792[/list]<br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><font color="#333333" face="verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Does OMseriouslyexpect people to believe that? They could have put out a number that is at least half way believable.</span></font></div><div>
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[GloryDawg]

Even if the numbers are correct there are still 7 to 8K vacant seats.

 

[mstatefan88]

Season opener against BYU andthey hosted Bama, LSU, Georgia and Arkansas. They had a good slate of home games this year so I would imagine they probably had that in paid attendance. I'm just so glad to see us averaging almost 1,000 people over max capacity.

 

[NOPD1024]

BYU- other than a few in the north end zone it was packed
South Ill- The North end zone and visitor section was light but the home sections were almost full
Georgia- The place was packed
Bama- Again packed
Ark- Packed again
La Tech- the only weak crowd of the season
LSU- Packed

The crowds may have thinned out by halftime but the crowd was there at the start of the games. I am sure those numbers are tickets sold not butts in seats.

 

[FreeDawg]

In all seriousness, I honestly believe the paid attendance and what actually showed up to vhs (not the groove) is the number they announced

 

[NOPD1024]

Paid attendance is what they use to announce but with the new ticket scanningsystem it is suppose to be actual number in stadium. Our sellout number is 60,580 I believe so being an average of 4k shy of that with the year we had is pretty damn good.</p>

 

[sleepy dawg]

Better than ever for us? Yes. Good? No.

I cannot understand how we think we should be a relevant SEC team when we are next to last in attendance. I understand that we are in the process of expanding, but the demand for tickets is not nearly what it should be. We (fans) have to do a better job of going to the games, and encouraging others to do the same.

Almost every game I attended this year (with the exception of 1 game), I was able to spread out and take up as much room as I wanted. Although we should be very proud of how much we've improved over the last few years, we still need to realize that we have a long way to go, and that we need to keep getting more and more people going to the games.

 

[NOPD1024]

Pretty good = averaging 4k less than sellout over a 2-10 season. That is what is "pretty good". I agree with the rest of your statement. </p>