Actual attendance numbers for 2024?
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W - 8-29-2024 Rutgers 44 Howard 7 Piscataway, NJ SHI Stadium 47,803
W - 9-7-2024 Rutgers 49 Akron 17 Piscataway, NJ SHI Stadium 41,021
W - 9-21-2024 Rutgers 26 Virginia Tech 23 Blacksburg, VA Lane Stadium 65,632
W - 9-27-2024 Rutgers 21 Washington 18 Piscataway, NJ SHI Stadium 54,079
L - 10-5-2024 Nebraska 14 Rutgers 7 Lincoln, NE Memorial Stadium 87,464
L - 10-12-2024 Wisconsin 42 Rutgers 7 Piscataway, NJ SHI Stadium 50,111
L - 10-19-2024 UCLA 35 Rutgers 32 Piscataway, NJ SHI Stadium 53,726
L - 10-25-2024 USC 42 Rutgers 20 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 63,404
W - 11-9-2024 Rutgers 26 Minnesota 19 Piscataway, NJ SHI Stadium 44,210
W - 11-16-2024 Rutgers 31 Maryland 17 College Park, MD SECU Stadium 31,433
L - 11-23-2024 Illinois (#24/NR) 38 Rutgers 31 Piscataway, NJ SHI Stadium 47,524
W - 11-30-2024 Rutgers 41 Michigan State 14 East Lansing, MI Spartan Stadium 50,038
W - 9-7-2024 Rutgers 49 Akron 17 Piscataway, NJ SHI Stadium 41,021
W - 9-21-2024 Rutgers 26 Virginia Tech 23 Blacksburg, VA Lane Stadium 65,632
W - 9-27-2024 Rutgers 21 Washington 18 Piscataway, NJ SHI Stadium 54,079
L - 10-5-2024 Nebraska 14 Rutgers 7 Lincoln, NE Memorial Stadium 87,464
L - 10-12-2024 Wisconsin 42 Rutgers 7 Piscataway, NJ SHI Stadium 50,111
L - 10-19-2024 UCLA 35 Rutgers 32 Piscataway, NJ SHI Stadium 53,726
L - 10-25-2024 USC 42 Rutgers 20 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 63,404
W - 11-9-2024 Rutgers 26 Minnesota 19 Piscataway, NJ SHI Stadium 44,210
W - 11-16-2024 Rutgers 31 Maryland 17 College Park, MD SECU Stadium 31,433
L - 11-23-2024 Illinois (#24/NR) 38 Rutgers 31 Piscataway, NJ SHI Stadium 47,524
W - 11-30-2024 Rutgers 41 Michigan State 14 East Lansing, MI Spartan Stadium 50,038
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L - 12-26-2024 Kansas State 44 Rutgers 41 Phoenix, AZ Chase Field 21,659
Those numbers at least for Rutgers home games are sold and distributed tickets, not actual turnstyle numbers.
I tried counting the people coming in but then somebody asked what time it was and I lost count and had to start all over again.
Rutgers fans when counting seats to make sure the empty ones stand out in the crowd 😁
Only home game I went to was Washington and there were at least 50k in the seats, probably more like 52k. VT had around 62-64k for our game vs them with a pretty good showing of RU fans.
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Sounds reasonable. But my guess is Howard wasn't 47k.
I also think it was better than 60% for the season.
In 2018, Wall Street Journal gathered data on announced versus actual attendance for the 2017 college football season.
The article is probably behind a paywall.
Anyway, the last three sentences answer your question.
"Not every school pumps up its attendance figures. Of the nearly 100 football programs that gave data to the Journal, just one used a turnstile count for its announced attendance: Navy.
Said athletic director Chet Gladchuk: 'It is just the way we do business.'”
Many schools count tickets given away for free that aren't used in attendance.
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That's a reasonable number. I would have guessed closer to 40k though. The Washington game was a HUGE success. The rest were quite disappointing IMO. Homecoming wasn't even close to a sellout.
how did I miss that lol. I know that one too. well a little chuckle isn't a bad way to start your day.
That's why I want turnstyle numbers, really want to see how many people we actually got in the stadium for that Thursday night game against Howard. It was not a big crowd
This brings back nightmares. At a hotel in Stuttgart Germany on our last night of our trip…. Couldn’t sleep ..had to get up early for our trip to the Airport…. Overnight the only show on TV was Flava. YikesYou saw Flava? Was he wearing Rutgers gear?
I'm not really Superman but I appreciate the compliment spank. At 66 I do naturally have his hair though..my secret power.That's why I want turnstyle numbers, really want to see how many people we actually got in the stadium for that Thursday night game against Howard. It was not a big crowd
That one and many others. It was a FlavNightmare.Was it the one in which he married Brigitte Nielsen?
For the Akron game, they didn't have concessions opened in the upper level.
