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D1Ticker FBS Attendance Trends (Updated through last weekend and sortable):

2024 FBS Attendance Trends - D1.ticker

Data through Week 14. * indicates school's stadium is under renovation and capacity is not the same as 2023
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Just a small point, these numbers are all tickets distributed not tickets scanned. The no-shows are usually several thousand.
 
RSTuthill said:
Just a small point, these numbers are all tickets distributed not tickets scanned. The no-shows are usually several thousand.
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I don't think we had over 25K for any game.
 
I attended the game last Friday with our group of 9 long time season ticket holders. We sit in rows 9 and 10 section 226. I have a good perspective of how full or empty the stadium is. When I saw the attendance for the game was 25+, it made me think of the old joke that many fans must have shown up dressed as empty seats. Having grown up in Storrs, with a 10-minute walk to Memorial Stadium, I have lived through many twists and turns of UConn football. I don't think the distance to the stadium from Storrs, is what deters students, rather it is the last decade of putrid teams and the lack of any true rivalry. If I was a 20-year-old college student (I wish) I don't think travelling to East Hartford (with no surrounding night life) to see UConn play GSU would be a high priority.
 
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Eastwood said:
I attended the game last Friday with our group of 9 long time season ticket holders. We sit in rows 9 and 10 section 226. I have a good perspective of how full or empty the stadium is. When I saw the attendance for the game was 25+, it made me think of the old joke that many fans must have shown up dressed as empty seats. Having grown up in Storrs, with a 10-minute walk to Memorial Stadium, I have lived through many twists and turns of UConn football. I don't think the distance to the stadium from Storrs, is what deters students, rather it is the last decade of putrid teams and the lack of any true rivalry. If I was a 20-year-old college student (I wish) I don't think travelling to East Hartford (with no surrounding night life) to see UConn play GSU would be a high priority.
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Not to quibble, but the announced attendance was 22,000, not 25,000+. There is no doubt that announced attendance (distributed tickets) has not correlated very well with actual attendance (scanned tickets) in recent years. My impression this season was that there were more people in the stadium this year than in recent memory. Often times there are alot of people milling around the concourse and not in their seats, especially in the first half, which tends to make the stadium (especially the lower bowl) look less full than it is. When the student section is mostly empty (as it was Friday) that will also give the impression of fewer people in the stadium than there actually is. Overall I was pleasantly surprised for the turnout on Friday, all things considered.
 
Rich said:
Our ‘26 schedule is murderous.

UNC
MD
IU
JMU
SU
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You know, and I hate to bring this up at this time, but looking at this schedule the fact that there are no B12 teams on it kinda stands out. And if I put myself in a B12 Athletic Director's shoes I think I understand why UConn's B12 membership hasn't happened. If I am a B12 AD, I would be thinking, this really isn't a great fit. Those people belong in the ACC or even the B1G. And I, as a B12 AD, would be right. The program is making strides forward and if UConn goes bowling in 2026 against that schedule, I would have to think an invite would be forthcoming fairly soon.
 
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RSTuthill said:
You know, and I hate to bring this up at this time, but looking at this schedule the fact that there are no B12 teams on it kinda stands out. And if I put myself in a B12 Athletic Director's shoes I think I understand why UConn's B12 membership hasn't happened. If I am a B12 AD, I would be thinking, this really isn't a great fit. Those people belong in the ACC or even the B1G. And I, as a B12 AD, would be right. The program is making strides forward and if UConn goes bowling in 2026 against that schedule, I would have to think an invite would be forthcoming fairly soon.
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Man. People still love setting themselves up for disappointment after all these years
 
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Windham4th said:
Man. People still love setting themselves up for disappointment after all these years
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And you think that if an acretive value proposition is made that it would not be accepted? I wonder why?
 
Rich said:
Our ‘26 schedule is murderous.

UNC
MD
IU
JMU
SU
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Hopeful optimism here (I know, this isn't allowed for football) but I see a very good, veteran offensive line, a high quality RS soph QB, quality and depth at RB and WR by then.

We also should be well into building out the defense Brock wants to run here by then.

At this time in 2026 the B-12 and ACC will both be worried that the other conference may get us first.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Hopeful optimism here (I know, this isn't allowed for football) but I see a very good, veteran offensive line, a high quality RS soph QB, quality and depth at RB and WR by then.

We also should be well into building out the defense Brock wants to run here by then.

At this time in 2026 the B-12 and ACC will both be worried that the other conference may get us first.
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I want whatever it is your smoking! I would love a dose of unfounded positivity in my life
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Hopeful optimism here (I know, this isn't allowed for football) but I see a very good, veteran offensive line, a high quality RS soph QB, quality and depth at RB and WR by then.

We also should be well into building out the defense Brock wants to run here by then.

At this time in 2026 the B-12 and ACC will both be worried that the other conference may get us first.
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Stray_Dog said:
I want whatever it is your smoking! I would love a dose of unfounded positivity in my life
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i think fairfield meant CUSA and MAC
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Hopeful optimism here (I know, this isn't allowed for football) but I see a very good, veteran offensive line, a high quality RS soph QB, quality and depth at RB and WR by then.

We also should be well into building out the defense Brock wants to run here by then.

At this time in 2026 the B-12 and ACC will both be worried that the other conference may get us first.
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Nah…. I just can’t.
 
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uab kickoff.jpg
UAB kickoff. I do not believe it was raining yet.

would not surprise me if a lot of the crowd has a direct connection to a player or coach.
The casual birmingham fan is too busy watching Bama or other SEC games on tv, to bother showing up here.

So - don't complain about the Rent attendance.
IMO we're lucky to get, what we've gotten.

G5 for the vast majority (except maybe Wazzu or boise state or similar), is just not a draw.
Not our fault, just the way it works.
 
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Jetskies said:
View attachment 104780UAB kickoff. I do not believe it was raining yet.

would not surprise me if a lot of the crowd has a direct connection to a player or coach.
The casual birmingham fan is too busy watching Bama or other SEC games on tv, to bother showing up here.

So - don't complain about the Rent attendance.
IMO we're lucky to get, what we've gotten.

G5 for the vast majority (except maybe Wazzu or boise state or similar), is just not a draw.
Not our fault, just the way it works.
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Their poor attendance and our ability to expect better from our crowd are not linked.

You've already alluded to the fact that UAB is, at best, the 3rd collegiate option in Alabama (Troy would try to argue that UAB is the 4th best). On the other hand, UConn is our only FBS team. Furthermore, we know what we looked like when we were winning consistently.

If we want to be with the big boys, we have to act like it. If we want to be marginally better than the 4th best team in Alabama, we should try to dream bigger...
 
UConnDan97 said:
Their poor attendance and our ability to expect better from our crowd are not linked.

You've already alluded to the fact that UAB is, at best, the 3rd collegiate option in Alabama (Troy would try to argue that UAB is the 4th best). On the other hand, UConn is our only FBS team. Furthermore, we know what we looked like when we were winning consistently.

If we want to be with the big boys, we have to act like it. If we want to be marginally better than the 4th best team in Alabama, we should try to dream bigger...
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agree with most of this.
It's kind of a chicken/egg situation.

win and they'll come, and then we'll be back to playing pitt/cuse/rutgers?
or, they come first, then we win, then we get to the party and start playing pitt/cuse/rutgers again?

either way, my point was that the G5 in general is not a draw. save for the few quality programs still in the G5, we've reached saturation.

I guess i'm just trying to see the glass as half-full.
I think we will get 40K+ fans again once we're playing a P4 conference schedule, but until then I do not think anything UConn does is going to get the crowd season average above that 25K-ish mark.
 
Jetskies said:
View attachment 104780UAB kickoff. I do not believe it was raining yet.

would not surprise me if a lot of the crowd has a direct connection to a player or coach.
The casual birmingham fan is too busy watching Bama or other SEC games on tv, to bother showing up here.

So - don't complain about the Rent attendance.
IMO we're lucky to get, what we've gotten.

G5 for the vast majority (except maybe Wazzu or boise state or similar), is just not a draw.
Not our fault, just the way it works.
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Sort of a similar situation. UAB killed their program and then revived it. UConn unintentionally did that. And that's what it looked like in the bad years.
 
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Well, the public are not stupid. Start beating P4's again and they will come. Right now things are slowly improving beating lower level G5's. If ever UConn plays Syracuse or BC again at the Rent and UConn are favored by 6.5, watch the attendance spike. And as much as HCPP gets badmouthed here, the night his team almost beat Michigan was magical. For situations like that the Rent will be full. No problem.
 
Jetskies said:
agree with most of this.
It's kind of a chicken/egg situation.

win and they'll come, and then we'll be back to playing pitt/cuse/rutgers?
or, they come first, then we win, then we get to the party and start playing pitt/cuse/rutgers again?

either way, my point was that the G5 in general is not a draw. save for the few quality programs still in the G5, we've reached saturation.

I guess i'm just trying to see the glass as half-full.
I think we will get 40K+ fans again once we're playing a P4 conference schedule, but until then I do not think anything UConn does is going to get the crowd season average above that 25K-ish mark.
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Key is being at 25k mark with all tickets sold and not a significant number given away for free. What was the number of season ticket holders this year?
 
UConn Dan said:
I looked it up myself. Some growth which is good, I'd love to see more games attended like NC State last year. I suspect next year we'll continue to get up there.

2021​
2022​
2023​
2024​
Holy Cross18,782CCSU22,442NC State36,526Merrimack32,351
Purdue14,817Syracuse25,114FIU20,405FAU20,144
Wyoming12,538Fresno St.20,952Duke29,038Buffalo20,347
Yale18,596BC25,527Utah State21,227Temple28,921
Middle Tenn10,698UMass23,430USF21,704Wake Forest30,122
Houston12,685Liberty15,107Sacred Heart19,053Rice23,711
Georgia St.22,028
Average14,68622,09524,65925,375
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It's pretty clear that if we schedule attractive opponents the fans will come out. Look at Syracuse, BCU, Duke, Wake Forest, NC St. and Merrimack......
 
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