Attendance Thread

[shizzle787]

Merrimack: 32,351

To be honest, I thought only about 20-22k would show up so this is a really good start in my opinion.

 

[formerlurker]

If we banned tailgating and fenced off the concourse and concessions we'd fill the place every game.

 

[Viet Vet]

I hope that reflects tickets SOLD.

 

[ecasadoSBU]

Merrimack: 32,351

To be honest, I thought only about 20-22k would show up so this is a really good start in my opinion.

Wow. Thats a great crowd. Far larger than I expected. Glad too see the fans supporting UConn FB!!

 

[Chin Diesel]

If we banned tailgating and fenced off the concourse and concessions we'd fill the place every game.

This is false.

 

[LIUCHusky]

I hope that reflects tickets SOLD.

It does not. Many high school band there. Tickets distributed = the 32,000 #.

 

[uconnric]

It does not. Many high school band there. Tickets distributed = the 32,000 #.

There were about 5-6 high school bands there that probably accounted for about 250 tickets.

 

[Hamms30]

Good chunk of the New Milford football team was sitting behind me. Not sure if that was a ticket give away or the team/coaches bought... but whatever, get butts in the seats!

 

[hardcorehusky]

I think they sat in every section! They were moving around after every series

 

[gopher2]

By the late 1st qtr most people had taken their seats to witness what had become an unusually strong performance by the team, especially the offense. It looked like a very decent crowd given last season, the blowout against MD and the early week weather forecast. Considering people that were still not in their seats, I'd say it was somewhere north of 20,000 through the gates, but nowhere near the 32,000 tickets "distributed."

 

[BugsyCT]

If we banned tailgating and fenced off the concourse and concessions we'd fill the place every game.

More likely you'd have a completely empty stadium.

 

[J187Money]

It was a great atmosphere - and a lot of fun. And if we keep winning at home we will have great crowds. People love to have fun. It's that simple

 

[Larry67]

It certainly didn't look like 32,000. Almost all students gone by early Q3. They missed an historic scoring event by the Huskies. What an enjoyable game! I've been attending UConn football games on and off for 61 years having played in the marching band. Season ticket holder since Memorial Stadium days.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

It certainly didn't look like 32,000. Almost all students gone by early Q3. They missed an historic scoring event by the Huskies. What an enjoyable game! I've been attending UConn football games on and off for 61 years having played in the marching band. Season ticket holder since Memorial Stadium days.

It definitely wasnt 32K fannies in the seats. But it was a great crowd given: (1) coming off a 3-9 letdown season, (2) a 50-7 drubbing the week before, and (3) threat of rain (admittedly, forecast got better as the week went on, but more than a few people in our big tailgate group bailed earlier in the week and made other plans due to the bad forecast).

Pitfalls of an off-campus stadium and a huge blowout, unfortunately (I don't want to open the can of worms for location of stadium) led to the students leaving the stadium earlier. I don't blame them...If I was a student and it was 56-7 at halftime, I'd hop on a bus to get back to campus during halftime too. Lots of on-campus activities/parties/bar scene to get back to.

The students have no concept of the torture and suffering the old guard/long-term season ticket holders have gone through. We stayed the whole game to relish the blowout, because lord knows they've been a rarity for the last decade.

The current students only know us as a crappy football team and haven't experienced "the way it used to be". Stay and pay $15 per beer to keep their buzz, or head back to the parking lot/campus for cheaper alcohol. Hmmm...

 

[HuskyAlum012]

The 32k number was tickets distributed. Even if we had the ticket scanned numbers available, they are never correct. The tech at the Rent is so old, barely any of those scanners ever work. Half the time I get to the gate and they just let me in without even scanning anything and know this happens to many people.

 

[TKs]

For our home games late 1st quarter is as close as you'll get to guess actual people in attendance. From our chairback upper deck seats on the UConn side you can see a constant stream of people entering the stadium from the outer tailgate lots till end of 1st quarter. Then usually a constant stream of people leaving the stadium starting in the 3rd quarter. Back to the tailgate I guess.

 

[Hamms30]

For our home games late 1st quarter is as close as you'll get to guess actual people in attendance. From our chairback upper deck seats on the UConn side you can see a constant stream of people entering the stadium from the outer tailgate lots till end of 1st quarter. Then usually a constant stream of people leaving the stadium starting in the 3rd quarter. Back to the tailgate I guess.

must be getting back to those Jerkodactyl's on the barbie

 

[whalerfan]

It certainly didn't look like 32,000. Almost all students gone by early Q3. They missed an historic scoring event by the Huskies. What an enjoyable game! I've been attending UConn football games on and off for 61 years having played in the marching band. Season ticket holder since Memorial Stadium days.

I was at the Maryland game as well as this one. The students had filed out of SECU Stadium at halftime. Mid 3rd qtr it was practically empty.

 

[coachcap]

regarding the scanners: I entered at Gate C. There was noone checking at the metal detector to see if you set it off. After I went through, I realized that I had forgotten to take my cell phone out of my pocket & put it in the change bin. I looked up as my son & daughter-in-law went through & saw that the staff had never turned the detectors on. They were just for show.

 

[HuskyAlum012]

regarding the scanners: I entered at Gate C. There was noone checking at the metal detector to see if you set it off. After I went through, I realized that I had forgotten to take my cell phone out of my pocket & put it in the change bin. I looked up as my son & daughter-in-law went through & saw that the staff had never turned the detectors on. They were just for show.

When I say "scanners" I mean the hand held scanners that check to see if you have a valid ticket to enter the stadium. Not the metal detectors, although thats fairly concerning itself.

 

[Woof 101]

If we banned tailgating and fenced off the concourse and concessions we'd fill the place every game.

No attack but this is laughable. Has to be tongue in cheek but not done well.

 

[kemba]

Thought it was probably 20kish in the stadium. Still not bad for the opponent and after last week. Good showing by students, besides packing the student section the line to get in right when the doors opened was extremely long. Maybe just because it was a lot of freshmen’s first game and they haven’t figured out tailgating yet lol but still. In a blowout like that people are gonna leave early, maybe less students if it was on campus but still a lot. They leave gampel early too

 

[J187Money]

After Duke we have 6 straight home games. Per the ESPN matchup predictor we should go 5-1 and lose to Wake. If we get on a run we could be 6-3 or 7-2 (if we run the table) by the time we go on the road again. The Rent will be rocking if that happens!!

 

[UCTitleTown]

Good chunk of the New Milford football team was sitting behind me. Not sure if that was a ticket give away or the team/coaches bought... but whatever, get butts in the seats!

It's a rule violation to give tickets to high school age players for the sport they play. I'm sure they weren't free. I think discounted tickets are allowed, but not free.

 

[AzHusky]

I will be visiting Connecticut in a few weeks and want to attend the Sept 28th game. Been a couple of years since I have attended a game and wanted to know what section I should get seats in? I remember that this time of year there is the sun side for most of the game.