C U S A Attendance - Football & Basketball

MeanGreen61 · June 1, 2007

Found there figures for CUSA in a DMN article about SMU.

FOOTBALL

School Avg.

UTEP 42,444

East Carolina 37,168

Memphis 32,440

Central Florida 31,569

Southern Miss 28,994

Marshall 25,910

UAB 23,139

Houston 21,910

Tulsa 21,364

Rice 19,822

Tulane 18,942

SMU 15,428

MEN'S BASKETBALL

School Avg.

Memphis 14,527

UTEP 8,707

Tulsa 5,425

UAB 4,752

ECU 4,533

Houston 4,279

Marshall 3,544

Southern Miss 3,481

UCF 2,706

Tulane 1,859

SMU 1,838

Rice 1,477

GreenEddieNT · June 1, 2007

FOOTBALL
School Avg.
UTEP 42,444
Memphis 32,440
Central Florida 31,569
MEN'S BASKETBALL
School Avg.
UTEP 8,707

Wow, you know a school has a good sized fan base when they can have those kinds of attendance numbers in a year when they posted losing records.

CorinthEagle · June 1, 2007

Easy to see why UTEP was the choice for CUSA a couple of years ago.

Charlie NT 73 · June 1, 2007

On the Football attendence, the schools that are out in the middle of no where

have the best fan attendence. No competition from "pro" sports. Only thing in

town to go to on a Saturday. This fact really helps attendence in these areas.

People from miles around go the games. What else is there to do?

Look at the 3 old SWC schools- Houston, Rice, SMU--right in the middle of

major metro areas that have pro sports. I am surprised that Houston,

with all of their success does not pack their house. Too much entertainment competition.

Middle of the pack, UAB, that plays at Legion Field in B'ham ( a copy of

the Fair Park-Dallas area) draws 23000 avg for football crazy Alabama.

I can see NT breaking attendence records this year! I would like for

NT to avg about 25000 plus for every home game this year!

Better yet, 32,000 for each game! SRO's-- Give Coach Dodge some

time, start winning, and the fans will come!

GreenEddieNT · June 1, 2007

On the Football attendence, the schools that are out in the middle of no where
have the best fan attendence. No competition from "pro" sports. Only thing in
town to go to on a Saturday. This fact really helps attendence in these areas.
People from miles around go the games. What else is there to do?
Look at the 3 old SWC schools- Houston, Rice, SMU--right in the middle of
major metro areas that have pro sports. I am surprised that Houston,
with all of their success does not pack their house. Too much entertainment competition.
Middle of the pack, UAB, that plays at Legion Field in B'ham ( a copy of
the Fair Park-Dallas area) draws 23000 avg for football crazy Alabama.
I can see NT breaking attendence records this year! I would like for
NT to avg about 25000 plus for every home game this year!
Better yet, 32,000 for each game! SRO's-- Give Coach Dodge some
time, start winning, and the fans will come!

I agree. The most important factors in building a fan base are the number of competitors for the sports $$ in a given area relative to the number of people in that area, the conference you're in, and how good your teams are over a period of time. Edited June 1, 2007 by GreenEddieNT

KAjunRaider · June 1, 2007

On the Football attendence, the schools that are out in the middle of no where
have the best fan attendence. No competition from "pro" sports. Only thing in
town to go to on a Saturday. This fact really helps attendence in these areas.
People from miles around go the games. What else is there to do?
Look at the 3 old SWC schools- Houston, Rice, SMU--right in the middle of
major metro areas that have pro sports. I am surprised that Houston,
with all of their success does not pack their house. Too much entertainment competition.
Middle of the pack, UAB, that plays at Legion Field in B'ham ( a copy of
the Fair Park-Dallas area) draws 23000 avg for football crazy Alabama.
I can see NT breaking attendence records this year! I would like for
NT to avg about 25000 plus for every home game this year!
Better yet, 32,000 for each game! SRO's-- Give Coach Dodge some
time, start winning, and the fans will come!

And I can guaran-damn-tee you that Memphis did not average 32k butts in seats during their pathetic football year. My bro graduated from there, and says the attendance for football was paltry, unless they play the Vawls, when half the stadium is orange.