A Sea Of Red

There's been a lot of discussion about attendance both here and on Twitter. I thought it'd be good to have a place that tracks this year's attendance to compare it with the past.

Average Game Attendance

2006: 11,127 (92.7%)
2007: 14,190 (118.2%)
2008: 13,146 (109.5%)
2009: 14,931 (124.4%)
2010: 16,215 (84.4%)
2011: 16,419 (85.5%)
2012: 16,318 (84.9%)
2013: 15,030 (78.2%)
2014: 17,016 (88.6%)
2015: 18,990 (98.9%)
2016: 16,376 (85.2%)

I'll update this post with each home game so we can track where we stand.

What year did Jerry announce we were #FBSready?
2015 was after a great playoff run
2016 was after a disappointing season in 2015 and a new cast of characters

Purple Haize wrote:What year did Jerry announce we were #FBSready?
2015 was after a great playoff run
2016 was after a disappointing season in 2015 and a new cast of characters

Before the 2012 season.

So #FBSReady does not dictate attendance. Winning cures all.

Great thread, Jon.

What are the % in parentheses?

It's percentage capacity. I really only did it to track since the new stadium opened but I'm anal about design and it looked bad with only half having the percentage.

My disinterest has nothing to do with the product on the field as much as it does my displeasure with the school in general. I'm just not going to blow a Saturday, gas money, and tickets for 4 at the moment.

TDDance234 wrote:My disinterest has nothing to do with the product on the field as much as it does my displeasure with the school in general. I'm just not going to blow a Saturday, gas money, and tickets for 4 at the moment.

+1

I know other families who are doing the same this year. I'm disappointed to not be going to games this year, even with the team we have, but our decision has less to do with the quality on the field and more to do with the way our family has been treated by the senior leadership at the university.

What year did we expand the the stadium to 19,200? Wasn't that Gill's first year with us after Rocco left?

The new stadium opened in 2011 - Rocco's last year.

Yacht Rock wrote:

TDDance234 wrote:My disinterest has nothing to do with the product on the field as much as it does my displeasure with the school in general. I'm just not going to blow a Saturday, gas money, and tickets for 4 at the moment.

+1

I know other families who are doing the same this year. I'm disappointed to not be going to games this year, even with the team we have, but our decision has less to do with the quality on the field and more to do with the way our family has been treated by the senior leadership at the university.

My sofa is a lot more comfy than the reserved seats

As is mine!

Yacht Rock wrote:As is mine!

I know. I helped move it

Updated the original post with the numbers after the Robert Morris game.

We are now averaging 14,417 through three games. That's 75% capacity and is 23.8% less than last year.

We are currently averaging less per game than we did in 2009 before the stadium was expanded. And we’re only averaging 300 more than 2007.

Jonathan Carone wrote:Updated the original post with the numbers after the Robert Morris game.

We are now averaging 14,417 through three games. That's 75% capacity and is 23.8% less than last year.

2 observations of your observations
1. Is that percentage down from this time last year? If so its not good surprising. You had a team coming off the play with huge expectations last year. This year you have 0 expectations and new players. A 20-25% loss isn't surprising
2. Imagine how cavernous the place would look if they had finished building the rest of the expansion?

Percentage was based on last year as a whole. I'd bet it was a higher difference if I just did the first three home games. May look into that later.

Jonathan Carone wrote:Percentage was based on last year as a whole. I'd bet it was a higher difference if I just did the first three home games. May look into that later.

I would bet you are correct. Tonight's crowd is pitiful.

Through three games last year we averaged 20,582 which is 107.2% of capacity.

To compare, we are down 32% from the first three games last year.

Since the Monmouth/GW losses last year, we're averaging 16,141 over our last six home games. That includes a homecoming game and a nationally televised game vs Coastal.

Jonathan Carone wrote:Through three games last year we averaged 20,582 which is 107.2% of capacity.

To compare, we are down 32% from the first three games last year.

Since the Monmouth/GW losses last year, we're averaging 16,141 over our last six home games. That includes a homecoming game and a nationally televised game vs Coastal.

I think the 'capacity' number is skewed if they've been at 107%. I remember seeing empty seats last year. Having Homecoming and a Nationally televised game will definitely skew your numbers as well.
I would be disappointed by tonites numbers. But put a couple of wins together, add in Homecoming and the excitement that I think Calvert can generate those numbers will increase. Not to last years numbers but respectable

The first two games of last year were the highest student attended games in our history. They packed in over 7500 kids and I think that side only holds about 6000 or so. That's how we get sellout numbers even when the home side has some empty seats.

Jonathan Carone wrote:The first two games of last year were the highest student attended games in our history. They packed in over 7500 kids and I think that side only holds about 6000 or so. That's how we get sellout numbers even when the home side has some empty seats.

Yep. And they had reason to come last year. This year is a rebuilding year no matter how they brand it. They need to stop the bleeding this year, which should happen, and look for the numbers to rebound next year

The original post has been updated with this week's attendance.

So if Gill possibly coached his last game today, who would be next?

He does have next week as well Kolzilla but if there is a change he will be a lame duck on thursday

BJWilliams wrote:He does have next week as well Kolzilla but if there is a change he will be a lame duck on thursday

I would think he will be serving his suspension Thursday.