Attendance

gtapp · Post by **gtapp** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:23 pm

Montana First in Attendance: Montana ranks first in I-AA football in total attendance and average attendance. Montana has drawn 141,223 in six home games at Washington-Grizzly Stadium this season for an average of 23,537 per game. Montana St. ranks 15th in total attendance and 14th in average attendance. Weber St. ranks 17th in total attendance.

iaafan · Post by **iaafan** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:34 pm

Can you post where you found this? I'd like to know who ranks 2-14.

gtapp · Post by **gtapp** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:42 pm

iaafan wrote:Can you post where you found this? I'd like to know who ranks 2-14.

It was a release from the Big Sky conference. They did not provide any additional info.

The 1-AA web site today had an article about Jacksonville State. They averaged 30K fans per game in 2001 and this year they average 10K. Huge drop! Last Saturday they had 2500 fans in a stadium that holds 65,000. They had a picture. You could not see any fans.

I wonder how far our attendance or that of the griz would fall if we had a couple of bad seasons?

tacoma_griz · Post by **tacoma_griz** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:44 pm

gtapp wrote:
iaafan wrote:Can you post where you found this? I'd like to know who ranks 2-14.
It was a release from the Big Sky conference. They did not provide any additional info.

The 1-AA web site today had an article about Jacksonville State. They averaged 30K fans per game in 2001 and this year they average 10K. Huge drop! Last Saturday they had 2500 fans in a stadium that holds 65,000. They had a picture. You could not see any fans.

I wonder how far our attendance or that of the griz would fall if we had a couple of bad seasons?

you're saying it didn't drop significantly between 1999 and 2002? as i remember, and no smack intended, the cats were lucky to draw 9,000 during that time.

gtapp · Post by **gtapp** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:04 pm

tacoma_griz wrote:
gtapp wrote:
iaafan wrote:Can you post where you found this? I'd like to know who ranks 2-14.
It was a release from the Big Sky conference. They did not provide any additional info.

The 1-AA web site today had an article about Jacksonville State. They averaged 30K fans per game in 2001 and this year they average 10K. Huge drop! Last Saturday they had 2500 fans in a stadium that holds 65,000. They had a picture. You could not see any fans.

I wonder how far our attendance or that of the griz would fall if we had a couple of bad seasons?
you're saying it didn't drop significantly between 1999 and 2002? as i remember, and no smack intended, the cats were lucky to draw 9,000 during that time.

Actually it didn't fall. It was always that low. I posted the attendance figures at MSU for the last 30 years a while back. The attendance numbers we have now are a record high. The only years we had anything close was the 77-78 years and 84 and 85 due to the NC year.

El_Gato · Post by **El_Gato** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:09 pm

What? You mean a griz fan (from tacoma, no less) was actually on OUR site and DIDN'T have his/her facts straight???

I'm stunned.

tacoma, stick to egriz or take a few seconds to verify your statements BEFORE you puke them out your piehole, otherwise you simply prove yourself to be another grizidiot and we currently have an abundance of those here already.

catsrback76 · Post by **catsrback76** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:15 pm

El_Gato wrote:What? You mean a griz fan (from tacoma, no less) was actually on OUR site and DIDN'T have his/her facts straight???

I'm stunned.

tacoma, stick to egriz or take a few seconds to verify your statements BEFORE you puke them out your piehole, otherwise you simply prove yourself to be another grizidiot and we currently have an abundance of those here already.

El Gato you are one funny dude

El_Gato · Post by **El_Gato** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:31 pm

Thank you, thank you...

I'll be here all week!

Be sure to tip your waitresses!

grizbeer · Post by **grizbeer** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:32 pm

iaafan wrote:Can you post where you found this? I'd like to know who ranks 2-14.

Here is a link to the NCAA website for I-AA attendance stats. http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/Internet/att ... dance.html

And here is a NCAA website with other statistics.
http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/mainpage.jsp

tacoma_griz · Post by **tacoma_griz** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:55 pm

gtapp wrote:
tacoma_griz wrote:
gtapp wrote:
iaafan wrote:Can you post where you found this? I'd like to know who ranks 2-14.
It was a release from the Big Sky conference. They did not provide any additional info.

The 1-AA web site today had an article about Jacksonville State. They averaged 30K fans per game in 2001 and this year they average 10K. Huge drop! Last Saturday they had 2500 fans in a stadium that holds 65,000. They had a picture. You could not see any fans.

I wonder how far our attendance or that of the griz would fall if we had a couple of bad seasons?

you're saying it didn't drop significantly between 1999 and 2002? as i remember, and no smack intended, the cats were lucky to draw 9,000 during that time.
Actually it didn't fall. It was always that low. I posted the attendance figures at MSU for the last 30 years a while back. The attendance numbers we have now are a record high. The only years we had anything close was the 77-78 years and 84 and 85 due to the NC year.

gotcha. thanks for the civil reply to an honest question. sounds from egriz and catnation that this el gato fellow gets a little bitchy.

El_Gato · Post by **El_Gato** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:29 pm

No, aroma, I just DESPISE you griz fans who talk smack (on a REAL board) without ANY shred of knowledge of what you're talking about.

I at least KNOW the topics I address here and on egriz. Maybe you should start there; I'm sure we'd all appreciate it.

tacoma_griz · Post by **tacoma_griz** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:31 pm

El_Gato wrote:No, aroma, I just DESPISE you griz fans who talk smack (on a REAL board) without ANY shred of knowledge of what you're talking about.

I at least KNOW the topics I address here and on egriz. Maybe you should start there; I'm sure we'd all appreciate it.

hey eg notice how i said it wasn't intended as smack. i didn't know which is why i asked the question. are you always this touchy?

aroma, that's cute. does everyone here know about your egriz meltdown?

El_Gato · Post by **El_Gato** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:36 pm

Actually, I'm NOT this touchy with intelligent, thoughtful people...

Which obviously explains why I'm touchy with YOU.

tacoma_griz · Post by **tacoma_griz** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:23 pm

El_Gato wrote:Actually, I'm NOT this touchy with intelligent, thoughtful people...

Which obviously explains why I'm touchy with YOU.

good stuff. i've only "known" you for about 2 hours.

gtapp · Post by **gtapp** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:51 am

Here is that data from Sept:

Not sure why 1993 was so special.

YEAR W-L RECORD AVG ATTENDANCE

Gatton Field
1967 7-3 8167*
1968 6-4 7500
1969 1-8 8800*
1970 2-8 5500
1971 2-7-1 8925*

Bozeman HS Stadium
1972 8-3 5940

Reno H Sales

1973 7-4 5940*
1974 7-3 7705
1975 5-5 7703*
1976 12-1 6900
1977 6-4 10,150*
1978 8-2 11,768
1979 6-4 9978*
1980 3-6 7801
1981 3-7 9089*
1982 6-5 8142
1983 1-10 8041*
1984 12-2 9465
1985 2-9 10,444*
1986 3-8 8533
1987 1-10 10,795*
1988 4-7 9132
1989 4-7 9297*
1990 4-7 9055
1991 2-9 8906*
1992 4-7 7617
1993 7-4 12,617*
1994 3-8 8817
1995 5-6 7955*
1996 6-5 6787
1997 6-5 8650*
1998 7-4 8279

Bobcat Stadium

1999 4-7 8920*
2000 0-11 7049 (8308)***
2001 5-6 10,842*
2002 7-6 9535
2003 7-6 12,059*
2004 6-5 12,365

* CAT/GRIZ in Bozeman
*** 2000 included the Cal St. Northridge game that snowed so hard you could not see the other side of the field. Only 750 fans so I listed both averages (with and without that game).

Attendance figures before 1978 were estimstes
All data from the 2004 football media guide

Platinumcat · Post by **Platinumcat** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:45 pm

At the coach's corner meeting today, it was mentioned that there is still around 1500 tickets still available for Saturday's game.

Let's not break the string people. Get out and buy your tickets and let's make some noise on Saturday

CARDIAC_CATS · Post by **CARDIAC_CATS** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:03 pm

barechestcat wrote:At the coach's corner meeting today, it was mentioned that there is still around 1500 tickets still available for Saturday's game.

Let's not break the string people. Get out and buy your tickets and let's make some noise on Saturday

Yes, we need to be there! AND LOUD! Only 2 more regular season home games to be played for Lulay and a host of Seniors. Lets make sure we pack the place in again to see us get revenge on a team from last year! I am actually looking forward to this game. I hope we give them both barrels (both halves). Sounds like Sac. State players rubbing it in last year to our locker room.

catamaran · Post by **catamaran** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:51 pm

93 was a big year since the university was really pushing the centennial and brought in a lot of alumni. That and the class of freshmen that came in that year REALLY LIKED THEIR SPIRIT(S)....I'm proof positive of that

Ponycat · Post by **Ponycat** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:00 pm

catamaran wrote:93 was a big year since the university was really pushing the centennial and brought in a lot of alumni. That and the class of freshmen that came in that year REALLY LIKED THEIR SPIRIT(S)....I'm proof positive of that

Didn't we upset #1 Idaho that year as well?

Robcat · Post by **Robcat** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:56 am

Ponycat, yes we did upset Idaho. My wife has one of the little footballs they would throw to the fans and she wrote the score on the ball she caught. Final score MSU 40, Idaho 35.

Go Cats