2008 Big Ten Conference Football Season - Attendance

Attendance

The overall attendance for the Big Ten was a total of 5,399,659 fans attending 77 contests this year. This meant that conference schools averaged 70,125 fans per home contest this season. Each Big Ten team has seven home games during the season with two exceptions; Indiana played eight games in Memorial Stadium and Illinois played two neutral sites to limit the Illini to six games in Memorial Stadium. Below are the figures for each game, the total for the team's season and the average attendance per game. The rankings below are by average attendance per game.

Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Total Average
Michigan 108,421 106,724 109,833 109,750 107,267 110,146 107,856 --- 759,997 108,571
Penn State 106,577 108,159 105,106 109,626 110,017 108,445 109,845 --- 757,775 108,253
Ohio State 105,011 105,002 102,989 105,175 105,378 105,711* 105,564 --- 734,830 104,975
Wisconsin 80,910 80,396 81,608 81,524 81,241 81,228 80,709 --- 567,616 81,088
Michigan State 71,789 70,321 76,366 77,526 77,360 75,121 75,522 --- 524,005 74,857
Iowa 70,585 70,585 70,585 70,585 70,585 70,585 67,676 --- 491,186 70,169
Illinois 60,131 58,632 62,870 62,870 62,870 62,870 --- --- 370,243 61,707
Purdue 51,476 54,666 57,101 57,215 54,215 59,135 63,107 --- 396,915 56,702
Minnesota 44,029 43,929 41,003 40,511 54,122 55,040 64,071 --- 342,705 48,957
Indiana 30,067 30,123 41,349 31,832 33,428 30,698 26,140 30,618 254,255 31,781
Northwestern 20,015 19,062 22,069 32,527 27,163 47,130 32,166 --- 200,132 28,590

* denotes Ohio Stadium record vs. Penn State on October 25.

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