Attendance
In 2009, the Big Ten established a new overall conference attendance record with 5,526,237 fans attending 77 home games. This surpassed the previous record set in 2002 when a total of 5,499,439 was reached in 78 contests. Below is a table of home game attendances.
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 | Game 8 | Total | Average | % of Capacity |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Illinois | Memorial Stadium | 62,872 | 62,347 | 62,870 | 62,870 | 60,119 | 60,523 | 0 !— | 0 !— | 0 !— | 308,729 | 61,745 | 98.2 |
Indiana | Memorial Stadium | 52,692 | 36,759 | 35,162 | 51,500 | 42,358 | 36,611 | 48,607 | 0 !— | 0 !— | 250,997 | 41,832 | 79.3 |
Iowa | Kinnick Stadium | 70,585 | 70,585 | 70,585 | 67,989 | 70,585 | 70,585 | 70,585 | 70,585 | 0 !— | 491,490 | 70,212 | 99.4 |
Michigan | Michigan Stadium | 106,201 | 109,019 | 110,278 | 107,903 | 108,118 | 106,304 | 110,377 | 108,543 | 110,922 | 871,464 | 108,933 | 102.5 |
Michigan State | Spartan Stadium | 75,005 | 74,518 | 76,221 | 78,629 | 71,726 | 74,411 | 73,910 | 73,771 | 0 !— | 523,186 | 74,740 | 99.6 |
Minnesota | TCF Bank Stadium | 50,805 | 50,805 | 50,805 | 50,805 | 50,805 | 50,805 | 50,805 | 50,805 | 0 !— | 346,635 | 50,805 | 100.0 |
Northwestern | Ryan Field | 47,130 | 17,857 | 19,239 | 22,091 | 23,085 | 24,364 | 30,546 | 32,150 | 0 !— | 169,332 | 24,190 | 51.3 |
Ohio State | Ohio Stadium | 102,329 | 105,092 | 106,033 | 105,219 | 105,301 | 105,011 | 104,719 | 105,455 | 0 !— | 736,830 | 105,261 | 102.8 |
Penn State | Beaver Stadium | 107,282 | 104,968 | 106,387 | 105,514 | 109,316 | 104,488 | 107,981 | 110,033 | 107,379 | 856,369 | 107,046 | 99.7 |
Purdue | Ross-Ade Stadium | 62,500 | 47,551 | 53,240 | 59,082 | 47,163 | 50,404 | 47,349 | 48,408 | 0 !— | 353,197 | 50,456 | 80.7 |
Wisconsin | Camp Randall Stadium | 80,321 | 80,532 | 80,355 | 78,253 | 80,123 | 81,043 | 79,920 | 80,540 | 0 !— | 560,746 | 80,106 | 99.7 |
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