Attendance Records
On September 10, 2011, Michigan Stadium drew its largest attendance for a football game to date. A crowd of 114,804 saw Michigan defeat Notre Dame, 35–31, setting a post-1948 NCAA collegiate football attendance record. (A 1927 Notre Dame – Southern California game at Soldier Field in Chicago, prior to NCAA record keeping for attendance, drew an estimated 117,000 – 123,000.) Michigan Stadium also holds the current NCAA single-season average home attendance record, which was set in 2011 at 112,179 fans per game and topped in 2012 at 112,252 fans per game.
With an attendance of 104,173, "The Big Chill at the Big House" set the record attendance for a hockey game. The previous record of 77,803 was set in the opening game of the 2010 IIHF World Championship on May 7, 2010 at Veltins-Arena, a retractable-roof soccer stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
| Rank | Attendance | Date | Game result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 114,804 | Sept. 10, 2011 | Michigan 35, Notre Dame 31 |
| 2 | 114,132 | Nov. 26, 2011 | Michigan 40, Ohio State 34 |
| 3 | 113,833 | Oct. 20, 2012 | Michigan 12, Michigan State 10 |
| 4 | 113,718 | Nov. 19, 2011 | Michigan 45, Nebraska 17 |
| 5 | 113,090 | Sept. 4, 2010 | Michigan 30, Connecticut 10 |
| 6 | 113,065 | Oct. 9, 2010 | Michigan 17, Michigan State 34 |
| 7 | 113,016 | Nov. 17, 2012 | Michigan 42, Iowa 17 |
| 8 | 112,784 | Oct. 16, 2010 | Michigan 28, Iowa 38 |
| 9 | 112,522 | Sept. 8, 2012 | Michigan 31, Air Force 25 |
| 10 | 112,510 | Nov. 10, 2012 | Michigan 38, Northwestern 31 |
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