Tuskegee second in attendance in NCAA Division II football

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana -- For the second consecutive year, and the sixth time in school history, the Tuskegee University football program finished second in attendance in NCAA Division II according to the numbers released by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Tuskegee, which finished the season 10-3 overall and in the quarterfinals of the DII playoffs, averaged 10,663 fans per game this year in five home games. The largest home game attendance came against Miles in the final regular season game, which also happened to be homecoming, as 28,765 people were inside the gates at Cleve L. Abbott Memorial Alumni Stadium.



The Golden Tigers have finished second six times since the NCAA began calculating numbers in 2003; finishing runner-up in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2014 and 2015. They have recorded the highest attendance in the nation three times (2008, 2009 and 2013) and finished in the top three 12 of a possible 13 times.

Tuskegee had two of the highest attended games in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) – which led the country in attendance for the 13th consecutive year - this season. The game against Miles was the highest attended game in the conference, while the second-highest attended game came against Morehouse in Columbus when 23,345 attended the Tuskegee-Morehouse Classic.

Year	Finish	Total Number	Average per Game
2015	2nd	53,313	10,663
2014	2nd	49.799	9,960
2013	1st	44,861	14,954
2012	3rd	43,477	10,869
2011	2nd	45,832	11,458
2010	6th	59,001	9,834
2009	1st	43,658	14,553
2008	1st	60,400	12,080
2007	2nd	65,593	13,118
2006	2nd	55,979	11,195
2005	2nd	45,231	11,307
2004	numbers unavailable
2003	3rd	43,856	10,964

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