HBCU Official Football Attendance Leaders - Week 8

The Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) HBCU home games or Classics are ranked. The division II games are ranked in descending order of attendance. Road games held at the home stadium of non-HBCUs are reported for comparison purposes, along with official attendance to Ohio Valley Conference games for Week 8.  Draw your own conclusions from the attendance data as Tropical Storm Nestor left a path of destruction in Florida. 

For Week 9, we will compare the HBCUs attendance leaders to the Ivy League football playing members.

WEEK 8 HBCU FCS ATTENDANCE LEADERS
1. Austin Peay State at Tennessee State - 16,389   Homecoming
2. Virginia Lynchburg at Prairie View A&M - 13,626  Homecoming
3. Morgan State at South Carolina State - 12,121  Homecoming
4. *North Carolina A&T State at Florida A&M -  12,051
5. Jackson State at Mississippi Valley State - 9,093
6. Southern vs. Texas Southern @Dallas, TX - 5,136  State Fair Showdown Classic
7, Norfolk State at Bethune-Cookman - 2,135
8, Merrimack at Delaware State - 1,158
* Sunday game

HBCU ROAD GAME ATTENDANCE
Hampton at Campbell - 6,783  Homecoming
Saint Augustine's vs. Winston-Salem State @ High Point, NC  - 2,187
Texas College at Texas Wesleyan - 1,658
Langston at Ottawa (AZ) - 1,126

COMPARISON TO D-II/NAIA EXPERIENCE
1. Bowie State at Virginia State - 14,872  Homecoming
2. Chowan at Virginia Union - 8,012  Homecoming
3. Lincoln at Elizabeth City State - 4,000
4. Kentucky State at Lane - 2,975  Homecoming
5. Fayetteville State at Johnson C. Smith - 2,684
6. Miles at Edward Waters - 2,356
7. Northeastern State (MO) at Lincoln (MO) - 2,130  Homecoming
8. Morehouse at Fort Valley State - 1,358
9. Savannah State at Clark Atlanta - 1,300
10. Central State (OH) at Tuskegee - 1,109

COMPARISON TO OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE WEEK 8
1. Austin Peay at Tennessee State -  16,389  Homecoming
2. Southeast Missouri State at Jacksonville State (AL) - 13.643
3. Eastern Kentucky at Murray State - 9,029
4. Eastern Illinois at UT Martin - 2,004
Tennessee Tech (Bye)

Updated 10/22/2019  beepbeep