The University of Tennessee, Knoxville ranks first in total attendance for the 2023-24 football, men's basketball and women's basketball seasons, with an almost Neyland Stadium gap between Vols fans and the runner-up team. I added.
UT Athletics issued a press release with statistics covering overall totals and total average attendance. Although he doesn't mention the source of the statistic, it clearly reflects the passion of Vols fans.
In a total of 38 home games, UT drew more than 1.16 million fans across its three teams. Even though LSU's home game total was 44, UT beat LSU for second place by more than 96,000.
UT also holds the top spot in total average attendance of 30,558.
“What makes Knoxville 'America's College Sports City' is the unwavering support of our fans, giving us one of the best fan bases in any sport,” Director of Athletics Danny White said in a news release. . “We are grateful for the passion and dedication of our fans, which empowers our student-athletes to achieve their goals and makes every home game a truly memorable experience.”
Big stats for UT attendees include:
- 713,405 fans Appeared in 7 home football games. UT's average attendance per home game was his 101,915, which is the capacity of the entire stadium.
- 314,617 fans Appeared in 16 men's basketball home games.
- 133,196 fans Played in 15 women's basketball home games.
- Neyland Stadium hosted seven of the 12 games. It had the highest attendance for a single SEC home football game.
- UT was one of 24 schools. Maximize capacity for home football games in 2023.
- UT sells out 8 men's basketball gamesa single-season record for the venue at Food City Center's Thompson Bowling Arena.
- UT was the only school to exceed 1 million attendees for football and men's basketball alone..
- UT was one of six schools. Attendance for men's and women's basketball exceeded 400,000, ranking third with a total of 447,813 fans.
- UT is 3rd place The Lady Vols finished behind South Carolina State and LSU in women's basketball in the SEC overall and in average attendance.
Top 10 total attendance for soccer, men's basketball, and women's basketball
This list is from UT Athletics.
- Tennessee – 1,161,218 (38 home games)
- LSU – 1,064,825 (44 home games)
- South Carolina – 1,045,709 (41 home games)
- Michigan State – 998,718 (37 home games)
- Nebraska – 982,365 (42 home games)
- Ohio State – 976,463 (44 home games)
- Penn State – 945,304 (43 home games)
- Texas – 931,291 (43 home games)
- Alabama – 925,343 (41 home games)
- Texas A&M – 910,272 (39 home games)
Top 10 total average attendance for soccer, men's basketball, and women's basketball
This list is from UT Athletics.
- Tennessee – 30,558
- Michigan – 26,992
- South Carolina – 25,505
- LSU – 24,201
- Nebraska – 23,390
- Texas A&M – 23,340
- Ohio – 22,192
- Alabama – 22,569
- Iowa State – 22,318 (40 home games)
- Pennsylvania – 21,984
Keenan Thomas is a higher education reporter. Send email to keenan.thomas@knoxnews.com. X, formerly known as Twitter @specialk2real.
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