Bottoms in seats
Teams announce an attendance figure for home games — the announced attendance, often a number that reflects the number of tickets sold or given away. Universities also keep actual attendance, tracking the number of people who actually come through the door. The Star Tribune obtained actual attendance figures for the seven Gophers home football games at 50,805-seat TCF Bank Stadium this fall:
Game AnnouncedActual
Aug. 30 vs. New Mexico State41,29120,218
Sept. 8 vs. Fresno State38,28027,087
Sept. 15 vs. Miami (Ohio)41,16222,873
Oct. 6 vs. Iowa48,19937,461
Oct. 26 vs. Indiana33,27320,357
Nov. 10 vs. Purdue31,06815,434
