Michigan Spring Game attendance history
Since I recently finished up compiling the complete history of the Spring Game as far as the results go, I've now moved on to the attendance totals which I noticed along the way researching of them being reported.
Now I'm going back, year-by-year and trying to find the attendance for each game.
So far I've found every year's attendance save two going back to 1975. Then there's a large gap between attendance being reported prior to 1975.
Here's what I've got so far-
Date | Attendance | Result | Prev. Season Record |
4/19/1975 | 5,300 | 17-3 Blue | 10-1 |
4/17/1976 | 7,000 | 13-0 White | 8-2-2 |
4/16/1977 | 7,000 | 35-24 Blue | 10-2 |
4/15/1978 | 5,000 | 15-14 Blue | 10-2 |
4/14/1979 | 5,000 | 21-0 Blue | 10-2 |
4/19/1980 | 8,000 | 35-7 Blue | 8-4 |
4/18/1981 | 9,750 | 19-18 White | 10-2 |
4/17/1982 | 8,102 | 10-6 Blue | 9-3 |
4/16/1983 | 4,500 | 16-8 Blue | 8-4 |
4/14/1984 | 2,000 | 18-15 White | 9-3 |
4/20/1985 | 12,500 | 27-20 Blue | 6-6 |
4/19/1986 | 15,000 | 18-13 White | 10-1-1 |
4/18/1987 | 20,000 | 20-17 White | 11-2 |
4/16/1988 | 15,000 | 20-17 White | 8-4 |
4/15/1989 | 20,000 | 24-17 Blue | 9-2-1 |
4/21/1990 | 18,000 | 31-6 White | 10-2 |
1991 | Cancelled (Poor field conditions) | ||
4/11/1992 | 8,000 | 14-12 White | 10-2 |
4/10/1993 | 16,000 | 21-20 White | 9-0-3 |
4/9/1994 | 20,000 | 10-6 White | 8-4 |
4/8/1995 | 8,000 | 45-44 White | 8-4 |
1996 | Cancelled (Poor field conditions) | ||
4/12/1997 | 4,000 | 22-20 White | 8-4 |
4/18/1998 | 25,000 | 20-17 White | 12-0 |
4/14/2001 | 15,000 | 21-7 White | 9-3 |
4/13/2002 | 25,000 | No Score Kept | 8-4 |
2003 | Cancelled (Poor field conditions) | ||
4/10/2004 | 18,000 | No Score Kept | 10-3 |
4/16/2005 | 10,000 | No Score Kept | 9-3 |
4/17/2006 | 15,000 | No Score Kept | 7-5 |
4/14/2007 | 5,500 | 42-41 White | 11-2 |
4/12/2008 | 2,500* | No Score Kept | 9-4 |
4/11/2009 | 50,000 | No Score Kept | 3-9 |
4/17/2010 | 35,000 | 49-37 Blue | 5-7 |
4/16/2011 | 25,000 | 14-7 Blue | 7-6 |
4/14/2012 | 25,000 | 17-0 Blue | 11-2 |
4/13/2013 | 18,000 | No Score Kept | 8-5 |
4/5/2014 | 15,000 | No Score Kept | 7-6 |
4/4/2015 | 60,000 | 7-0 Blue | 5-7 |
4/1/2016 | 35,000 | 14-13 Maize | 10-3 |
Italics indicate SCRIMMAGE
*2008 Spring Game was invitation-only at Saline High School
Prior to 2009, the 1998 attendance of 25,000 was the record because 20,000 was the record according to the Michigan Daily in 1987.
I'm gonna guess 50,000 this year.
Double comment, my bad.
As for tomorrow's prediction , I agree with the above poster of about 50,000.
you can listen live online at 1pm but no live television broadcast since we are playing the same time as OSU. We will be aired at 3pm on BTN.
BTN2Go.com will have a live stream.
You might have to have a cable login to view it.
Ohio State's game is sold out...
No one cares.
April 14th, 2017 at 10:55 PM ^
April 14th, 2017 at 10:10 PM ^
April 14th, 2017 at 10:11 PM ^
In anticipation of the annual "griping about how many people showed up"/"Ohio State/Alabama/etc. drew more people, the sky is falling" discussion...
April 14th, 2017 at 10:38 PM ^
"If you build it, they will come."
When WD says (of OSU attendance) "No one cares," that's not quite true. Michigan fans care. We care about the optics for recruits, and even for athletes. But Jim Harbaugh gets it.
I'm sure Spring Game attendance will be growing. It doesn't happen overnight, however. Michigan will undoubtedly do some unique things that no one else has thought of before. Remember, this is Jim Harbaugh. At the same time, I'm also sure Michigan can learn a few things from other big time schools who attract huge crowds to their Spring game. The trick is to do this in ways that are very attractive to the Michigan fan base, and avoid the shtick (think Dave Brandon) that Michigan fans want to avoid.