November 25, 2024

Ohio State tops nation in spring football game attendance

Apr 15, 2023; Columbus, Ohio, United States; Sunlight falls onto fans sitting in the lower half of Ohio Stadium during the first quarter of the Ohio State Buckeyes spring game at Ohio Stadium on Saturday morning. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Scheller-The Columbus Dispatch Ohio State will lead the nation in spring football game attendance for the first time in more than half a decade. A crowd of 75,122 was announced for the Buckeyes’ annual spring game on April 15, a figure larger than those reported by the other top schools in the Power Five conferences. Nebraska, which held its spring game on Saturday, drew 66,045 fans, making up the second-biggest crowd this month, followed by the estimated 63,000 that attended Penn State’s Blue-White game the previous weekend. The other attendance leaders include Alabama (58,710), Tennessee (58,473), Oklahoma (54,409), Georgia (54,000), South Carolina (51,000) and Clemson (50,000). A small handful of spring…

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