From LSU Sports
BATON ROUGE –
For the 14th straight year, LSU has finished ranked in the top 10
nationally in home football attendance with an average of 91,418 fans a
contest, the NCAA announced on Thursday.
LSU's average
of 91,418 fans at home puts the Tigers at No. 8 in the nation. Michigan led the
country with an average of 111,592. LSU finished fourth in the SEC behind
Alabama (101,505), Tennessee (95,584) and Georgia (92,746) – all three of which
currently have larger stadiums than LSU.
Twelve of the
14 schools in the SEC ranked in the Top 30 in attendance in 2013 with
Mississippi State and Vanderbilt being the two exceptions.
LSU has
ranked in the top 10 in attendance each year dating back to 2000 when the
Tigers were No. 5 nationally with an average of 87,815. LSU has averaged over
90,000 fans in Tiger Stadium for the past 13 years, which includes a
school-record of 92,868 during the 13-0 regular season in 2011.
The highest
LSU has ever ranked nationally in attendance came in 1963 when the Tigers
ranked No. 2 with an average or 66,141 fans a game.
LSU will open
the newly-expanded Tiger Stadium and its 10th year under Les Miles
on Saturday, Sept. 6 when the Tigers host Sam Houston State in the home opener
for 2014.
