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FCS vs. FCS: Which Game Has Produced 2017’s Top Crowd

HERO Sports by HERO Sports
November 28, 2017
FCS vs. FCS: Which Game Has Produced 2017’s Top Crowd

James Madison, North Dakota State, Jacksonville State and Montana all draw great crowds at home and have been traditional FCS​ powers for years, but did you know none of those aforementioned FCS programs crack the top seven when it comes to drawing the biggest crowd in an FCS vs. FCS game in 2017?

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That's right, four of the best five crowds in the FCS this year have come at neutral sites. Legendary venues like the SuperDome, Legion Field in Birmingham (Ala.), the Cotton Bowl in Dallas and Camping World Stadium have combined to put more than 230,000 fans in the stands for just four neutral site games, and the Yale Bowl hosted the other — the biggest 'on campus' facility in the FCS.

The Bayou Classic bested the field last week, while Yale's quest for its first outright Ivy League title in 37 years and of course the tradition of 'The Game' with Harvard certainly brought the alumni out.

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Take a look below at the FCS' Top 35 crowds so far, along with the best crowds for FCS schools that visited Power Five stadiums this year — and the top crowds for FCS conferences that didn't have a game crack the Top 35 list. All below:[divider]

RK ATT. HOME AWAY FIELD
1 66,550 Grambling​(@) Southern SuperDome
2 61,221 Alabama St(*) Alabama A&M Legion Field
3 55,231 PV A&M(&) Grambling​ Cotton Bowl
4 51,426 Yale Harvard Yale Bowl
5 47,819 Bethune-Cookman​ (!) Florida A&M Legion Field
6 47,407 Jackson St(#) Tennessee State Liberty Bowl
7 26,792 SF Austin(%) Sam Houston NRG Stadium
8 25,993 JMU​ Villanova Bridgeforth 
9 25,944 Montana E Washington Wash. Grizzly
10 25,586 JMU​ Richmond Bridgeforth 
11 25,442 Alabama St Tuskegee New ASU Stad
12 25,330 JMU​ Maine Bridgeforth 
13 25,298 JMU​ New Hampshire Bridgeforth 
14 25,085 Montana North Dakota Wash.Grizzly
15 25,067 Florida A&M NC A&T Bragg 
16 24,722 JMU​ ETSU​ Bridgeforth 
17 23,944 Jacksonville St Liberty Burgess-Snow 
18 23,738 Alcorn St Southern Jack Spinks 
19 23,160 Montana Valparaiso Wash. Grizzly
20 23,118 JMU​ Norfolk State Bridgeforth 
21 22,228 Montana Savannah State Wash. Grizzly
22 22,135 UNH URI Cowell 
23 21,509 Alcorn St PV A&M Jack Spinks 
24 21,500 NC A&T Delaware State Aggie Stad
24 21,500 NC A&T N.C. Central Aggie Stad
26 21,127 Tennessee St(@) Austin Peay Nissan Stad
27 20,466 Montana Northern Ariz. Wash. Grizzly
28 19,817 Montana St South Dakota St Bobcat Stad.
29 19,557 Montana St Weber State Bobcat Stad.
30 18,987 Montana St Portland State Bobcat Stad.
31 18,892 North Dakota St Missouri State Fargodome
32 18,721 Delaware William & Mary Delaware Stad.
33 18,687 North Dakota St Northern Iowa Fargodome
34 18,630 North Dakota St Western Illinois Fargodome
35 18,585 Jackson St Alabama St Miss. Veterans 

(@) – Bayou Classic on Nov. 28; (*) – Magic City Classic on Oct. 28; (&) – State Fair Classic on Oct. 7; (#) – Southern Heritage Classic on Sept. 9; (%) – Neutral site Southland Conference game at NRG Stadium – home stadiums not big enough; (@) – Tennessee State home game played at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. (!) – Florida Classic in Orlando.

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