Spartan Football Ranks Among Top-10 in Attendance
Jan 10, 2018
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The NCAA announced the Division III fall football attendance numbers and the University of Dubuque ia among the leaders. UD ranked ninth in the country with an average of 3,884 in the five home games in 2017. Saint Thomas University led Division III and set the new single day record when the rivalry game of St, Thomas vs. St. John's was held at Target Field in the first ever football played at the Minnesota Twins Stadium in Downtown Minneapolis with official attendance of 37,355 which pushed their ranking to the top of Division III.
The Spartans finished 13th overall in home and away attendance with a total of 19,421 in 10 games. The Spartans finished 2017 by selling out 97.1% of total capacity of Chalmers Field for the five home games and hosted the largest alumni crowd ever to watch a homecoming game in nearly ideal conditions in late October.
2017 NCAA Division III Football Attendance Leaders
|
No. |
School |
Gms. |
Total |
Avg. |
|
1. |
St. Thomas (Minn.) |
7 |
52,349 |
7,478 |
|
2. |
Saint John's (Minn.) |
6 |
36,553 |
6,092 |
|
3. |
Emory & Henry (Va.) |
5 |
23,930 |
4,786 |
|
4. |
Geneva (Pa.) |
5 |
22,335 |
4,467 |
|
5. |
Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.) |
5 |
22,144 |
4,429 |
|
6. |
UW-Whitewater (Wis.) |
4 |
17,600 |
4,400 |
|
7. |
Ithaca (N.Y.) |
5 |
20,938 |
4,188 |
|
8. |
McDaniel (Md.) |
5 |
20,824 |
4,165 |
|
9. |
Dubuque (Iowa) |
5 |
19,421 |
3,884 |
|
10. |
Christopher Newport (Va.) |
5 |
19,106 |
3,821 |
The Spartans 2018 football schedule will be:
|
Sept. 1 |
vs. UW-Whitewater |
Dubuque, Iowa |
1:00 p.m. |
|
Sept. 8 |
at Pacific University |
Forest Grove, Ore. |
7:00 p.m. (PST) |
|
Sept. 15 |
at Coe College |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
1:00 p.m. |
|
Sept. 22 |
vs. Central College |
Dubuque, Iowa |
1:00 p.m. (HOF) |
|
Sept. 29 |
at Loras College |
Dubuque, Iowa |
1:00 p.m. |
|
Oct. 6 |
vs. Luther College |
Dubuque, Iowa |
1:00 p.m. |
|
Oct. 13 |
Bye Week |
|
|
|
Oct. 20 |
at Buena Vista University |
Storm Lake, Iowa |
1:00 p.m. |
|
Oct. 27 |
vs. NE. Wesleyan University |
Dubuque, Iowa |
1:00 p.m. (HC) |
|
Nov. 3 |
at Simpson College |
Indianola, Iowa |
1:00 p.m. |
|
Nov. 10 |
vs. Wartburg College |
Dubuque, Iowa |
1:00 p.m. |
