Attendance at bowl game?

[bulls96go]

looked like we had more than ecu?

my guess 5000 usf and 4000 ecu

students were strong

the band is much much improved

what was the total?

[Guest r_to_the_izzo]

IMO. ECU had close to 9K. We were around 6K, maybe 7K. Total was just over 20K.

[WoolyBully]

In keeping with the spirt of numbers & attendance,

the TV boys said attendance - I don't recall the exact figure -

was +32K. I'm not certain that that wasn't tix distributed,

but that's just what they said.

And...that being said - and I'm sure a lot of coordination goes into

this - the crowd shots were few and tight. Seldom did you get

a look at the 'not available' aspect of the stadium. And there

were very few distance-at-ground-level shots either.

Makes for good marketing, in the event was less telegenic,

there would be no distractions. And I'm guessing that this was

a success for the inaugural pj.com bowl.

[Kizarvexis]

32,023 according to the Tampa Tribune box score. Makes the PapaJohns.com Bowl the worst attended USF bowl games as the Meineke Car Care Bowl last year had 57,937.

The Pizza Bowl ranks 21st on the All-Time away list and 36th on the All-Time list. It is the 11th highest C-USA game.

Kizarvexis

[BigShoop]

I think it was about even. We filled one side of the stadium, from the back of the endzone to their 30ish yd line. While ECU had from the 30 to their corner of the endzone, and the 14 people that were seated on the other side of the stadium was about 80% ECU, it seemed.

Either way, a LOT more than than I expected.

[Kyle]

ECU out drew us by a few thousand at least...and had a pretty good number of people on the opposite side of the field as well...but that being said, our turnout was pretty good. I'd call it a success.

[BigShoop]

a few thousand? no way man. we were packed in solid.

[SANJAY]

I think we had between 5 and 6 thousand.  Much better than I thought we would have and better than last year by about 1000.  ECU had 7-8thousand, maybe a bit higher.

[Bull Matrix]

FWIW, Jim Louk and the associate BIG EAST commish stated that the turn out for USF was pretty good. The attendence looked pretty good on TV too, so I would say that both ECU and USF have nothing to be ashamed of in this game. I was pretty worried to say the least that this game would have basically no one at that huge stadium. The fans and the marketing for Birmingham came threw in a big way. UAB would love to have 32k for their games because they really hurt for attendence. Overall, a very positve bowl game for USF.

[Bull Martin]

ECU easily had 1500 - 2500 more than us.  Get over your pride guys we're still only ten years old.  More fans will come eventually.  We had a great turn out, but you can't just say I think we had a lot therefore we had more than ECU.