February 19, 2011
Johnnies lead attendance again
| Clemens Stadium in Collegeville, Minn., is
routinely packed on game days. Photo by Ryan Coleman, d3photography.com |
For the 10th year in a row and the 14th time in 18 seasons, St. John's led Division III in average attendance in 2010. The Johnnies drew nearly 9,000 fans on average to their five home games this season, including 16,421 for a home game against archrival St. Thomas, the largest known reported attendance number in Division III football history.
The NCAA does not track single-game attendance records in Division III football. Attendance counts are self-reported and most often are estimates rather than actual head counts.
The Old Dominion Athletic Conference took over the top spot among conferences, averaging 3,341 fans. The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference had led D-III conferences in attendance each of the previous five seasons.
The full list:
| School | G | Total | Avg. |
| St. John's | 5 | 43,254 | 8,651 |
| Hampden-Sydney | 6 | 42,142 | 7,024 |
| UW-Whitewater | 7 | 42,788 | 6,113 |
| Wabash | 5 | 28,943 | 5,789 |
| McDaniel | 5 | 28,209 | 5,642 |
| Emory and Henry | 5 | 26,956 | 5,391 |
| Geneva | 5 | 25,920 | 5,184 |
| Amherst | 4 | 20,270 | 5,068 |
| Trine | 5 | 23,918 | 4,784 |
| Mississippi College | 5 | 22,559 | 4,512 |
| Concordia-Moorhead | 5 | 21,673 | 4,335 |
| Baldwin-Wallace | 6 | 25,962 | 4,327 |
| Allegheny | 4 | 17,214 | 4,304 |
| Otterbein | 4 | 16,832 | 4,208 |
| Mount Union | 8 | 32,628 | 4,079 |
| Gettysburg | 5 | 19,336 | 3,867 |
| Trinity (Conn.) | 4 | 15,362 | 3,841 |
| Mary Hardin-Baylor | 6 | 21,197 | 3,533 |
| Louisiana College | 5 | 17,300 | 3,460 |
| Hardin-Simmons | 5 | 17,266 | 3,453 |
| Grove City | 5 | 17,100 | 3,420 |
| Coe | 5 | 16,910 | 3,382 |
| Christopher Newport | 5 | 16,889 | 3,378 |
| SUNY-Maritime | 5 | 16,750 | 3,350 |
| UW-Eau Claire | 6 | 19,964 | 3,327 |
| St. Thomas | 8 | 26,005 | 3,251 |
| Dickinson | 4 | 12,993 | 3,248 |
| Brockport | 5 | 15,940 | 3,188 |
| Pacific Lutheran | 4 | 12,658 | 3,165 |
| Capital | 5 | 15,486 | 3,097 |
| Bethel | 5 | 15,447 | 3,089 |
| Puget Sound | 6 | 18,154 | 3,026 |
| Ursinus | 5 | 15,123 | 3,025 |
| Norwich | 6 | 17,876 | 2,979 |
| Cortland State | 7 | 20,749 | 2,964 |
| Wesleyan | 4 | 11,800 | 2,950 |
| Franklin | 5 | 14,740 | 2,948 |
| Hanover | 5 | 14,673 | 2,935 |
| Wartburg | 6 | 17,545 | 2,924 |
| Alfred | 6 | 17,509 | 2,918 |
| Castleton State | 5 | 14,527 | 2,905 |
| UW-Platteville | 5 | 14,001 | 2,800 |
| Muhlenberg | 5 | 13,711 | 2,742 |
| Millikin | 5 | 13,700 | 2,740 |
| Widener | 5 | 13,465 | 2,693 |
| East Texas Baptist | 5 | 13,345 | 2,669 |
| Wooster | 5 | 13,320 | 2,664 |
| Wheaton (Ill.) | 7 | 18,553 | 2,650 |
| North Central (Ill.) | 8 | 20,817 | 2,602 |
| Utica | 5 | 12,993 | 2,599 |
| Ripon | 5 | 12,865 | 2,573 |
| Coast Guard | 5 | 12,700 | 2,540 |
| Anderson | 5 | 12,600 | 2,520 |
| Loras | 5 | 12,562 | 2,512 |
| Wittenberg | 6 | 15,040 | 2,507 |
| TCNJ | 4 | 9,962 | 2,491 |
| Middlebury | 4 | 9,935 | 2,484 |
| Montclair State | 5 | 12,414 | 2,483 |
| Buena Vista | 5 | 12,395 | 2,479 |
| Ohio Wesleyan | 5 | 12,327 | 2,465 |
| Bridgewater (Va.) | 5 | 12,272 | 2,454 |
| Knox | 5 | 12,225 | 2,445 |
| Chapman | 4 | 9,747 | 2,437 |
| UW-La Crosse | 5 | 12,176 | 2,435 |
| Birmingham-Southern | 5 | 12,088 | 2,418 |
| St. Olaf | 5 | 12,081 | 2,416 |
| Maryville (Tenn.) | 5 | 11,973 | 2,395 |
| Albright | 5 | 11,768 | 2,354 |
| McMurry | 5 | 11,750 | 2,350 |
| Randolph-Macon | 6 | 14,093 | 2,349 |
| Rowan | 6 | 14,025 | 2,338 |
| Hope | 5 | 11,675 | 2,335 |
| Washington & Lee | 4 | 9,265 | 2,316 |
| St. John Fisher | 6 | 13,758 | 2,293 |
| Westminster (Pa.) | 4 | 9,081 | 2,270 |
| John Carroll | 5 | 11,309 | 2,262 |
| Franklin and Marshall | 5 | 11,042 | 2,208 |
| Gustavus Adolphus | 6 | 13,107 | 2,185 |
| Texas Lutheran | 5 | 10,813 | 2,163 |
| Trinity (Texas) | 4 | 8,559 | 2,140 |
| Moravian | 5 | 10,609 | 2,122 |
| Adrian | 5 | 10,600 | 2,120 |
| Linfield | 5 | 10,433 | 2,087 |
| UW-Stout | 6 | 12,489 | 2,082 |
| Whitworth | 4 | 8,300 | 2,075 |
| Sewanee | 4 | 8,204 | 2,051 |
| Thomas More | 6 | 12,209 | 2,035 |
| Washington and Jefferson | 6 | 12,041 | 2,007 |
| St. Norbert | 5 | 9,997 | 1,999 |
| Mount St. Joseph | 5 | 9,988 | 1,998 |
| Elmhurst | 4 | 7,980 | 1,995 |
| North Park | 6 | 11,938 | 1,990 |
| RPI | 4 | 7,957 | 1,989 |
| Bates | 4 | 7,910 | 1,978 |
| Delaware Valley | 6 | 11,850 | 1,975 |
| Huntingdon | 4 | 7,871 | 1,968 |
| Pacific | 4 | 7,852 | 1,963 |
| Central | 5 | 9,800 | 1,960 |
| Carnegie Mellon | 5 | 9,785 | 1,957 |
| Salisbury | 5 | 9,725 | 1,945 |
| Ohio Northern | 7 | 13,471 | 1,924 |
| Northwestern (Minn.) | 3 | 5,762 | 1,921 |
| Defiance | 4 | 7,659 | 1,915 |
| Whittier | 4 | 7,644 | 1,911 |
| Catholic | 5 | 9,442 | 1,888 |
| Kean | 5 | 9,376 | 1,875 |
| UW-Stevens Point | 6 | 11,190 | 1,865 |
| Endicott | 5 | 9,300 | 1,860 |
| Albion | 5 | 9,292 | 1,858 |
| King's | 4 | 7,396 | 1,849 |
| Denison | 5 | 9,218 | 1,844 |
| FDU-Florham | 6 | 10,931 | 1,822 |
| Lebanon Valley | 7 | 12,750 | 1,821 |
| Luther | 5 | 9,002 | 1,800 |
| St. Vincent | 5 | 8,911 | 1,782 |
| Illinois Wesleyan | 5 | 8,900 | 1,780 |
| LaGrange | 4 | 7,050 | 1,763 |
| Wesley | 8 | 14,082 | 1,760 |
| Augustana | 4 | 7,013 | 1,753 |
| Wilmington | 5 | 8,643 | 1,729 |
| Washington U. | 5 | 8,640 | 1,728 |
| UW-Oshkosh | 4 | 6,839 | 1,710 |
| Shenandoah | 5 | 8,536 | 1,707 |
| Monmouth | 5 | 8,530 | 1,706 |
| Redlands | 5 | 8,530 | 1,706 |
| Lycoming | 5 | 8,369 | 1,674 |
| Case Western Reserve | 6 | 9,991 | 1,665 |
| Willamette | 4 | 6,571 | 1,643 |
| Simpson | 5 | 8,051 | 1,610 |
| Union | 4 | 6,404 | 1,601 |
| Plymouth State | 5 | 8,000 | 1,600 |
| DePauw | 7 | 11,100 | 1,586 |
| Rochester | 4 | 6,336 | 1,584 |
| Dubuque | 5 | 7,865 | 1,573 |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 5 | 7,862 | 1,572 |
| Tufts | 4 | 6,287 | 1,572 |
| Curry | 5 | 7,806 | 1,561 |
| Ferrum | 5 | 7,758 | 1,552 |
| Rose-Hulman | 5 | 7,750 | 1,550 |
| Springfield | 7 | 10,803 | 1,543 |
| Carroll | 5 | 7,682 | 1,536 |
| Pomona-Pitzer | 4 | 6,110 | 1,528 |
| Hobart | 5 | 7,569 | 1,514 |
| WPI | 5 | 7,447 | 1,489 |
| Howard Payne | 6 | 8,900 | 1,483 |
| Heidelberg | 5 | 7,402 | 1,480 |
| Chicago | 5 | 7,395 | 1,479 |
| Muskingum | 5 | 7,281 | 1,456 |
| Occidental | 5 | 7,270 | 1,454 |
| Lakeland | 5 | 7,245 | 1,449 |
| Alma | 5 | 7,084 | 1,417 |
| Carthage | 5 | 7,075 | 1,415 |
| Marietta | 4 | 5,660 | 1,415 |
| Illinois Col. | 5 | 7,041 | 1,408 |
| Manchester | 4 | 5,600 | 1,400 |
| Susquehanna | 5 | 6,916 | 1,383 |
| Cal Lutheran | 5 | 6,834 | 1,367 |
| Waynesburg | 5 | 6,700 | 1,340 |
| Minnesota-Morris | 4 | 5,318 | 1,330 |
| Framingham State | 5 | 6,602 | 1,320 |
| Massachusetts Maritime | 4 | 5,280 | 1,320 |
| Rhodes | 5 | 6,534 | 1,307 |
| Nichols | 5 | 6,479 | 1,296 |
| Lewis and Clark | 5 | 6,406 | 1,281 |
| Western New England | 6 | 7,509 | 1,252 |
| Oberlin | 5 | 6,216 | 1,243 |
| Earlham | 5 | 6,203 | 1,241 |
| Cornell | 5 | 6,120 | 1,224 |
| Guilford | 5 | 6,100 | 1,220 |
| UW-River Falls | 5 | 6,061 | 1,212 |
| Millsaps | 5 | 6,043 | 1,209 |
| Frostburg State | 5 | 6,021 | 1,204 |
| Morrisville State | 7 | 8,427 | 1,204 |
| Johns Hopkins | 5 | 6,000 | 1,200 |
| Carleton | 4 | 4,797 | 1,199 |
| Thiel | 5 | 5,881 | 1,176 |
| Bethany | 5 | 5,848 | 1,170 |
| Wilkes | 7 | 8,145 | 1,164 |
| Kalamazoo | 5 | 5,742 | 1,148 |
| St. Lawrence | 5 | 5,593 | 1,119 |
| Williams | 4 | 4,474 | 1,119 |
| Hartwick | 4 | 4,473 | 1,118 |
| Salve Regina | 5 | 5,548 | 1,110 |
| William Paterson | 5 | 5,550 | 1,110 |
| Bridgewater State | 5 | 5,540 | 1,108 |
| St. Scholastica | 5 | 5,503 | 1,101 |
| Centre | 6 | 6,532 | 1,089 |
| Bluffton | 5 | 5,400 | 1,080 |
| Westfield State | 5 | 5,358 | 1,072 |
| Mass-Dartmouth | 5 | 5,350 | 1,070 |
| Kenyon | 5 | 5,277 | 1,055 |
| Mount Ida | 5 | 5,200 | 1,040 |
| Averett | 5 | 5,179 | 1,036 |
| Lawrence | 5 | 5,165 | 1,033 |
| Austin | 4 | 4,100 | 1,025 |
| Ithaca | 5 | 5,000 | 1,000 |
| Gallaudet | 4 | 3,950 | 988 |
| Methodist | 5 | 4,916 | 983 |
| Western Connecticut | 5 | 4,904 | 981 |
| Hamilton | 4 | 3,729 | 932 |
| Augsburg | 6 | 5,560 | 927 |
| Bowdoin | 4 | 3,705 | 926 |
| Buffalo State | 5 | 4,581 | 916 |
| Benedictine | 5 | 4,568 | 914 |
| Concordia (Ill.) | 4 | 3,600 | 900 |
| Beloit | 6 | 5,350 | 892 |
| Lake Forest | 5 | 4,288 | 858 |
| N.C. Wesleyan | 5 | 4,286 | 857 |
| Westminster (Mo.) | 5 | 4,250 | 850 |
| Worcester State | 5 | 4,100 | 820 |
| Greensboro | 4 | 3,255 | 814 |
| Greenville | 6 | 4,750 | 792 |
| Merchant Marine | 5 | 3,872 | 774 |
| Aurora | 5 | 3,791 | 758 |
| Sul Ross State | 5 | 3,780 | 756 |
| Maine Maritime | 5 | 3,700 | 740 |
| La Verne | 4 | 2,948 | 737 |
| Juniata | 5 | 3,645 | 729 |
| Macalester | 5 | 3,525 | 705 |
| Eureka | 4 | 2,800 | 700 |
| MacMurray | 5 | 3,500 | 700 |
| Hamline | 6 | 3,781 | 630 |
| Wisconsin Lutheran | 5 | 3,147 | 629 |
| Olivet | 6 | 3,666 | 611 |
| Colby | 4 | 2,285 | 571 |
| Concordia (Wis.) | 5 | 2,790 | 558 |
| Grinnell | 5 | 2,677 | 535 |
| Crown | 4 | 2,023 | 506 |
| Martin Luther | 4 | 1,999 | 500 |
| Rockford | 4 | 1,836 | 459 |
| Becker | 5 | 2,261 | 452 |
| MIT | 5 | 2,209 | 442 |
| Anna Maria | 5 | 2,141 | 428 |
| Hiram | 5 | 2,037 | 407 |
| Fitchburg State | 5 | 2,000 | 400 |
| Maranatha Baptist | 5 | 1,979 | 396 |
| Husson | 6 | 1,180 | 197 |
