Will University of Michigan attendance record streak end?
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Started by metmike - April 6, 2020, 9:58 p.m.

Michigan Stadium facts to amaze and astound

https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2017/09/brush_up_on_some_big_house_his.html


100,000-plus fans for 273 straight games and counting

"On Nov. 8, 1975, Michigan shut out Purdue, 28-0, before a crowd of 102,415. That started the Wolverines’ streak of consecutive games at Michigan Stadium of crowds featuring 100,000-plus.

The streak is alive and well today, sitting at 273 straight home games of 100,000-plus fans entering the 2017 season.

The last time that Michigan Stadium did not have 100,000-plus in attendance for a Wolverines football game was on Oct. 25, 1975, when U-M beat Indiana before 93,857.

Nebraska holds the longest home sellout streak in college football with 354 games (dating back to Nov. 3, 1962), but Memorial Stadium’s capacity is 86,047, accommodating far fewer than the Big House.

Michigan has led the nation in attendance for 41 of the past 43 seasons. The only seasons during that stretch in which the Wolverines did not rank No. 1 in attendance were 2014, when they were third, and 1997, when they were second."


metmike: I believe they had 21 home games since this article was written, so that makes it 294 straight home games of 100,000-plus fans at the Big House in Ann Arbor Michigan. Will people avoiding huge crowds next football season break the streak???


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