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The renovated Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, now holds 106,511, which makes it the third-largest venue in college football (behind Michigan and Penn State) and the largest in the SEC (ahead of Tennessee).
Texas A&M set a stadium record with 104,728 against Lamar on Saturday, mostly undeterred by a lightning delay of two hours, 12 minutes. The Aggies rewarded them with a 73-point outburst.
With eight home games on the schedule, Vanderbilt moved its SEC opener against Ole Miss to LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans. At least campus employees and stadium workers may have been spared another embarrassing defeat, but 43,260 did attend in Nashville.
The lowest attendance figure in the conference (24,196) came at the Glass Bowl in Toledo, Ohio, where the Rockets hosted Missouri and Gary Pinkel.
LSU and Alabama both enjoyed crowds of more than 100,000 despite weak opponents, while Tennessee fell 462 fans short of six-figure attendance.
Ten of the 13 SEC teams in action played true home games, while Georgia didn’t have a game.
Here are the attendance figures from all 14 SEC schools in Week 2.
| Attendance | Game | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 104,728 | Lamar at Texas A&M | Sept. 6 | Kyle Field |
| 100,338 | Sam Houston State at LSU | Sept. 6 | Tiger Stadium |
| 100,306 | Florida Atlantic at Alabama | Sept. 6 | Bryant-Denny Stadium |
| 99,538 | Arkansas State at Tennessee | Sept. 6 | Neyland Stadium |
| 87,451 | San Jose State at Auburn | Sept. 6 | Jordan-Hare Stadium |
| 81,049 | Eastern Michigan at Florida | Sept. 6 | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium |
| 80,899 | East Carolina at South Carolina | Sept. 6 | Williams-Brice Stadium |
| 63,108 | Nicholls State at Arkansas | Sept. 6 | Donald W. Williams Razorback Stadium |
| 57,704 | UAB at Mississippi State | Sept. 6 | Davis-Wade Stadium |
| 51,910 | Ohio at Kentucky | Sept. 6 | Commonwealth Stadium |
| 43,260 | Ole Miss vs. Vanderbilt | Sept. 6 | LP Field |
| 24,196 | Missouri at Toledo | Sept. 6 | Glass Bowl |
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
