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For the second consecutive week, Texas A&M and the renovated Kyle Field topped the SEC attendance list with 103,867, just shy of the school record set against Lamar.
The Aggies racked up another win against Rice and claimed a new national record for student attendance.
Two other SEC stadiums held six-figure crowds Saturday, including Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.
Tennessee (at Oklahoma) and Arkansas (at Texas Tech) both traveled West to play Big 12 schools.
The lowest attendance figure in the conference (33,386) witnessed Vanderbilt’s first win of the season, a comeback victory against MAC punching bag Massachussetts.
Mississippi State traveled to Ladd-Peebles Stadium, home of the Senior Bowl, as part of a two-for-one series with South Alabama, which set a school attendance record of 38,129.
Eight of the 13 SEC teams in action played true home games, while Auburn didn’t have a game.
Here are the attendance figures from all 14 SEC schools in Week 3.
| Attendance | Game | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 103,867 | Rice at Texas A&M | Sept. 13 | Kyle Field |
| 101,821 | Southern Miss at Alabama | Sept. 13 | Bryant-Denny Stadium |
| 101,194 | Louisiana-Monroe at LSU | Sept. 13 | Tiger Stadium |
| 88,334 | Kentucky at Florida | Sept. 13 | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium |
| 85,622 | Tennessee at Oklahoma | Sept. 13 | Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium |
| 84,232 | Georgia at South Carolina | Sept. 13 | Williams-Brice Stadium |
| 60,937 | Louisiana-Lafayette at Ole Miss | Sept. 13 | Vaught-Hemingway Stadium |
| 60,348 | UCF at Missouri | Sept. 13 | Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field |
| 60,277 | Arkansas at Texas Tech | Sept. 13 | Jones AT&T Stadium |
| 38,129 | Mississippi State at South Alabama | Sept. 13 | Ladd-Peebles Stadium |
| 33,386 | Massachussetts at Vanderbilt | Sept. 13 | Vanderbilt Stadium |
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.
