(09-21-2018, 02:54 AM)Inziladun Wrote:

(09-20-2018, 04:49 PM)mikesez Wrote: There was quite a bit of red in the stands, from what I saw on TV.  There aren't as many Jags fans as fans of other teams.   It's just one of the things you have to take on the chin as a Jags fan, and probably about half the teams in the NFL, frankly.

Having been at the game I can say there weren't as many Pat's fans there as you're making out. I saw them around obviously, but there weren't really that many. Having been to the Bill's game, it was MUCH more noticeable. And I think estimates were around 10k for the Bill's fans that showed up, 1/7th of our capacity. I will admit there was ONCE during the game i noticed the crowd cheer for the Patriots. Thankfully we didn't give them much else to cheer about and the boos drowned out the rest.

It's funny you say you saw a lot of Red in the seats. All the Pat's fans I saw were wearing blue. There is a guy that sits behind me that always wears a red pro bowl Jersey for some reason, but hes a Jags fan. 

I also noticed that even for a sell out crowd, tons of seats were empty for the beginning of the game and halftime. Obviously people getting concessions and going to the Bud zone. But it does make me wonder how normal that is across the league. Would be curious to go to a Dallas game sometime to watch the crowd there.

I think visiting fan totals are nearly always over-estimated, I've tried to figure out why and I guess there is a psychological factor at play...a different jersey or t-shirt tends to stand out against the home team colors. I saw a tweet from a Bills fan who claimed there were 20K Bills fans at that game, and the image he showed in support (one of the sections in the stadium) when you actually looked closely had around 100 Bills fans.  It's hard to extrapolate that exactly but I think it demonstrates the idea.

As far as attendance at other stadiums, you can compare Jags attendance to some of the dregs for comparison.

Team        Avg Home Stadium Capacity
Tennessee   62,372     90.2
Arizona        61,613     94.8
Detroit        61,356     95.1
Indianapolis 58,699     93.2
Chicago      57,960     94.2
Washington57,013     69.5
Tampa Bay 56,552     86.2
Oakland      53,857     96.2
Cincinnati    50,018     76.3
Los Angeles 25,351     93.9

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