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By the numbers: B1G attendance growth
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Attendance numbers can be impacted by a variety of factors.
Some programs get new stadiums (Minnesota). Some keep building, and building, and building more levels on to their stadium (Nebraska). Others have stadiums so massive that they have to reduce seats just to be more ADA compliant (Michigan).
Whatever the case, attendance is a year-to-year figure. Here’s a look at each Big Ten program’s attendance growth — or reduction — since 2005.
Purdue: -44%
2005: 62,996
2014: 35,269
Illinois: -13%
2005: 47,852
2014: 41,549
Maryland: -10%
2005: 52,426
2014: 46,981
Michigan: -5%
2005: 110,915
2014: 104,909
Wisconsin: -4%
2005: 82,551
2014: 79,520
Iowa: -4%
2005: 70,585
2014: 67,512
Minnesota: -2%
2005: 49,025
2014: 47,865
Michigan State: -1%
2005: 75,183
2014: 74,681
Ohio State: +1%
2005: 105,017
2014: 106,296
Penn State: +3%
2005: 104,859
2014: 101,623
Indiana: +5%
2005: 39,536
2014: 41,657
Nebraska: +18%
2005: 77,485
2014: 91,249
Northwestern: +19%
2005: 32,527
2014: 38,613
Rutgers: +53%
2005: 33,184
2014: 50,632
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.