Our Support - A Vision for the Future
Our Support - A Vision for the Future

FOOTBALL ATTENDANCE

Appalachian State has led NCAA Division I FCS in attendance for five-straight years.

Appalachian has drawn over-capacity crowds for 40-consecutive regular-season games.

   2007 - 27,140 (163 percent of 16,650 capacity)
2008 - 28,727 (143 percent of 20,150 capacity)
2009 - 25,969 (120 percent of 21,650 capacity)
2010 - 29,449 (136 percent of 21,650 capacity)
2011 - 28,031 (121 percent of 23,150 capacity)
WHERE APPALACHIAN WOULD HAVE RANKED IN 2011
Future Conference USA Members
   Future Sun Belt Conference Members
   Future Mid-American Conference Members
East Carolina 50,012   Louisiana-Lafayette 29,171   Appalachian State 28,031
Texas-San Antonio 36,151   Appalachian State 28,031   Toledo 22,157
Southern Miss 28,400   Arkansas State 22,677   Western Michigan 19,985
Appalachian State 28,031   Middle Tennessee 18,415   Ohio 19,891
UTEP 26,948   Florida Atlantic 18,163   Miami (Ohio) 16,174
Marshall 25,874   Troy 17,898   Buffalo 15,890
Tulsa 22,541   Louisiana-Monroe 15,512   Akron 15,734
Louisiana Tech 21,518   Western Kentucky 15,310   Central Michigan 15,291
Old Dominion 19,818   Texas State 15,106   Northern Illinois 15,209
Tulane 19,771   Georgia State 14,286   Ball State 15,064
North Texas 18,864         Bowling Green 15,007
Florida International 18,411         Kent State 11,587
Rice 17,329         Massachusetts 10,005
UAB 16,579         Eastern Michigan 4,267
Charlotte N/A            
AWAY FROM HOME
• Appalachian State fans are notorious for traveling en masse across the region to support the Mountaineers.

• With less than a week turnaround following the national semifinals, Appalachian sold out its allotment of tickets for the 2005, 2006 and 2007 NCAA Division I Football national championships games. Thanks to the 15,000-plus Mountaineer fans in attendance at each championship game, the 2005-07 crowds were by far the largest in the FCS title game's 13-year stint in Chattanooga, Tenn.

• Appalachian State easily sold out its allotment of 4,500 tickets for its 2009 season opener at East Carolina and thousands more Mountaineer fans were estimated to be in attendance among the sellout crowd of 43,279, which was the ninth-largest crowd in ECU history at the time. The crowd was the larger than any contingent that a Conference USA opponent have ever brought to ECU's Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
YOSEF CLUB DONATIONS
   MERCHANDISE/LICENSING ROYALTIES
The Yosef Club, Appalachian State athletics' fundraising arm, has set records for donations received each of the last six years.   Appalachian State is expected to bring in approximately $370,000 in merchandise/licensing royalties in 2011-12, a figure which is estimated to rank second behind only East Carolina among current and future Conference USA members.
      Estimated Merchandise/Licensing Royalties – 2011-12
2011 $2,502,351   East Carolina $500,000
2010 $2,500,075   Appalachian State $370,000
2009 $2,424,630   Houston $350,000
2008 $2,295,010   Memphis $350,000
2007 $1,376,441   Central Florida $330,000
2006 $1,042,704   Marshall $325,000
2005 $664,500   Southern Miss $270,000
      Tulsa $200,000
      SMU $150,000

    Louisiana Tech $125,000
      Charlotte $120,000
      Tulane $100,000
      UTEP $100,000
      Rice $80,000
      Florida Atlantic $75,000
      UAB $65,000
      * - No current members of the Sun Belt or Mid-American conferences are estimated to bring in merchandise/licensing royalties of more than $250,000 in 2011-12. Only three of those 24 schools have estimated royalties above $250,000 and only four have estimated royalties above $150,000.
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