Big Ten sets football attendance marks

CHICAGO – The Big Ten established a new conference record for total attendance among all games and conference games only this season. After welcoming more than 430,000 fans to conference venues last weekend, the Big Ten has seen 6,061,514 fans come through the turnstiles this season, breaking the old conference record of 6,008,124 fans in the 2011 season. In addition, 3,414,448 patrons attended the 48 Big Ten contests this season, passing the old mark of 3,408,963 that was also set in 2011. The Big Ten averaged 70,483 fans per game among all games, while seeing that number increase to 71,134 fans per game during conference games only, marks that each rank among the top 10 in conference history.