Brent Zwerneman · @BrentZwerneman
19th Sep 2014 from TwitLonger
LSU at A&M on Thanksgiving Night a sellout, according to A&M. From a release:
Texas A&M’s Thanksgiving night game against LSU at Kyle Field, capacity 106,000, is officially a sellout according to athletics officials.
“This has already been a record-setting year for the 12th Man, and we are poised to set the overall state record for football attendance – high school, collegiate or professional – with more than 106,000 for the LSU game,” Texas A&M Director of Athletics Eric Hyman said. “Previously this season, we have set an NCAA record with 39,271 students attending the Rice game. The 104,728 in attendance at our home opener against Lamar was a collegiate record in the state of Texas.”
The state of Texas attendance record for a football game is 105,121 for the Dallas Cowboys’ opener at AT&T Stadium against the New York Giants.
The largest crowd to ever watch an Aggie football game was a 1977 contest in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with 104,802 in attendance. The all-time NCAA attendance record is 115,109 for Michigan vs. Notre Dame in 2013.