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OU Football Tradition | Attendance Records
Updated January 11, 2012   
 
OU has compiled a 77-3 record at home (.962) under head coach Bob Stoops since his first season in 1999. Not coincidentally, the top 10 seasons for average home attendance have all occurred in the past 11 years.
 
 OU Home Avg.
 Games
Season
Home Record
Overall Record
 1. 85,161
6
2011
5-1
10-3
 2. 85,075
6
2008
6-0
12-2
 3. 84,858
7
2007
7-0
11-3
 4. 84,778
6
2009
6-0
8-5
 5. 84,738
6
2010
6-0
12-2
 6. 84,561
6
2006
6-0
11-3
 7. 84,532
6
2004
6-0
12-1
 8. 84,331
6
2005
5-1
8-4
 9. 83,202
7
2003
7-0
12-2
 10. 75,384
7
2001
6-1
11-2
 
Oklahoma ranked No. 13 in average home attendance for the 2011 season at 85,161. The Sooners operated at 104% capacity with a total attendance of more than half a million for six home games in Norman.
 
 2011
 Games
Average
Total Attendance
Percent Capacity
 1. Michigan
8
112,179
897,431
102.07%
 2. Ohio State
7
105,231
736,618
102.84%
 3. Alabama
7
101,821
712,747
100.00%
 4. Penn State
7
101,427
709,991
95.17%
 5. Texas
6
100,524
603,142
100.40%
 6. Tennessee
8
94,642
757,136
92.37%
 7. LSU
6
92,868
557,210
100.51%
 8. Georgia
6
92,613
555,676
99.86%
 9. Florida
7
89,061
623,429
100.58%
 10. Texas A&M
7
87,183
610,283
105.04%
 11. Auburn
7
85,792
600,541
98.10%
 12. Nebraska
7
85,267
596,871
105.15%
 13. Oklahoma
6
85,161
510,967
103.71%
 14. Notre Dame
6
80,795
484,770
100.00%
 15. Wisconsin
7
79,813
558,691
99.37%
 16. South Carolina
7
79,131
553,915
98.61%
 
The largest crowd ever to watch a game in the history of the state of Oklahoma jammed Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on November 5, 2011. The No. 7 Sooners defeated Texas A&M, 41-25.
 
 Attendance  Game  Date
 1. 85,709  (7) Oklahoma 41, Texas A&M 25  November 5, 2011
 2. 85,646  (5) Oklahoma 65, (2) Texas Tech 21  November 24, 2008
 3. 85,630  (10) Oklahoma 47, (17) Florida State 17  September 11, 2010
 4. 85,606  Oklahoma 27, (11) Oklahoma State 0  November 28, 2009
 5. 85,547  (1) Oklahoma 38, Missouri 28  September 24, 2011
 6. 85,357  (5) Oklahoma 51, Miami 13  September 8, 2007
 7. 85,313  (17) Oklahoma 34, Texas Tech 24  November 4, 2006
 8. 85,241  (4) Oklahoma 45, (16) Kansas 31  October 18, 2008
 9. 85,238  (10) Oklahoma 49, Oklahoma State 17  November 24, 2007
 10. 85,212  (4) Oklahoma 62, Nebraska 28  November 1, 2008

The largest crowds to see an Oklahoma football game in person now occur at the annual Red River Rivalry OU-Texas game with the expanded Cotton Bowl seating more than 96,000 fans in Dallas.
 
 Attendance  Game  Location
Date
 1. 96,009  (3) Oklahoma 55, (11) Texas 17  Dallas, Texas
10/01/11
     96,009  (8) Oklahoma 28, (21) Texas 20  Dallas, Texas
10/02/10
     96,009  (3) Texas 16, (20) Oklahoma 13  Dallas, Texas
10/17/09
 4. 92,182  (5) Texas 45, (1) Oklahoma 35  Dallas, Texas
10/11/08
 5. 88,119  (3) Oklahoma 29, (4) Ohio State 28  Columbus, Ohio
09/24/77
 6. 87,188  (1) Oklahoma 35, (23) Texas A&M 31  College Station, Texas
11/11/00
 7. 86,848  (8) Oklahoma 34, (7) Washington St. 14  Pasadena, Calif.
01/01/03
 8. 86,124  (5) USC 23, (3) Oklahoma 7  Los Angeles, Calif.
09/24/88
 9. 86,115  Nebraska 10, (20) Oklahoma 3  Lincoln, Neb.
11/07/09
 10. 85,709  (7) Oklahoma 41, Texas A&M 25  Norman, Okla.
11/05/11
 
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