LSU Baseball Attendance Figures

• Published: May 6, 2008 - UPDATED: 7:20 a.m.

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Yearly LSU baseball home attendance from 2001, Skip Bertman’s last season as coach, through current figures for 2008, Paul Mainieri’s second season as coach of the Tigers. The NCAA and SEC accept ticket-sales figures from member institutions as the equivalent of attendance. Attendance figures below represent the number of fans in the stadium:

Thru 33 games
Attendance	Year	Result	Full season
149,492	2001	SEC West champion, 1-2 in super regional (44-22-1)	168,482 (36 games)
140,392	2002	Second in SEC West, 0-2 in super regional (44-22)	158,729 (36 games)
122,749	2003	SEC champion, 0-2 in College World Series (45-22-1)	164,576 (39 games)
148,761	2004	Tied for second in SEC West, 0-2 in CWS (46-19)	170,264 (36 games)
127,139	2005	SEC West co-champion, 2-2 in regional (40-22)	141,149 (36 games)
85,937	2006	Fourth in SEC West, missed postseason (35-24)	98,260 (37 games)
92,633	2007	Fifth in SEC West, missed postseason (29-26-1)	97,856 (35 games)
91,474	2008	First in SEC West, season ongoing (32-16-1)	(season incomplete)

Ticket sales vs. attendance
Year	Tickets sold	Attendance
2001	275,266	168,482
2002	271,159	158,729
2003	291,676	164,576
2004	284,259	170,264
2005	270,344	141,149
2006	247,812	88,301
2007	256,537	97,856
2008	245,284*	91,474*
* Note: Three games remaining in 2008.

Per-game averages (all games)
Year	Tickets sold	Attendance	No-shows
2001	7,646	4,680	2,966
2002	7,532	4,409	3,123
2003	7,479	4,220	3,259
2004	7,896	4,730	3,166
2005	7,510	3,921	3,589
2006	7,289	2,597	4,692
2007	7,330	2,796	4,534
2008	7,433	2,772	4,661

Season-ticket sales
2001	6,477
2002	6,354
2003	6,610
2004	6,524
2005	6,520
2006	6,486
2007	6,518
2008	6,524

Crowds of 5,000 or more
2001	13
2002	8
2003	9
2004	17
2005	4
2006	0
2007	1
2008	1

Crowds of 2,500 or less
2001	1
2002	2
2003	4
2004	2
2005	3
2006	18
2007	12
2008	13

Through 12 SEC games
Year	Attendance	Tickets sold
2001	59,882	93,486
2002	54,748	92,307
2003	51,290	92,962
2004	55,517	95,317
2005	46,010	90,706
2006	38,743	91,334
2007	33,846	87,995
2008	35,532	89,549

Highest Attendance (regular season)
2001	6,854 (Ole Miss, April 13)
2002	6,453 (Alabama, May 20)
2003	6,471 (Auburn, May 9)
2004	6,388 (Miss. St., March 26)
2005	6,297 (Tulane, March 8)
2006	4,711 (Tulane, March 7)
2007	5,360 (Tulane, Feb. 27)
2008	5,510 (Indiana, Feb. 22)

Highest Attendance (including postseason)
2001	7,072 (VCU, regional)
2002	7,190 (UL-Lafayette, regional)
2003	7,492 (Baylor, super regional)
2004	7,607 (Texas A&M, SR) *
2005	6,631 (Rice, regional)
2006	4,711 (Tulane, March 7)
2007	5,360 (Tulane, Feb. 27)
2008	5,510 (Indiana, Feb. 22)
* school record

Lowest attendance
2001	2,458 (Southern, March 6)
2002	1,415 (Long Beach St., March 3)
2003	1,865 (Kansas, Feb. 16)
2004	2,027 (Arkansas, April 11)
2005	1,920 (Nicholls St., Feb. 14)
2006	724 (Southern, April 4)
2007	687 (Auburn, April 8)
2008	612 (Centenary, April 2)
Source: LSU Sports Information Department, LSU Ticket Office, The Advocate research