UIL 5A football championships drew higher attendance than most NCAA bowl The Birmingham News‘ Jon Solomon recently wrote about nearly across-the-board declines in NCAA bowl attendance. Here in Texas the UIL 5A Division I football championship, with an announced attendance of 48,379, saw a greater crowd than most bowl games. Here’s a look at how the bowls have drawn as compared to the UIL state championships: 1. Rose Bowl: 93,359 2. Cotton Bowl: 87,025 3. BCS National Championship: 80,120 4. Orange Bowl: 72.073 5. Fiesta Bowl: 70,242 6. Chick-fil-A Bowl: 68,027 7. Alamo Bowl: 65,277 8. CapitalOne Bowl: 59,712 9. BBVA Compass Bowl: 59,135 10. Music City Bowl: 55,801 11. Holiday Bowl: 55,507 12. Outback Bowl: 54,527 13. Sugar Bowl: 54,178 14. Liberty Bowl: 53,867 15. Meineke Car Care Bowl: 50,386 16. New Orleans Bowl: 48,828 17. Gator Bowl: 48,612 18. UIL 5A Division I championship: 48,379 19. Heart of Dallas Bowl: 48,313 20. Sun Bowl: 47,922 21. Belk Bowl: 48,128 22. Russell Athletic Bowl: 48,127 23. Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl: 44,617 24. UIL 5A Division II championship: 42,621 25. Independence Bowl: 41,853 26. Armed Forces Bowl: 40,754 27. Pinstripe Bowl: 39,098 28. GoDaddy.com Bowl: 37,913 29. Poinsettia Bowl: 35,442 30. Fight Hunger Bowl: 34,172 31. Las Vegas Bowl: 33,217 32. Hawaii Bowl: 30,024 33. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: 29,243 34. UIL 4A Division I championship: 27,948 35. New Mexico Bowl: 24,610 36. Little Caesars Bowl: 23,310 37. Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl: 21,759 38. Military Bowl: 17,835
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