Week seven of the college football season featured 19 games played within the borders of North Carolina.
NC Football News tracks attendance figures for each game played within the Old North State.
NC State had the biggest crowd this week, welcoming more than 56,000 into Carter-Finley for a night game against Syracuse.
Western Carolina, which had played without fans on Oct. 5 due to the effects of Hurricane Helene, welcomed spectators back for Saturday’s game against The Citadel. The Catamounts’ enjoyed an announced crowd of 6,278 and raised three truckloads of items for hurricane relief charities.
Read more about WCU’s 30-16 win here.
Here are attendance figures for all in-state college teams that reported them:
HOME TEAM DIV FANS WEEK OPPONENT RESULT NC State FBS 56,919 Week 7 Syracuse L, 17-24 North Carolina FBS 44,482 Week 7 Georgia Tech L, 34-41 Wake Forest FBS 31,553 Week 7 Clemson L, 14-49 Western Carolina FCS 6,278 Week 7 The Citadel W, 30-16 Lenoir-Rhyne D2 6,017 Week 7 Newberry W, 24-3 North Carolina Central FCS 5,500 Week 7 Virginia-Lynchburg W, 68-0 Elon FCS 4,315 Week 7 New Hampshire L, 10-17 Livingstone D2 3,579 Week 7 Fayetteville State W, 24-19 Mars Hill D2 3,250 Week 7 Carson-Newman L, 27-28 Winston-Salem State D2 3,000 Week 7 Shaw W, 34-14 Wingate D2 2,121 Week 7 Barton W, 50-0 UNC Pembroke D2 2,107 Week 7 West Liberty W, 67-20 Catawba D2 1,770 Week 7 Limestone L, 33-36 OT Brevard D3 1,633 Week 7 Greensboro W, 42-9 Chowan D2 627 Week 7 Shorter W, 31-27 Methodist D3 510 Week 7 Huntingdon L, 0-42 North Carolina Wesleyan D3 403 Week 7 LaGrange L, 9-31 Louisburg JUCO not reported Week 7 Myrtle Beach Collegiate W, 66-19 St. Andrews NAIA not reported Week 7 Union L, 0-21
