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:
A win for the Cats. A win for the community.
Thank you to everyone who came out to not only support the Cats, but also donated supplies to relief efforts. We were able to fill three trucks! pic.twitter.com/oCF21FvKVY— Western Carolina University (@WCU) October 14, 2024
| 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 |
