The Penn State Nittany Lions set a Beaver Stadium attendance record during their 2024 football game against the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Penn State football squeezed more than 111,000 fans into Beaver Stadium for the first time in its history, setting a new home attendance record Saturday against Ohio State. Penn State's announced attendance of 111,030 broke the former record set in 2018, also by a Penn State-Ohio State game. The crowd, a huge number for aPenn State has hosted 544,375 through five games, an average of 108,875 per game.
According to Penn State Athletics, Beaver Stadium attendance figures include those in the "press box, suites, bands, ushers and other stadium personnel." Beaver Stadium's capacity is 106,572, making it the nation's second largest stadium. The 2001 Beaver Stadium expansion raised the venue's capacity to 107,282. In 2011, capacity was lowered to its current number to meet standards of the Americans With Disabilities Act.Penn State concludes the regular-season home schedule against Maryland on Nov. 30. After that, Penn State might not reach 111,000 fans for a regular-season game again.
Penn State coach James Franklin's teams are responsible for seven of the 10 largest crowds in Beaver Stadium. A look at Penn State's top-10 attendance games.The Penn State White Out turns 20 this year. An abridged history Penn State on SI is the place for Penn State news, opinion and perspective on the SI.com network. Publisher Mark Wogenrich has covered Penn State for more than 20 years, tracking three coaching staffs, three Big Ten titles and a catalog of great stories. Follow him on X Mark Wogenrich is Editor and Publisher of AllPennState, the site for Penn State news on SI's FanNation Network. He has covered Penn State sports for more than two decades across three coaching staffs and three Rose Bowls.
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