USFL Attendance

We have attendance figures below for all three seasons of the United States Football League (USFL). The all-time single-season record for the league was 46,730 per game the Jacksonville Bulls had in 1984. The Bulls also set a league single-game record with 73,227 on March 4, 1984 against the New Jersey Generals. Some have suggested the strong attendance figures led to Jacksonville being awarded an NFL franchise for the 1995 season.

1983 USFL ATTENDANCE     RANK TEAM AVG TOTAL     1 Denver Gold 41,736 375,624     2 Tampa Bay Bandits 39,896 359,064     3 New Jersey Generals 35,004 315,036     4 Oakland Invaders 31,211 280,899     5 Arizona Wranglers 25,776 231,984     6 Michigan Panthers 22,250 200,250     7 Birmingham Stallions 22,046 198,414     8 Los Angeles Express 19,002 171,018     9 Philadelphia Stars 18,650 167,850     10 Chicago Blitz 18,133 163,197     11 Washington Federals 13,850 124,650     12 Boston Breakers 12,817 115,353       League AVG/Totals 25,031 2,703,339     REGULAR SEASON

 

1984 USFL ATTENDANCE     RANK TEAM AVG TOTAL     1 Jacksonville Bulls 46,730 420,570     2 Tampa Bay Bandits 46,158 415,422     3 New Jersey Generals 37,716 339,444     4 Birmingham Stallions 36,850 331,650     5 Denver Gold 33,953 305,577     6 Michigan Panthers 32,457 292,113     7 New Orleans Breakers 30,557 275,193     8 Philadelphia Stars 28,668 258,012     9 Houston Gamblers 28,152 253,368     10 Memphis Showboats 27,599 248,391     11 Arizona Wranglers 25,568 230,112     12 Oakland Invaders 23,644 212,796     13 Pittsburgh Maulers 22,858 205,722     14 Oklahoma Outlaws 21,038 189,342     15 San Antonio Gunslingers 15,444 138,996     16 Los Angeles Express 15,361 138,249     17 Washington Federals 7,694 69,246     18 Chicago Blitz 7,455 67,095       League AVG/Totals 22,590 3,659,527     REGULAR SEASON

1985 USFL ATTENDANCE     RANK TEAM AVG TOTAL     1 Tampa Bay Bandits 45,220 406,980     2 Jacksonville Bulls 44,325 398,925     3 New Jersey Generals 41,268 371,412     4 Birmingham Stallions 32,065 288,585     5 Memphis Showboats 30,948 278,532     6 Orlando Renegades 24,136 217,224     7 Portland Breakers 19,919 179,271     8 Houston Gamblers 19,120 172,080     9 Arizona Outlaws 17,881 160,929     10 Oakland Invaders 17,509 157,581     11 Denver Gold 14,446 130,014     12 Baltimore Stars 14,275 128,475     13 San Antonio Gunslingers 11,721 105,489     14 Los Angeles Express 8,415 75,735       League AVG/Totals 24,375 3,071,232     REGULAR SEASON

USFL Bibliography
Books:
The $1 League: The Rise and Fall of the USFL by Jim Byrne
The Sporting News Official USFL Guide and Register, 1984
The Sporting News Official USFL Guide and Register, 1985
USFL Media Guides (each team published one each year)

Magazines:
Kickoff Magazine (published by league; 9 issues per year + playoffs; sold at games)
The Sporting News (regular coverage + special "preview" inserts)

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