Attendance for the University Interscholastic League Texas high school football championships, continues to drop.
Overall, 166,644 fans attended the twelve games at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys. Of course, Saturday’s three games were impacted by the University of Texas home college football playoff game against Tennessee in Austin and SMU being on the road against Penn State.
The ten 11-man games attracted 159,560 fans, well below the 193,776 that attended the 2023 11-man championships in the NFL Stadium. Except for the 2020 COVID pandemic season, attendance for the 11-man title games was above 200,000 between 2016 and 2023.
In ’22, 211,337 fans watched the ten 11-man games.
2024 UIL Football State Championships Attendance
159,560 after last year’s total was 193,776. Not counting the pandemic …
Class 6A Division I – 36,120, North Crowley 50, Westlake 21
Class 6A Division II – 26,247, Vandegrift 24, Southlake Carroll 17
Class 6A Division I – 18,746, Smithson Valley 32, Highland Park 20
Class 5A Division II – 15,032, Richmond Randle 38, South Oak Cliff 35
Class 4A Division I – 16,267, Celina 55, Kilgore 21
Class 4A Division II – 13,194, Carthage 28, Waco La Vega 14
Class 3A Division I – 10,166, Columbus 48, Malakoff 14
Class 3A Division II – 9,531, Gunter 28, Woodville 0
Class 2A Division I – 7,858, Ganado 30, Stamford 28
Class 2A Division II – 6,399, Muenster 36, Shiner 29
Class A Division I – 4,049, Gordon 70, Whiteface 24
Class A Division II: – 3,035, Jayton 54, Oakwood 8
