IRVING, Texas– The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) netted its 16th consecutive Division II attendance crown since 2003, averaging 6,252 fans for a total attendance of 287,589 during the 2018 football season, recently reported by the National Football Foundation. Since 1980, the conference has topped Division II football attendance 28 times.
Morehouse captured the Division II attendance title, attracting a total of 36,111 fans for a 12,037 average per home game. Tuskegee (Ala.) with 11,058 landed in the No. 2 spot followed by Grand Valley State (11,039), Pittsburg State (8,715), and Midwestern State (8,284) rounds out the top five Division II schools last season.
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The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically black colleges and universities with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 13 member institutions (Albany State University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Paine College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous six-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors seven men's and six women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
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