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Show .r ' -- 22 3 DESERET NEWS, Wednesday, December 20, 1 972 College Football Attendance Soars To - NEW YORK (AP) For 19th consecutive season, footbail attendance college reached an high, totaling 39,828,802 for the 1972 season, it was reported Saturday " by the National Collegiate Services. Sports The increase of 373,300 was 123 percent over 1971 attributed mainly to a total rise of 941,619 fans in nine of the 11 major conferences. Total attendance for tne 11 major conferences rose 5 25 the e percent to the 1,969,257; Southwest, 1,764,269, and the Missouri Valley, 692,031. 16,811,182 attendance at However, games involving major independent teams slipped 1.79 percent to 4,457,473 and among the nations 496 other teams 3 91 dropped percent to Also up in attendance were the Atlantic Coast Conference, with a total of 1,091,194, the Western Athletic, 1.043,484, and the Southern, 295,016. The Ivy League and the MidAmerican Conferences were the only major conferences to suffer declines. Michigans Wolverines averaged 85,566 fans at Ann Arbor this season, halting a 9, Sort 147. set Six major conferences records in both average per game and total attendance. They were the Big Ten, with a total of 3,369,837; the Southeastern, 2 0.35,339; the Big Eight, 2,395,180, The Paeific-8- , mnn wktv ex 'ti' High State reign as college footballs attendance champi- crease of on. Utah State was the upswing story of the year, fattening home crowds dv moie than 150 percent from 10,607 to 16,061 with the lure of passing sensation Tony Adams Ohio The Rose Bowl-boun- Buckeyes drew 1,104 per game over 14,263 to 48,931. 1971 d 84,903 Nebraska ranked third with an average of 76,143 for home games and Wisconsin was fourth with 70,454 m figures announced Monday by National Collegiate Sports Services Tulane, despite facing the competition of pro football in New raised its Orleans, attendance by 14,837 to 36,691. 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