HBCU Homecoming 2023 Attendance Tracker

HBCUs experienced large crowds during homecoming football games in 2023.

HBCU homecoming season has ended and alumni and students packed their stadiums to support their schools. Tuskegee, Jackson State, Alabama A&M, Norfolk State and Florida A&M lead all HBCUs in homecoming football game attendance, but many schools experienced great turnouts.

Jackson State leads the SWAC with nearly 30k. That’s an impressive number, but it is a significant drop from its 2022 number. Norfolk State got a slight bump as it led the MEAC. North Carolina A&T got another sellout it’s first season in the CAA.

MEAC

Norfolk State-24,976 South Carolina State-22,269 North Carolina Central-13,626 Howard-7,684 Delaware State-6,300 Morgan State-Canceled

SWAC

Jackson State-30,947 Alabama A&M-26,391 Florida A&M-22,338 Southern-21,492 Alcorn State-21,012 Alabama State-17,995 Prairie View A&M-14,224 Arkansas-Pine Bluff-13,469 Bethune-Cookman-9,458 Mississippi Valley State-8,752 Grambling State-8,657 Texas Southern-6,352

CAA

North Carolina A&T-21,500 Hampton-13,811

CIAA

Winston-Salem State-8,200 Virginia Union-5,250 Shaw-5,022 Livingstone – 4,501 Bowie State-4,395 St. Augustine’s-3,719 Fayetteville State-3,680 Elizabeth City State-3,579 Johnson C. Smith-3,452 Virginia State-3,409 Lincoln (PA)-2,117 Bluefield State-N/A

SIAC

Tuskegee-31,726 Clark Atlanta-19,597 Savannah State-12,723 Fort Valley State-12,113 Morehouse-10,213 Benedict-8,589 Albany State-8,371 Kentucky State-2,898 Edward Waters-2,472 Lane-1,753 Allen-905 Central State-N/A Miles-N/A

Other

Tennessee State-13,975

West Virginia State-3,954

Lincoln (MO)-3,333

Virginia University-Lynchburg-1,753

Florida Memorial-1,200

Langston-N/A