Nashville, TN – The Tennessee State University Tigers football team which plays in the Big South –Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Football Association is coming off a 24-17 win against Norfolk State University which plays in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Almost a year to the date Tennessee State University Head Football Coach Eddie George echoed his displeasure with the Tiger fans lack of attendance at home games regardless of who they are playing.
The Tigers are currently 4-2 on the season. Looking at the attendance figures for the Tennessee State Tigers home football games this season, Gardner-Webb had 3,869, and Norfolk State University had 13,975 in attendance.
Looking at the Tennessee State University Football team 2022 home games attendance Lane College 11,553, Bethune Cookman 22,231, Eastern Illinois 6237, Southeast Missouri State 6369 were in attendance for the Tigers Football team. Tennessee State University did see their home game attendance numbers increase.
One thing to keep in mind most FCS HBCU football program fans travel well to games. Tennesse State attendance numbers in 2021 when Head Coach Eddie George first became the new head Football Coach, was extremely low. The Tennessee State Fans are beginning to see what Head Coach Eddie George is doing with the program and come out support the program.
Coach George frustration with the fans is something that can be understood. Looking at the numbers over the past two seasons up to week 6 the attendance is increasing. Coach George and the Tennessee State University Tigers Football program have been moving in the right direction over the past three seasons and must continue to stay on the winning path. Keep in mind the program has not won a championship since 2013 or a winning football season since 2017. If Coach George and the Tennessee State Tigers continue to keep building a winning program, their fan base will continue to keep showing up in bigger numbers.