A year ago Morgan Burke called Purdue football “A $5 million opportunity” and that it was only a matter of how quickly Purdue got the fans back. This was just before a season where attendance bottomed out at an average of 34,451 fans over 7 home games during the 2016 season.
Well, the fans are back.
In a report published by Mike Carmin in the Lafayette Journal & Courier today Purdue is well on its way to passing that number:
The school announced an average of 49,253 for matchups against Ohio, Michigan and Minnesota.