2019 OHSAA State Championship Games Attendance Down Again In 2019

(12-4-19) Below is a table of past seasons attendance in both Canton and Columbus. Attendance for the 2019 games.

• 2018 OHSAA State Final Football Games Attendance Down

Year		 2019	2018	  2017	   2016	    2015

D I 		6,690 	8,927 - 12,711 - 13,690 - 11,036
D II 	       11,286 - 16,213 - 7,235 -  6,750 - 11,168
D III 		5,700 - 6,922 -  6,923 -  7,396 -  7,553
D IV 		6,425 - 5,532 - 10,251 -  8,636 - 10,141
D V 		4,881 	6,002 -  9,588 -  5,954 -  7,200
D VI 		6,147 - 4,380 -  8,062 -  6,270 -  7,034
D VII 		4,451 	4,414 -  6,542 -  6,725 -  7,957

The 2019 overall attendance was down again this year and at its lowest level in the past five years. The 45,580 fans was down 6,810 from last season, and down 16,509 from 2015.

This year four of the seven championships had smaller crowds then last season and all were the smallest crowds in the past five years..  The D VII game increased by just 37 fans. The D VI title game had the largest increase from 4,380 in 2018 to 6,147 this year.

Canton

• 2019 all seven state championship games was 45,580
• 2018 all seven state championship games was 52,390
• 2017 all seven state championship games was 61,312

Columbus

• 2016 all seven state championship games was 55,421
• 2015 all seven state championship games was 62,089

X-Factor in 2019

This year in the D II State Championship game Massillon Washington (14-0) will play  Cincinnati La Salle (12-2) on Thursday. Last season (2018) Akron Hoban and Massillon Washington (both Canton area schools) played in the D II game which drew a whopping 16, 213 (highest in four years). 9,000 more paid attendance then the year before.

Saturday’s Big 10 Championship game between Ohio State and Wisconsin is scheduled to start at 8pm, the same time that the D V State Championship game is scheduled to start between Ironton (13-1) vs. Kirtland (14-0).