Ohio State reports highest spring football game attendance in seven years

Ohio State drew more than 80,000 fans to its spring football game on Saturday.

The announced attendance of 80,012 was the largest for the exhibition match at Ohio Stadium since 2017.

The Buckeyes had just five previous spring game crowds exceeded 80,000, including the crowd of 80,134 seven years ago. The biggest one was in 2016, when they set a national record with 100,189 Horseshoe participants, behind 99,391 the previous year.

The favorable weather forecast for this weekend has contributed to a surge in ticket sales ahead of the spring game. Along with sunny skies, temperatures approached 60 degrees during the afternoon.

The announced attendance for the Buckeyes’ spring game last year was 75,122, the previous record since 2017 and a mark that would lead the nation.

Joey Kaufman covers Ohio State football for The Columbus Dispatch and can be reached at jkaufman@dispatch.com.

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This article originally appeared in The Columbus Dispatch: Attendance at Ohio’s spring football games was highest since 2017