Which college football fans drink the most per game? (#1. Neb, #2. MN, #3. wi)

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It’s no secret that people like to drink before college football games. In fact, people like to drink before and during most sporting events. But even though most college football stadiums don’t sell alcohol, that doesn’t mean college football fans aren’t getting boozy to watch the game.

We wanted to find out which college fan base has the booziest fans, so we surveyed more than 2,000 NCAA Division I football fans that are 21 or older to ask them all about their gameday drinking habits.


According to respondents, fans of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln take the top spot for the booziest fan base! Husker fans drink an average of 4.5 drinks per game and are spending an average of about $26 on alcoholic beverages.

Close behind the Huskers are the Gophers, whose fan base drinks an average of 4 beverages per game. Gopher fans spend an average of about $27 on booze.

Fans of the University of Wisconsin-Madison rank third for booziest fans, as Badger fans drink an average of 3.9 drinks per game and spend an average of $23. Wonder if it’s a coincidence that it can get quite cold in the top three states? Fans must be relying on that liquid layer to get through four quarters.

Coming in at number four for booziest fans is Louisiana State University. We know the cold isn’t as big of a factor here, so LSU fans must just really like to have a good time. Tigers’ fans spend an average of $30 on booze and have about 3.9 drinks per game.

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Which College Football Fan Base Drinks the Most?

Which college football fans drink the most? We surveyed NCAA fans across the country to find out.
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Go Gophers!!
 




Face The Facts said:
I don't believe this for a second.
Badger fans have 3.9 drinks before they finish breakfast.
No way our fan base drinks more than them.
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Is this drinks purchased at the game? If so, I could see how we rank higher here because we don't have as much tailgating as other schools (not to mention very few bars to pre-game at). Our fans have to just save their drinking for AT the game. Wiscy fans drink 10 beers before the game.
 



Obviously this survey was not done insitu and didn’t observe the pregame drinking which starts on Friday nights. They must have missed a few Wiscy red-striped skunks who couldn’t make it to the game the next day because they had alcohol rigor mortis. I witnessed three Wisconsin Riverfalls students passed out on the sidewalk by the campus while running a leg of the Ragnar relay at night.
 





METHODOLOGY​

In November 2021, we surveyed 2,004 self-reporting college football fans from around the country who were 21+. 50% of respondents were male and 50% were female. The average age of respondents was 31.
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21+ throws the whole thing.
 


I seriously doubt Gopher fans drink more beer than any fanbase in Wisconsin, even after 50 years of crappy football here. I can't even imagine how much beer went down the hatch over there after Saturday's game.
 





Confusing. Is this "in game" drinking? If so, how do you get 4 alcoholic drinks at The Brickhouse for under $27? Aren't beers like $10 for basic and like $12 for fancy beers? How much is wine or seltzer?

I didn't have any beers this season at The Brickhouse, but saturday was about the drunkest I've seen the stadium.
 

Unregistered User said:
Confusing. Is this "in game" drinking? If so, how do you get 4 alcoholic drinks at The Brickhouse for under $27? Aren't beers like $10 for basic and like $12 for fancy beers? How much is wine or seltzer?

I didn't have any beers this season at The Brickhouse, but saturday was about the drunkest I've seen the stadium.
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My thoughts too. The draft beers I buy are $10.
 

Chicago Gophers said:

METHODOLOGY​

In November 2021, we surveyed 2,004 self-reporting college football fans from around the country who were 21+. 50% of respondents were male and 50% were female. The average age of respondents was 31.
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21+ throws the whole thing.
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LAZY METHOLOGY.

We have too many PowerPoint engineers and social scientists today. Too many paper tiger experts with so little expertise.
 

Somehow this study managed to miss the NFL/alcoholic level of consumption prior to entry into Camp Randall.
 

Unregistered User said:
Confusing. Is this "in game" drinking? If so, how do you get 4 alcoholic drinks at The Brickhouse for under $27? Aren't beers like $10 for basic and like $12 for fancy beers? How much is wine or seltzer?

I didn't have any beers this season at The Brickhouse, but saturday was about the drunkest I've seen the stadium.
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Maybe they consider a tall boy as more than one drink.
 


FormerFatOL said:
I always wonder how those bottles get smuggled in with all the frisking/checking that's done now. Hmmm.

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Do you want to frisk Troglodytes in muumuus or knive-wielding Polar bears? You catch my drift.
 

Unregistered User said:
Confusing. Is this "in game" drinking? If so, how do you get 4 alcoholic drinks at The Brickhouse for under $27? Aren't beers like $10 for basic and like $12 for fancy beers? How much is wine or seltzer?

I didn't have any beers this season at The Brickhouse, but saturday was about the drunkest I've seen the stadium.
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People sneaking booze in lowers the average?

Also....without many comparisons....how does the Bank's offerings stack up against other schools? Seems that you can go a number of routes in terms of alcohol choices here. Might influence the number of drinks purchased.
 


discochris said:
No way this is right. WVU fans are notoriously drunk.
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Well, maybe a subset of them, but according to an article in the USA Today in 2018, West Virginia had the lowest rate of excessive drinking of any state. That doesn't surprise me because the state registers fairly high on religiosity and the state also had high prevalence of dry counties until relatively recently. It's also one of the least Catholic states in the US which is significant because culturally Catholic populations tend to be the least hostile towards drinking among Christian sects. I've gone to very few Catholic church sponsored festivals or block parties over the years that didn't sell alcohol in some form.
 



Mountaineer Gopher said:
Just curious..... how do you know this?
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I think it came up in a regular college football discussion I have in another group. It's made up of fans of teams from all over the country, as well as fans of the game in general. At least a couple of people in the group had commented they had never seen fans as drunk and rowdy as in Morgantown. Obviously just anecdotal. I'll see if I can find it.
 

Mountaineer Gopher said:
Just curious..... how do you know this?
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Yes, I had some skepticism about that claim as well. See my post above. All college football crowds are going to drink to some degree but some more than others.
 

discochris said:
At least a couple of people in the group had commented they had never seen fans as drunk and rowdy as in Morgantown.
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I've been to Morgantown. That's a college town and quite probably among the wettest places in the state historically. I remember doing a road trip many years ago through West Virginia and my group had a difficult time finding beer to purchase. After failing at multiple stops, I asked a guy at a rural road side gas station/convenience store "Is this a dry state?" He replied "Mostly." Now, as I understand, things have changed since then.

Judging West Virginia by Morgantown is a little like judging Utah by Salt Lake City.
 
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Chicago Gophers said:

METHODOLOGY​

In November 2021, we surveyed 2,004 self-reporting college football fans from around the country who were 21+. 50% of respondents were male and 50% were female. The average age of respondents was 31.
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21+ throws the whole thing.
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True.
I'd say 10% of Wisconsinites over the age of 21 have already been in AA for 2 years at this point.
Skewed sampling.
 

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